WEBINAR RECORDING
Elemental Illuminations invites you to explore creative ways to integrate music, movement, mindfulness, and science in your elementary music classroom, using the phases of the moon as your guiding theme. In this inspiring session, Drue Bullington and Crystal Pridmore will show you how to bring joy, creativity, and self-care into your teaching while helping your students build musical skills and meaningful connections.
Highlights:
- Discover mindfulness exercises that promote your students' well-being as well as your own.
- Learn to use storytelling and improvisation inspired by The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy.
- Engage your students with movement activities that embody the moon’s phases.
- Explore rhythm and drumming games connected to lunar cycles.
- Guide your students in creating "lune" poems tied to their birth moons.
- Build collaborative ensemble pieces using barred instruments, ukuleles, drumming, and student-created rhythms.
- Get practical strategies to adapt these lessons across age groups, from kindergarten to sixth grade.
- Rethink lesson planning as a compassionate, flexible process that nurtures both you and your students.
- Throughout the session, Drue and Crystal encourage you to embrace the cycles of teaching, the importance of self-kindness, and the shared joy of musical exploration.
After registering, you will be able to access the webinar recording and downloadable materials from your online library.
Upon completion, you may request a certificate of completion for 1.5 hours of professional development by emailing our team at [email protected]
Drue Bullington teaches elemental music and movement at Brownstown Elementary School in Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, PA. Bullington is twice a graduate of West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Music Education and a M.M. in Music Education with a certification in Orff Schulwerk. Drue holds a second master’s degree from Wilkes University in Online Teaching and Learning with an Online Educator’s Certificate of Endorsement from the State of Pennsylvania. Drue teaches in several Orff Schulwerk Levels Certification programs around the U.S.and offers numerous professional development and workshop sessions on elemental music and movement through the Orff Schulwerk Approach, elemental music and movement applications in the classroom, incorporating technology, and integrating the soprano ukulele into the K-12 music classroom. Drue serves as President of the Board of Directors of the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement.
Crystal Pridmore teaches elemental music and movement, choir, and strings for PreK-6th grade students at Finney Elementary School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District in San Diego, CA. She holds a BA in Music Education and MA in Teaching from Point Loma Nazarene University, and 3 levels of certification in Orff-Schulwerk. She is the creator and co-host of the Chaotic Harmony Podcast. In addition, Crystal serves as the San Diego American Orff Schulwerk Association Chapter President, and is the Vice President for the American Center for Elemental Music and Movement.
"Thank you to both of you for sharing these beautiful ideas! It was such a gift, and truly appreciated."
Michelle P.
Music Educator
Moon Rhythms
Mindfulness and Music in Motion
$20
one time payment
The workshop recording and downloadable materials will be added to your online library.
Upon completion, you may request a certificate of completion for 1.5 hours of professional development by emailing our team at [email protected]Â
