David Row: Music Ed Puppet Master | S01E04

Join Missy as she chats with David Row about their shared love for using puppets in the music program. Learn fun ways to utilize these wonderful teacher sidekicks in your classroom right away. It’s possible that you’ll have just as much fun (or even more) than your students!

David Row loves teaching music to kids! A Nebraska native and Midwesterner at heart, David now lives and teaches in the Kansas City metro area for the DeSoto Unified School District. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, completed three levels and a master course in Orff Schulwerk training, and has extensive experience with critical thinking in the arts. David is an active clinician and has presented workshops at state and local conventions across the United States and Canada.

On his blog, MakeMomentsMatter.org, David shares ideas about classroom content, management, lesson plans, critical thinking, and more. Search for “Make Moments Matter: A Music Education Podcast!” wherever you download podcasts or catch up with David every week on his “Musical Mondays” LIVE videos on Facebook.

David’s Website & home of his blog: MakeMomentsMatter.org David’s Podcast: https://makemomentsmatter.org/podcasts/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakeMomentsMatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makemomentsmattermusiced Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makemomentsmattermusiced/ David’s blog post on using puppets to teach the four voices: https://makemomentsmatter.org/content/puppet-pals-learning-the-four-voices/

Puppets are fun!

When my son was growing up he loved playing with puppets. At one point he called himself muppetlover. It was cool to hear how David and Missy love using puppets in the gen Ed music class. Thanks for sharing!