by Bonnie | Feb 23, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, Singing with children
Everyone in Houston knows that Go Texas Day is awesome! Go Texas Day commemorates the opening day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Each year trail riders descend on the city from all different directions and converge on city as they make their way to the...
by Bonnie | Feb 6, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
OK – so I wouldn’t share this video with my students, but it made me laugh and so I thought you might enjoy it too!
by Bonnie | Feb 6, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
First off! Blog posts in the works………. 1. Word wall updates coming soon! 2. February melodysoup book award 3. Music careers online resources all in one place 4. macbooks and finale notepad projects 5. keynote projects 6. Valentines songs 7. Texas...
by Bonnie | Jan 19, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, Technology, Technology, Tips and Tricks, Vocal Health |
Trying to teach without a voice is annoying and difficult. Trying to teach music without a voice is downright agonizing. After adjusting ALL of my lessons for minimal teacher vocalization this week AND after fighting for each word all week I decided today...
by Bonnie | Jan 11, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, singing with children
More than half my students are learning English as their second language. I would never consider my Spanish good enough to be called bilingual, but most of the time I can figure out what my students are talking about regardless of the language they are speaking in....
by Bonnie | Dec 3, 2012 | Singing with children, singing with children, Winter Sing Along
I gotta tell ya’ll that I LOVE our annual “all-school sing along”. I came upon the idea of a holiday sing along completely by accident as it was already a tradition at the school where I first started teaching. I’m now preparing for my 14th...
