Patriotic costumes – the EASY way!
This year my 3rd graders are going to perform Song and Dance Man: George M. Cohan by Jill and Michael Gallina. I love having students perform this musical because it is both a patriotic and biographical piece. My students love the songs and the speaking parts lend...
5 Teacher Attitudes that Foster a Great Elementary Choir Rehearsal
So rehearsal, whether it be choral or instrumental can make or break a group. This is a post that I've had partially written since August and it seemed like a good time to finish it. The funny thing is that as I've edited the post today, I've been reminded of what I...
7 tips for music teachers: keeping track of money without loosing your mind
As music teachers it sometimes feels as if we are SWIMMING in order forms and student money. This fall my list of orders include T-shirts, recorders, method books, field trip money, field trip lunch money, choir shirts, performance DVDs, and choir pictures. The...
Reviewing and Introducing METER!
It has been a crazy busy couple of weeks in my world and almost none of the busy has had anything to do with school..... 🙂 Be that as it may, my students and I have been steadily working on reviewing all of the things that we learned last year..... reviewing...