I've been wanting to have my friend Lindsey share this post for years (yes really), and we finally made it happen! Her composer graveyard is such a wonderful idea for the music classroom and I think this is such a wonderful way to help composers come to life. This is such a fun experience for…...

Music Street. It's a great way to engage students when you teach new solfege notes and help them remember the syllable name as they are introduced to different notes. But what do you include in a music street story if you've not been given a story to share with your students? Mt. Solfege is a…...

This is the first step to students learning how to read and write music that a lot of people take after teaching steady beat. Let's break down teaching rhythm vs steady beat from a Kodaly perspective. Prepare The key for teaching students steady beat vs rhythm is for them to be able to identify between…...

September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. As I’ve said before, I’m very much a person who makes sure that I cover different cultural groups all year and not just in ‘the’ month that is set aside. But I still think it’s important to cover them in that month. So here are five…...

There are TONS of folk song collections out there. Of course, I want to analyze everything and catalog it in a spreadsheet (maybe someday). But I've been on a kick of trying to re-organize my folk song collection. Having completely my levels across different programs as well as all the things I've randomly collected, I've…...

This is a classic song that really helps students hammer home the concept of steady beat. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. The Music Tone Set: drmsRhythm Set: ta rest, ti-ti, taRhythmic Form: ABMelodic Form: AB Grades: PreK-1 Verses Johnny works with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer,Johnny works with one hammer, then he works with two.  TWO! Johnny…...