by Bonnie | Mar 18, 2023 | Music Classroom Resources, New Music Teacher, Professional Book Shelf, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, teacher corner, Uncategorized
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...
by Bonnie | May 28, 2019 | Choir Resources, Reflections and Caveats, singing with children, Singing with children
For the last 10 years or so, at 3 different campuses students interested in singing in the volunteer extracurricular choir simply turned in a form (paper or digital) to join choir. In anticipation of next year’s choir, I decided to try something new, and I am so...
by Bonnie | Apr 19, 2019 | Music Classroom Resources, music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
This year my fifth graders and I embarked on a new adventure…. We learned how to play ukulele. Before adding this to our musical adventure there were quite a few steps that my co-teacher and I had to accomplish. Research and Funding Before we ever started...
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...
by Bonnie | Jul 28, 2018 | FREE! Downloads!, Music Classroom Resources
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...
by Bonnie | Dec 13, 2016 | Playing Instruments, Winter Sing Along
This week, being the last week before our winter break is just a little crazy! We are preparing for a winter sing along. The choir is going on a field trip tomorrow where we will sing our entire concert 4 times at 4 different locations. The sing along includes...
