Field Day is a kid favorite and a teacher stressor. For music teachers, we try to figure out what we can do that is movement heavy, fun, and doesn't require us to try to teach anything in the moment. Here are some great music activities for field day that will be sure to be student…...

I see constant requests for help finding songs for moving up ceremonies. I figured I'd do some consolidation and put some popular options in one place! Here's a big list of moving up songs for prek, kindergarten, and upper elementary (4th or 5th grade) graduations. PreK/Kindergarten I'm Growing Up - Amidons Dynamite Kinder Graduation -…...

Upper Elementary and Middle School may be the worst offenders of the "I don't want to sing" club. Finding engaging games for them to play while they HAVE to sing is one way to help break down that wall. Here are four of my favorite singing games for upper elementary and middle school. Sansa Kroma…...

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 singing in the elementary music classroom. Long Game Teaching students to sing…...

Once the weather gets warmer, we definitely start feeling the crunch. We want to be outside. The kids want to be outside. No one wants to do anything except enjoy the spring. But for teachers, it's crunch time. Even more so if you have planned concerts, musicals, and the like. So what can you do…...

Yup. Backwards. When I first started having to do concerts, I was super caught up in picking music, then picking parts, then picking this and that, etc. But I never saw where I was going. After a couple times through the wringer, and a few years feeling panicked about the deadlines, I started something new.…...