WAYS TO KEEP THEIR STUDENTS
ATTENTION.
ONE MUSIC TEACHER IN NASHUA
SPENT THE ENTIRE SUMMER WORKING
ON A CREATIVE METHOD.
WMUR’S JESSICA MORAN IS LIVE
WITH MORE.
JESSICA: YEAH, MIKE.
HOW DO YOU TEACH MUSIC CLASS TO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS REMOTELY?
THAT IS THE QUESTION MANY MUSIC
TEACHERS TRIED TO TACKLE OVER
THE SUMMER.
KATY BALLOU WITH AMHERST STREET
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NASHUA
SPENT SOME TIME WITH FACEBOOK
GROUPS AND WEBINARS, LEARNING
HOW TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL MUSIC
KITS.
SHE THEN SPENT THE ENTIRE SUMMER
MAKING THE KITS WITH HER OWN
MONEY, DONATIONS AND SOME OF HER
SCHOOL BUDGET.
IN TOTAL SHE MADE 269 KITS
TAILORED TO THE AGE GROUPS.
THEY WILL BE HANDED OUT DURING
THE SCHOOL’S DISTRIBUTION DAY
NEXT WEEK.
>> IT ACTUALLY STARTED OUT WITH
THIS COFFEE CONTAINER I HAD AT
SCHOOL BECAUSE I DO A RECYCLED
PERCUSSION PROJECT WITH FIFTH
GRADE MOST YEARS, SO I HAVE SOME
RANDOM OBJECTS AROUND MY
CLASSROOM.
SO IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT
CONTAINER, AND, THEN, YOU KNOW,
I BUILT IT FROM THERE.
JESSICA: NASHUA IS STARTING THE
YEAR REMOTELY AND HOPES TO GO TO
A HYBRID MODEL IN OCTOBER.
THE STATE’S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TELLS NEWS 9 THE STATES
PERFORMING ARTS GUIDANCE APPLIES
TO SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS
