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 | Jan 17, 2023 | Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Set up, New Music Teacher, Professional Development, teacher corner, Uncategorized
I’ve been teaching for 24 years and I have always been terrible with paper management. Whether it is simply that I am overwhelmed by the volume of papers that cross my desk, overwhelmed by the tasks represented by each paper or simply overwhelmed, it is not at...
by Bonnie | Jan 8, 2023 | New Music Teacher
You are NOW officially in the stage in which you aren’t new anymore, but you are still new. The people who have been giving you a “heads up” all year, will start forgetting that you don’t know things! That’s ok… it’s gonna ok...
by Bonnie | Jan 2, 2023 | Classroom Management, Classroom Management and Discipline, Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Set up, music teacher encouragement, Next Year, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, seating charts, teacher corner, Tips and Tricks
Happy New Year! One of my favorite things about being a teacher is that I get two chances at each “New Year”. I get to start the new academic year each August and I get to start a new calendar year on January 1. Today I am going to share a few habits that...
by Bonnie | Dec 26, 2022 | Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
Here are some habits and routines at home that help me keep my job as a music teacher in a happy place. Useful Routines and Habits Take Care of Your Physical Needs – This includes, getting adequate sleep, getting good nutrition and exercise and going to the...
by Bonnie | Dec 21, 2022 | Classroom Management, music teacher encouragement, Professional Book Shelf, Teaching Music 101
First a disclaimer. I am not a child development expert. I am a child development observer. I am not a music curriculum expert. I am a music education practitioner. I study and based on the body of knowledge I have acquired and based on what I observe in my classroom...
