One of my favorite folk songs is also a favorite for multiple concepts at very different age levels! Cut the Cake, sometimes called Clap Your Hands, is a song that even my middle school students have asked to play again. It's a great song to use when you teach Ta Rest and to revisit when…...

Halloween week is rough no matter what end of the holiday you are on. Before the holiday, students are HYPED, and after the holiday, the kids are sugared out and tired. Here are some quick and easy fun things for Halloween week with low to no prep! Play Alongs Here are some gold star play…...

Students can be fearful. Not spooky or Halloween fun, but from "stage fright", feeling like they are on display, or putting themselves on the line. Real scary can be harder than spooky. We can tell students that ghosts and ghouls aren't real, but we can't take away the things that really frighten them. Here's a…...

A lot of music teachers spend time to make sure students learn about different instruments including a staple in a lot of classrooms, the piano. Here are a few resources for introducing the Piano in music class. Resources A great resoucre from Yamaha: https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/piano/mechanism/mechanism002.html A nice clear image of the internal mechanism as well as…...

Let Us Chase the Squirrel is a fall staple in my classroom. It's a great song to teach half note and it comes back later in the year with my students for Re. And it has a fun game. Let’s explore some of the ways I use Let Us Chase the Squirrel in my classroom.…...

Imposter Syndrome can be debilitating for people. It's something that lots of teachers can experience, especially when they are new, in a new position, or when confronted with new situations. Confession: I suffer from Imposter Syndrome. Heavily. We'll talk about why later on but it is something I've learned to deal with over the years.…...