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...
Congrats! You got your first job and you are PUMPED. Bring on the Target dollar spot!! Or not. Seriously, first things first. I spent thousands of dollars putting together materials for my classroom. Let’s stop normalizing teachers spending their own money on...
As the end of the year comes to a close, I think it’s important to spend time with your fifth grade students (or your last year elementary students) doing some things to really finalize your time together. It shouldn’t be just instrument tryouts, prep for...
I intended on doing another post for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month this week, but as I contemplated what to write about, what activities to give you, I thought that isn’t what you need right now. It’s not what I need right now. What we DO...
April is also Arab American Heritage Month. While I think it’s super important to include books from diverse cultures and musicians, finding books for this culture was incredibly hard. As far as I could find, there were no books that featured musicians of an...
It’s time for another book round up! Jazz has always been one the genres I focus on the most, and if anything, I am guilty of focusing ONLY on jazz and related genres. These are three books that I think are some of the best around and focus on a diverse group of...
I'm busy music teacher located near Metro Detroit, MI. I help busy music teachers who want highly engaging materials for student led learning so they can take time for themselves.
