From Story to Song:
The Note Who Faced the Music
Welcome to a joyful lesson that blends children’s literature and active music-making! Katie Brown brings Lindsay Bonilla’s story The Note Who Faced the Music to life. Through games, body percussion, instruments, and composition, you’ll see step-by-step how to introduce half notes in ways your students will love.
Ready-to-use slides, sheet music, and composition templates give you everything you need to take the ideas from the videos straight into your classroom. Use them right away or save them as go-to resources for the future.
Earn a 4-hour certificate of completion while learning at your own pace. This lesson kit combines joyful, hands-on music-making with meaningful professional development—because growth should feel just as fun as teaching.
Seven Engaging Videos
Join Katie Brown in her classroom for a step-by-step series on introducing your students to half notes. Get practical strategies and creative activities you can use right away.
Homework & Downloads
Printable resources and reflection prompts help you take what you’ve learned from the lesson kit and put it into action. Perfect for immediate use or saving for future inspiration.
4 Hours of P.D.
Earn a 4-hour certificate of completion while learning at your own pace. This lesson kit is designed to be as effective as it is enjoyable—professional growth that feels like play.
Katie Brown is a music specialist in St. Louis, where she teaches over 500 joyful musicians through general music classes, extracurricular choir and percussion club. She has completed her master level Orff Certification and an Orff Curriculum Development course. She is a past president of the St. Louis AOSA Chapter, and has presented workshops in many school districts in the St. Louis area, at the Missouri Music Educators Association State Conference, and at the AOSA National Conference.
Lesson Kit
$49
USD
- Professional growth that feels like play!
- Learn at your own pace
- Seven engaging videos
- Printable resources
- Homework prompts for deeper reflection
- 4 hour certificate of completion
