Show notes here:

https://www.victoriaboler.com/podcast/aimee-pfitzner-singing-games

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I’m thrilled to be sharing this conversation with Aimee Pfitzner, all about singing games in elementary general music. If you’re already familiar with Aimee you’ll know she has so much knowledge and she brings so much experience to the world of children’s games and children’s play. If you don’t already have them, let me recommend her books, which you can find with the link above, along with Aimee’s bio so you learn more about her and connect with her work. 

Aimee and I started talking before the actual interview about her experience moving to her North Carolina campus, and she was sharing so much wisdom I decided to keep it in our recording. So we’ll just jump straight into our conversation as Aimee shares how she got introduced to the Schulwerk. Here is Aimee talking about her early Orff experiences.

In This Episode…

00:00 - Aimee Pfitzner & how Aimee got connected to the Orff Schulwerk

04:44 - Creating musical moments

08:42 - How do we choose singing games for the classroom?

14:01 - the Orff sequence

18:06 - Bump Up Tomato

25:52 - We Are Dancing in the Forest

28:45 - Pacing and taking turns

33:06 - Classroom management in singing games

35:39 - Adapting songs and games

38:13 - Aimee’s favorite singing games

49:41 - Aimee’s books

52:29 - Closing thoughts

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