by Bonnie | Jan 29, 2012 | Composition, Music Classroom Resources, Music Literacy, Online Resources for the Music Class
Yesterday on another blog that I write I told a story about a song my daddy used to sing to me when I was little. A music teacher friend of mine asked me about the tune of the song because I had decided to only type the lyrics.. I wanted to answer her well, so I...
by Bonnie | Jan 27, 2012 | Classics for Kids, Music Listening, Online Resources for the Music Class
Classics for kids is a GREAT website that includes podcasts that are only about 6.5 minutes long. My favorite part about the podcasts is that they do several episodes about each composer, so by the time your students have listened to each of them, they have...
by Bonnie | Jan 27, 2012 | after school listening club, Music Listening |
I wish that I had time to teach my students more songs AND I wish that I had time to help my students listen to more music. With that in mind, I decided that as part of my schools after school program I would have a “music listening” club. I thought a...
by Bonnie | Jan 25, 2012 | Music Classroom Resources, Professional Collaboration, Reflections and Caveats |
I’m currently right in the middle of my 13th year as a music teacher 10 years at my first school and 2.5 years into teaching at my current school. And Ya’ll I wish that I had found out about donorschoose.org a long time ago! I FINALLY discovered...
by Bonnie | Jan 23, 2012 | Music Classroom Resources |
What do popsicle sticks and googly eyes have to do with textbooks? Well, here is where you are going to find out! In music class we sing, we play games, we dance, we play instruments, we compose, we tell stories, and put on costumes….. BUT……...
by Bonnie | Jan 20, 2012 | Music Classroom Resources, Online Resources for the Music Class
This blog is taking me forever to write. Not because it’s so difficult but because it’s Thursday night and I’m “Thursday Tired”. The only level of tiredness that can trump “Thursday Tired” is “Friday Tired” which...
