How to Teach a Song in 3 Simple Steps
Raise your hand if you taught your kids a song in your music class today... and probably every day that you've taught.It's a fundamental part of what we do in…
Raise your hand if you taught your kids a song in your music class today... and probably every day that you've taught.It's a fundamental part of what we do in…
You’ve already figured out what to teach in what order, and how to layer concepts overall in your elementary music classroom. You have the scope, you have the sequence,…
(psst!! I talked a little more about this on The Anacrusic Podcast. Click here to listen to Episode 18!) There are about a million and one pieces of advice everyone…
Well here we are, the final voyage on this very very possible mission. I hope by reading through the different posts this last month you are starting to realize that there…
Here we are almost through the whole month of April and on the second half of the Active Music Making Series! I hope that you’ve found some inspiration through these…
Are y'all ready for stop number 2 on our Mission Possible? ...or are you so over the cheesy title?? #sorrynotsorry The good news for you is that out of the…
For this series, I’m starting with movement because I think it presents the most barriers to those who are new to this way of teaching music. Using movement in my elementary…
The list was long. I had a column for rhythmic, a column for melodic, and a column for all the other things that didn’t fit into the previous two. It…
There is no better way to find out how your students have truly processed information than by asking them to create something with it. By asking students to create with…
In my classroom, I’m a little bit of a control freak when it comes to laying solid foundations and setting appropriate scaffolds for concepts. In Kindergarten, it’s steady beat, steady…