by Bonnie | Jul 23, 2018 | Education Through Music, music teacher encouragement, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Professional Videos, Reflections and Caveats, teacher corner, Teaching Music 101, Tips and Tricks
If you are looking for a post about how to decorate your classroom or how to write a lesson plan or plan a performance, this is not that post. As a first year music teacher you may be facing hours of professional development with other first year teachers, most of...
by Bonnie | Jun 7, 2018 | music advocacy, music teacher encouragement, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats
As a finalist for the HEB Excellence in Education Leadership Award, May 4-6, 2018 will be remembered as one of the best weekends of my life! What a joy it was to celebrate the good work of teachers across our state. I was simply amazed by the stories of inspiration...
by Bonnie | Aug 16, 2015 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
This post was actually the first one I ever wrote and shared in August 2010 – at melodysoup.blogspot.com I’m so happy that it’s still true now! Check out the cool brain research! If you are a music teacher like me, you spend much of your...
by Bonnie | Jul 16, 2015 | Archives, music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
Follow my blog with Bloglovin In August of 2010 I started occasionally writing for a blog that I called melodysoup. I wanted melodysoup to be a place where I could think about my own teaching and be an encouragement to others. Here is a post from August 2010....
by Bonnie | Mar 12, 2015 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
So this week is spring break and I been taking life VERY VERY easy! 1. SLEEP – I did quite a bit of extra sleeping this week. Sleep is such a simple and important thing….. Luxuriating in extra (needed) sleep and rest can feel quite decedent. Maybe...
by Bonnie | Jan 16, 2015 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching in a Crisis
Having a personal crisis is just plain difficult. Regardless of the nature of the crisis that you find yourself in, here are some tips for how to keep moving through your days with the ability deal with the crisis and be of use to your family. Take care of yourself...
