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Roots of American Music – Here at Home

by Bonnie | Mar 11, 2019 | Fund for Teachers, Professional Development

This last week was the deadline to submit the 2019 FFT travel fellowship. Seeing all of the posts reminded me that it was time to reflect on just how significantly my recent FFT fellowship has informed my teaching this year. Some of the things I planned to do as part...

Help! I’ve lost my voice! – 5 coping strategies for MUSIC TEACHERS!

by Bonnie | Nov 25, 2018 | Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, Vocal Health

Last week something bloomed in Houston and when it did my voice disappeared! On Tuesday morning, I was speaking to and occasionally model singing for my before school choir quite comfortably. By 5th grade that afternoon, I was able to croak out enough notes to model...

Children’s Books in the Music Classroom

by Bonnie | Nov 20, 2018 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Resources

At the heart of my journey into blogging has been an internal focus on the use of children's books in the music classroom. Even when I took a break from blogging to earn my masters degree, an enduring focus of my study was the use of children's books in the music...

Music Rules

by Bonnie | Sep 15, 2018 | Classroom Management and Discipline, Rhythm

This year I tried something I've never done before!!!! I've seen other folks create rules that align with rhythms which is super cool.... but I wanted to have rhythm rules that fit with the acronym M.U.S.I.C. SOOOOO To make these I used digital chalkboard paper from...