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Great Songs to Sing with Children -1

Great Songs to Sing with Children -1

by Bonnie | Jul 6, 2019 | Music Classroom Library, Reflections and Caveats, Singing with children, singing with children

This Little Light of Mine One of my FAVORITE empowering songs is “ This Little Light of Mine” When I use it, I always include a reading of the book entitle “This Little Light of Mine” illustrated by E.B. Lewis. The book includes a beautifully illustrated story of a...
Generating Buy-In Through “Auditioning” a Non-Auditioned Choir

Generating Buy-In Through “Auditioning” a Non-Auditioned Choir

by Bonnie | May 28, 2019 | Choir Resources, Reflections and Caveats, Singing with children, singing with children

For the last 10 years or so, at 3 different campuses students interested in singing in the volunteer extracurricular choir simply turned in a form (paper or digital) to join choir. In anticipation of next year’s choir, I decided to try something new, and I am so...
Teaching Music 101 – Top 10 ways to sound like you want to sing with children

Teaching Music 101 – Top 10 ways to sound like you want to sing with children

by Bonnie | Aug 3, 2015 | singing with children, Teaching Music 101

One of my favorite singers of all time is Ella Fitzgerald.  I love listening to her sing.  I love everything that she sings.  I love hearing recordings of her when she was young.  I love hearing recordings of her when she was old because every time she sang she shared...
Teaching Music 101 – Top 10 ways to sound like you want to sing with children

Top 10 ways to sound like you WANT to sing with children! – (even when you don’t feel like it)

by Bonnie | Jul 5, 2013 | singing with children, Teaching Music 101 | 3 comments

One of my favorite singers of all time is Ella Fitzgerald.  I love listening to her sing.  I love everything that she sings.  I love hearing recordings of her when she was young.  I love hearing recordings of her when she was old because every time she sang she shared...
Summer Vocal Health – An investment into next year.

Summer Vocal Health – An investment into next year.

by Bonnie | Jun 10, 2013 | music teacher encouragement, Next Year, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, singing with children, Vocal Health | 1 comment

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Now that it’s summer Don’t forget to invest in your voice by allowing yourself the time you need for restorative vocal rest.  Enjoy some silence.  If you have to talk, try to save most of your talking in quiet places away from...
Funny Fridays! – Pinky and the Brain

Funny Fridays! – Pinky and the Brain

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....
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