by Bonnie | Apr 23, 2011 | Classroom Organization, Next Year, Reflections and Caveats
There is something about spring that makes me think about fall. Like clockwork, when I start preparing my spring choir concert and 5th grade graduation prep, my mind immediately starts playing the “next year” game. Next year – I’ll start...
by Bonnie | Mar 18, 2011 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats, Singing with children
I am so very excited about the singing going on in 2nd grade this year. They just sing beautifully! I’m excited about how sweetly they sing because if their sound is sweet now, then hopefully we can continue to build a nice sound the rest of the time they are...
by Bonnie | Mar 14, 2011 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
The best and hardest thing to do when you are a music teacher is to maintain a rested voice. I am happy to say that now that I’m on Spring Break, I can rest my voice for a few days. This is good because my voice was in desperate need of silence! The best money...
by Bonnie | Dec 31, 2010 | Reflections and Caveats
The one thing that is never new about school is that the Spring makes the Fall seem like a leisure stroll. I sometimes blame this business on all what we refer to as the “spring testing season”. So now in school we have football season, basketball season...
by Bonnie | Aug 21, 2010 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
Now that we are starting school again this year…. rest becomes critical. Just the comparatively simple task of teacher inservice and room set up can over tax us when we’ve been “summering” all summer long. I’m writing about this because I...
by Bonnie | Aug 20, 2010 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
To me teaching and learning (or should it be learning and teaching?) feel like making a big pot of soup. Soup Preparation First the chef has to chop up the ingredients into bite sized pieces, but before that they must have knowledge about what kinds of ingredients...
