by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 25, 2026 | All, Running Your Classroom, The Sustainable Music Teacher
We’re all about saving time, making templates to make life easier, and making what we use work for us. Taking back ANY amount of time in our day, even 5 minutes, is a great way to be able to get one more thing done, one more something ready, or spend less time...
by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 11, 2026 | All, Kodaly
When you come across music ed resources, there are some things you might not have encountered before. They aren’t things that really are brought up in elementary methods courses, but they are simple ways to notate, isolate, mark, etc that appear in elementary...
by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 3, 2026 | All, Back to School
Once August comes, we know what’s looming. Some of our Southern friends are already back, but if you are in the North like me, you know that it starts to feel real (even though school supplies have been in stores before some of us were even OUT for the summer)! This...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 28, 2026 | All, Curriculum/Planning
Lesson planning can be tough, and learning to write them takes time, getting to know your students, and getting a feel for how long things take. Let’s take a look at some of the ways we can make lesson planning a little easier! 1. Pacing is important! I actually...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 21, 2026 | AAPI, All, Literature, Music Games, Music History
I love seeing books that are about lesser known musical instruments, and I love seeing books about lesser represented cultures! When I saw a book about a CHamoru girl (Mariana islands), playing an instrument from her culture, I had to snag it right away. This is is...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 14, 2026 | All, Curriculum/Planning
Curriculum Maps are GOLD, but only if you know what to do with them. Otherwise they are just a document with info you don’t know how to use. Or even worse, you don’t even know where to start with one. Chances are, when you student taught, you didn’t...
