Ms. Perkins

Ms. Perkins I am the Music/Performing Arts teacher and the Teacher Librarian at Meadows Elementary. Music happens in the "music cave". We sing, dance and act.

This year our music program was cut in half in order for me to fill in on the half-time Teacher Librarian position. My hope is that both will be reinstated as full time positions in the future. It's really just a portable, but some magic sure does happen. On performance days we sometimes call it "The Perkins Center for the Performing Arts". Students, kindergarten through sixth grade, explore music

, dance and theater with me as their guide. I take a constructivist, child-centered approach to teaching. Students explore music through play and improvisation within the structures provided. I am a Orff-Schulwerck trained teacher. We play xylophones, percussion, drums, recorders and ukeleles. I never cease to be amazed by the creativity of children. This job keeps my mind open and flexible to opportunity. As Teacher Librarian, I manage the library and computer lab. In addition to helping students find books for pure reding entertainment, students also learn how to find and use information. I often integrate my two positions: Word skills and keyboard skills are often used to create promotional materials for music activities, great reads might be turned into short musicals. I am truly lucky to have a job that honors the ART of teaching, in that I get to design curriculum that is relevant, and engaging to students. When I do it right, students are driven to learn more, collaborate, create and share.

Students have been working hard on their xylophone skills. Yay for percussion fun! Here are Ms. Fox's 2nd graders playin...
12/08/2024

Students have been working hard on their xylophone skills. Yay for percussion fun! Here are Ms. Fox's 2nd graders playing a folk song called "Sleigh Ride". Ask you 1st and 2nd graders to sing it for you!

05/18/2020

Amidst COVID-19 related activity closures and social distancing recommendations, the Philadelphia International Music Festival has decided to move its 14-day June & 14-day July summer sessions online. The festival will include nearly all of the activities offered at the on-site festival, including:....

We had our Veterans Assemblies Wednesday, it was the culminating event of three weeks of preparation across all the grad...
11/24/2019

We had our Veterans Assemblies Wednesday, it was the culminating event of three weeks of preparation across all the grades. Lots of love was shared for our Veteran families and friends! Thanks to all the students, staff, presenters and volunteers who contributed. A special thanks to Mrs. Teresa Frisbie Scott for the red poppy project that she did with students.

06/16/2019

Mad Lib compositions on our last day of 5th grade music. Pick an instrument, write a song, perform. These amazing young women wrote "Crazy Bananas".

06/16/2019
Last day of music with Mr. Blair's class. I will miss these creative kids!
06/16/2019

Last day of music with Mr. Blair's class. I will miss these creative kids!

06/16/2019

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