Children’s Books in the Music Classroom
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
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...
First Year Teachers – The Right Tools At the Right Time
Time is PRECIOUS! When you are a music teacher, EVERY minute counts, both those that you spend with your students AND those that you spend preparing to teach your students. While I hope you will find yourself in a situation where you have ALL the resources you need...
First Year Teacher SOS – EMERGENCY Teaching Tricks
When I started to write this blog post I began by writing some of the real-life scenarios for which I have had to employ emergency activities. Ideally, some extensions should be included in every lesson plan, so that before you begin you know what should happen...