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I’m working on a book!
Writing and composing have always brought me joy. While hopscotching through the extremely busy pace of teaching elementary music I have regularly found myself gleefully diving into seasons of writing or composing diligence. Its not at all surprising that these...
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A Good Day!
This post is entirely for me. There were so many interesting and fun things that happened that I want to remember them. It's a good habit to take note of the good stuff. I'm taking my own advise and writing it here. Kindergarten - the song is in them We've been...
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New Music Teacher Club – Managing Rather Than Swimming In Papers
I've been teaching for 24 years and I have always been terrible with paper management. Whether it is simply that I am overwhelmed by the volume of papers that cross my desk, overwhelmed by the tasks represented by each paper or simply overwhelmed, it is not at all...
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New Music Teacher Club – It’s January! – 5 Ways to ensure you have a HAPPY MAY!
You are NOW officially in the stage in which you aren't new anymore, but you are still new. The people who have been giving you a "heads up" all year, will start forgetting that you don't know things! That's ok... it's gonna ok REALLY, because, you are gonna have a...