by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 18, 2023 | All, Curriculum/Planning
When you go to plan, do you hunt and peck for ideas? Are you constantly looking for a song that has that concept, can talk about XYZ, or the like? Let’s talk about Concept Plans. Life changing. What’s in them? Concepts the kids already need to know A song...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 14, 2023 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Odd Teaching Situations, Tough Situations
Before we know it, it will be the thing music teachers dread…testing season. Testing season itself isn’t awful on us except the students seem a little more hyped….unless…you have to be quiet too. While this is super not fun nor the ideal...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 24, 2023 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Guest Posts
Hi friends, This week I am elated to share my guest blogger, P. Eric Bottorff. I saw Eric present on his Special Education students a few years ago at MMC and how he breaks it down is some of the more brilliant as well as nurturing ways I’ve seen...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 19, 2022 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
As we get to back to school time and everyone starts thinking about planning out their curriculum for the year, there are lots of questions about different elements to the curriculum. If you don’t know how to set all this up, you end up in what a lot of music...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 27, 2021 | All, Curriculum/Planning
Sitting down to plan for an entire year of general music seems really daunting. If you are a ‘typical’ elementary music teachers, you likely have Kindergarten – 5th grade. So six grade levels and curriculum to know. If you are extended to middle...
by Melissa Stouffer | Apr 20, 2021 | All, Curriculum/Planning
As we end the year, not ONE of us is thinking of planning for next year. I know and I’m super behind that. Instead of giving you something to work on RIGHTNOW, I thought that this week I’d take a look at things we can think about as we end the year, get...
