My Music Classroom has a Word Wall – NOW WHAT?
So - You've finally found the time to go to the extra effort to create a word wall just like in everyone else's classroom. You've got the words, you've got the letters up, you staple and staple and staple, and then you realize..... If this is all the word wall is,...
Music Lesson Plan Template
For the first 10 years or so of teaching music I was free to use any lesson plan template that I chose. I'll admit that mostly I just made my music plans fit on whatever was available. Then around the time that I really started thinking about what would be most...
September YUMMY AWARD! – Bling Blang by Woody Guthrie and Vladimir Radunsky
for September 2012 goes to Bling Blang by Woody Guthrie, Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky This book has so much to offer a music teacher in search of a book that will exemplify great literature and great music for kinder and first grade. First - The lyrics are very...
Book List – Pete the Cat
I have joined the Pete the Cat craze! I purchased the books this summer and they are an exceptional hit with my students. They ask for these books again and again. I decided to purchase the books after I saw a video of a a music class playing an orffistrated version...