As a musician, I’ve engaged friends, acquaintances, and even strangers in conversations involving musical preferences. On several occasions, these people were unable to express their thoughts about the music they loved because they lacked the musical vocabulary...
Today I’m happy to welcome Elizabeth from Organized Chaos as my guest blogger. Elizabeth is a mother of two, elementary music teacher, blogger, and teacher-author on TeachersPayTeachers. Her blog, Organized Chaos, is full of great ideas for the classroom and...
When it comes to classroom management, there are days you feel like you’re floating on a cloud. Everything runs smoothly, the kids enjoy the lesson, and you remember exactly why you became a teacher. Then…well, then there are the days that aren’t...
My Week Originally Published on August 30, 2013 My week as a public school teacher, in list form: #1. Our school had their open house. While watching swarms of parents and students go by, I discovered a pattern. Some students will touch everything in the room that...
While skimming Pinterest the other day, I ran across the following image. Immediately, I knew I wanted to create a melodic game with this build-a-monster kit. Monsters in music class are nothing new. If you do a quick search in Pinterest for “Elementary Music...
A Day in my Exceptionally Cute Shoes Originally Published September 16, 2013 Last weekend Friend Laura saw my shoes and loved them, which is a bit of a coincidence, because I had a draft of this exact post on the blog, in need of some fine-tuning. So, I got back to...
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