by Melissa Stouffer | Nov 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Something I’ve loved the last number of years is the increase of diverse children’s books. While finding books about musicians still proves difficult, there are so many more books about different cultures. Here are some books featuring various Native...
by Melissa Stouffer | May 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
You know you are checking out for good. You are moving on to a new position, or you are retiring. Wooo-hooo! But you want to leave your soon to be former students in the best hands possible. Here’s some things you can do to prep your job for the next teacher! If...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
The woe of the elementary music teacher. Singing. It can be difficult to get students on the same page sometimes. Sometimes it’s unhealthful singing, sometimes it’s not wanting to sing. Whatever the case, here are some things you can do to encourage good...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 28, 2021 | Composition, Dancing, Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Kindergarten, Learning Through Play, Movement, Uncategorized
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...
by Melissa Stouffer | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
