by Jeanette Mihalchik | Sep 27, 2022 | Music Teacher Activities, Tips and Tricks for Music Teachers, Tips for First Year Music Teachers, Ukulele
How to Structure Your Ukulele Unit The ukuleles have arrived. They are unpacked and waiting for the next step. The question is, what is the next step? Where do you start? You’re probably asking yourself all the things . . . how do I store them? . . . how do I...
by Jeanette Mihalchik | Sep 20, 2022 | Music Teacher Activities, Tips and Tricks for Music Teachers, Ukulele
5 Reasons You Should Teach Ukulele Ever since Grace VanderWaal hit the stage in 2016 on America’s Got Talent, ukulele has been all the rage with elementary school students. In fact, according to the National Association of Music Merchants, there were almost 2...
by Jeanette Mihalchik | Sep 13, 2022 | Tips and Tricks for Music Teachers
5 Secrets to Help your Students Overcome Fear of Failure As a music teacher, one challenge you run into all the time is students who don’t think they’re good at music. They may think they can’t sing well (or maybe someone’s told them they have...
by Jeanette Mihalchik | Sep 6, 2022 | Music Teacher Activities, Tips and Tricks for Music Teachers
How to Turn Ew’s into Yay’s – Classical Music Reboot Did you know that September is Classical Music Month? It is! That’s why this is the perfect time to introduce your students to some of the great classical pieces. You know it’s...
by Jeanette Mihalchik | Aug 30, 2022 | Behavior Management, Tips and Tricks for Music Teachers, Tips for First Year Music Teachers
How to Encourage Positive Behavior with a Solid System by guest blogger Kateri Swavely-Veranna I remember sitting in my college classroom and hearing my professor – who was the head of the music education department and also my advisor – confidently and...
