You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end?
Purchase account credits and choose projects later!

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Purchase account credits and choose projects later!

For direct assistance with credits or anything else, please call our donor relationships team: (646) 586-5306 ext. 202

Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mr. Henson's Classroom Edit display name

  • Giberson Elementary School
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

Support his classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mr. Henson a DonorsChoose gift card he can use on his classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send him a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mr. Henson's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mr. Henson a DonorsChoose gift card he can use on his classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send him a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mr. Henson can use on his next classroom project.

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/mr-henson-music

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Orff instruments are ideal for young musicians because they offer an accessible introduction to instrumental music, tonality, scales, pulse/beat, and rhythm. They can be used in an ensemble or solo, and older students may also learn to improvise on these instruments. It is important to choose quality mallets for optimal resonance and clarity of tone. I have found some mallets in the storage closet! However, I am expecting some 20+ students in each class, and will need to have students take turns at the xylophones. The students waiting their turn will be playing other percussion instruments such as drums and shekeres. The headphones will help with a recording project where they will write, compose, make beats, record, and perform their own hip-hop lyrics. The Snark Tuners will be used for a guitar class in the Spring and for a lesson on intonation and the physics of sound.

About my class

Orff instruments are ideal for young musicians because they offer an accessible introduction to instrumental music, tonality, scales, pulse/beat, and rhythm. They can be used in an ensemble or solo, and older students may also learn to improvise on these instruments. It is important to choose quality mallets for optimal resonance and clarity of tone. I have found some mallets in the storage closet! However, I am expecting some 20+ students in each class, and will need to have students take turns at the xylophones. The students waiting their turn will be playing other percussion instruments such as drums and shekeres. The headphones will help with a recording project where they will write, compose, make beats, record, and perform their own hip-hop lyrics. The Snark Tuners will be used for a guitar class in the Spring and for a lesson on intonation and the physics of sound.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":7959830,"teacherId":7959830,"teacherName":"Mr. Henson","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7959830_orig.jpg?crop=750,750,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691131648053","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"mr-henson-music","teacherChallengeId":21780887,"followAbout":"Mr. Henson's projects","teacherVerify":1955571179,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mr. Henson","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/mr-henson-music","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=7959830","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":3,"numSupporters":47},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}