The end of the school year is a stressful time. Students are checked out, and teachers are at the end of their caffeine and sugar stashes. You all know what I mean. And it never seems to get any easier even with experience. So what do you do when you need to keep them...
The Elementary Music Concert. You know it’s one of the biggest moments in your class (whether you like it or not), and definitely something your students will remember. Especially if their adults took 100+ pictures to mark the occasion. But planning a concert...
Back in 2011, I taught at a Montessori where one day a week I had grades 1-5 together for an hour. Not exactly an easy class to plan for. One day, the students came in and had obviously had “a day”. You know what I mean. They were begging to play a game...
This time of year we are always looking for extra performance ideas. I’ve talked about a “play along” for The Nutcracker March that would work well so I thought I’d create one to help you teach it! Let’s talk details: Age Range I’ve...
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...
The big one. The ultimate music ed concept. This one is SO important. I’d argue that this concept is more important than a good number of other musical concepts that we teach because this one really as a life long impact on our students. This concept is Steady...
I’m a 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.
