by Bonnie | May 10, 2013 | Music Classroom Resources, Musical Instruments, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats
Have you ever had those moments in teaching when a comment or action from a student will send your lesson into an entirely new direction? One of those moments when you realize that you almost missed the forest for the trees, but on a whim you followed an impulse and...
by Bonnie | Sep 24, 2012 | Education Through Music, music teacher encouragement, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
As we move into middle and late September let us not forget the power of name games. Most music teachers use name games extensively at the beginning of the school year in an effort to build community and as a way to get students singing. However as the demands...
by Bonnie | Jun 27, 2012 | music advocacy, music teacher encouragement, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats |
When you are a music specialist – or art specialist….. or pretty much anything besides a regular classroom teacher it is sometimes hard to find really great opportunities for collaboration because in many cases, no one that you come into regular contact...
by Bonnie | May 30, 2012 | music teacher encouragement, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats |
Here is a list that I hope will be true for me as I end my school year number 13. List of things to throw out 1. Negative opinions (especially about children that I will get to teach next year.) – We’ve all had those students that are on our radar (with...
by Bonnie | Apr 19, 2012 | Classroom Management and Discipline, Education Through Music, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101 |
If you’ve been teaching music for long, you’ve noticed that often, it’s those first few moments of each class where you and your students establish the success or failure of your lesson. Snagging the attention of students as they come in is...
