Summer break can definitely mean vacations. Even if it’s a stay-cation because gas prices are ridiculous, sometimes, if you have kids, they still want a souvenir or tchotchke. These cheap toys for music class are the common...
Steady Beat Listening These are some great songs to listen to that have a really solid steady beat. They are great for playing instruments, body percussion or locomotor/non-locomotor music. Some of these are available in Kidzbop versions. Hoe-down from...
Creativity should be an essential part of music education. Not only can we include small creative elements into our lessons, but we can include bigger creative activities for our students as well. For ideas to incorporate small creative elements into class, check out...
Composition and creativity sometimes seems like it is a checklist item. It’s a standard, we did it, now we can move on and don’t have to do it anymore. But that’s SUPER not true. We can include a creative element in our students’ class every...
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...
While I don’t usually write on here to tell you about things I’ve been working on, I’m SO excited about what I’ve been doing lately, and if you aren’t following me on Facebook or Instagram, you might not know yet… I opened an Etsy...
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