by Bonnie | Mar 27, 2014 | blogging, Reflections and Caveats |
I am thrilled to announce that my dad is coming home on FRIDAY! When he gets home on Friday he will have spent 115 days in the hospital! What an incredible, sometimes frightening and amazingly hopeful season it has been in the life of our family! When my...
by Bonnie | Jan 22, 2014 | blogging, Reflections and Caveats |
Although this crazy fall didn’t provide very much time for me to blog, I really enjoy it and was seriously looking forward to the spring when I was certain I would have more time to devote to this project that I enjoy so much. And then my dad was diagnosed with...
by Bonnie | Nov 4, 2013 | Music Classroom Resources, Winter Sing Along
Who doesn’t love a Holiday sing along! Well if you’ve never done one before, they are great, but it’s nice to have the words up so that everyone can see them…. Here is a FREE slideshow for the song Jingle Bells DOWNLOAD HERE! I’ve...
by Bonnie | Oct 30, 2013 | Music Classroom Resources, Performance Resources
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...
by Bonnie | Oct 24, 2013 | Choir Resources, Music Classroom Resources
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...
by Bonnie | Oct 13, 2013 | Classroom Organization, Money Management for Music Teachers |
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...
