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Concert season is approaching (or maybe it’s already here for you). In this episode we’ll help elementary music teachers navigate through the challenges of concert season. Today’s episode will focus specifically on 3 strategies for managing your concert season. Here’s a sneak peak Don’t be...
Rules for activities during testing weeks: Review only Use your most fun activities No thinking involved High engagement Little to no talking Keep it quiet What to teach during testing week: Steady beat activities Fun manipulatives Centers Escape rooms Karaoke Day Movement meet and greet...
Seven Spring Storybook Lessons: Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen and Arthur Robins This storybook is great to teach: melody, instrument play, movement Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack This storybook is great to teach: melody The Listening Walk by Paul Showers This...
Author Spotlight: The Mind Behind the brand new children’s picture book, The Showdown Symphony – Ep9
Join me as I interview Kevin & Leah Klein, authors of the brand new storybook, The Showdown Symphony. They’ve written an adorable new picture book that is Peter & the Wolf-esk, with a theme for each adorable animal and a full orchestration that accompanies this...
Three Tips for Choosing Concert Rep Your Big Kids Will Connect With 3 Tips for Choosing Concert Rep: Let your students choose the music. Break out the cool manipulatives. Let them design the way they want to present the song. Episode quotes: [4:15] I started...
How to Use Your Spidey Sense to Help Your Exceptional Learners Feel Great in Your Music Classroom Tips for Using Your Spidey Senses: Always be watching your students’ expressions. Just because they can’t participate in the same way as your typical students doesn’t mean they...
“We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.” – Francis Bacon Recognize that watching your exceptional learners take teeny tiny steps will be one of the most fulfilling and joyful parts of your job. Exceptional Learners function best in a classroom...
Five Life Lessons from Dr. Seuss: Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. Why fit in when you were born to stand out? You have brains in your head. You have feet in...
Harmonizing Differences – Teaching Acceptance in the Music Classroom Through music, we can teach about different cultures, different religions, different socioeconomic statuses, peoples’ minds, and bodies that work differently from our own, people who eat differently, people who live differently. The possibilities are endless. Why...
Let the Rhythm Move You: 5 Incredible Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Your Music Classroom!
How to Celebrate Black History Month in the Music Classroom 3 Storybooks to Use During Black History Month Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford Charlie Parker played Be Bop by Chris Raschka Rap a Tap Tap, Here’s Bojangles, Think of That by Leo...
