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Tips and tricks to make your bulletin boards the talk of the teachers's lounge!
August 16, 2014

Bulletin Board Best Practices – #1

It’s the beginning of a new year and time to start thinking about what’s to come and forging ahead.  For me, the beginning of the year bulletin board is always a fun and stressful task.  Some of us want to put up a bulletin board that we can use all year […]
Ideas for Back to School bulletin boards in the music room!
July 28, 2014

Back to School Bulletin Boards!  Link Up and Share!

The beginning of each new year brings lots of fun challenges and exciting opportunities.  Right now, my brain is swimming with ideas about programs, scheduling, sharing resources with other teachers in my district, procedure for behavior, trying out new techniques, purchasing, and so much more.  With all of those things […]
Kids in Motion is a fantastic resource for movement in the elementary music classroom!
July 25, 2014

Kids in Motion – A Must Have Movement CD

“Kids in Motion” is a CD that I was introduced to during my student teaching and is a resource that I go back to again and again.  I’ll admit, this album is pretty old and one of MANY on the list of great resources made by creative partners Greg & Steve, […]
Here are some of my favorite ideas for classroom bulletin boards.
July 16, 2014

Back to School … Bulletin Board Ideas

Well there might be product displays at every Target, Walmart, and Office Max from here to Toledo, but I will NOT at this moment admit that it’s almost “the time that shall not be named.”  There can be decorations of backpacks and yellow school busses in every window, but I’ll […]
June 29, 2014

DIY Whale Prop for Concert

I’ve been off the map these last couple weeks because I’ve been so busy doing camps with kids!  A few weeks ago I was teaching music for theater camp with Theater in the Park, then I went home for a camp for abused and neglected kids called Royal Family Kids […]
June 13, 2014

Bloom’s Taxonomy in Music Rooms – Free Posters for Music Advocacy

After a week-long class about critical thinking in the art/theater/music classroom I was inspired!  We had been talking about all the ways that arts education addresses every level of Bloom’s Taxonomy and music education in particular encourages strategic thinking in students.  I realize that I’m literally preaching to the choir […]
I want to talk to you about one of the things that’s been in my head this summer as I plan for the new year: assessment.
June 6, 2014

Perfect Poolside Planning – Thinking About Next Year

No teacher every shuts off their “teacher” brain.  Not really.  We’re always thinking about what could change or what great things we want to improve on.  In the summer I like to think ahead to the new school year and also reflect back on the previous year.  What did I […]
May 28, 2014

Leave a Letter for Yourself

At the end of the school year you’re exhausted.  It’s all you can do to pack away your instruments and materials, input thousands of grades, get through field day/field trips/special assemblies, and make it out the door to summer freedom.  You deserve time in the summer to relax and recharge, […]
Five awesome things I found on Pinterest this month!
May 14, 2014

Five Favorite Pins of May – 2014

OMGoodness, don’t you love that it’s already May!  I can’t believe the school year is almost over… or at least I say that when my principal is around.  Truthfully, I’m excited for summer and all the new learning, relaxation, and project time that it brings.  I will admit, I spend […]
I created a Wall of Fame for my kiddos who had earned their Recorder Karate Black Belt!
May 12, 2014

Black Belt Wall of Fame – Recorder Karate Progress

If you’ve followed my blog so far, you know that I work really hard to make students excited about playing the recorder.  Students have to really buy in to the idea to want to work on it, otherwise they won’t practice or advance.  One of the most effective things that […]
Orff instrument stands
May 2, 2014

DIY Orff Instrument Stands

Through the blessings of so many people, I have been able to really build up the number of barred percussion “Orff” instruments in my classroom.  When I came to this school we had two soprano metallophones and a bass xylophone and now there are nearly 14 instruments of all different […]
Great video to show off an instrument family with various sizes!
April 25, 2014

Film Friday – Trombones of all Sizes!

Trombones, trombones, trombones of all sizes!  This video features the “German Brass” ensemble, a talented musical group which is comprised of members of major German symphony orchestras and professors at university music schools.  The German Brass has some fun with trombones in this entertaining musical act set in a circus […]
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