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March 1, 2014

Promoting Your School Performance or Concert

The stage is set, students prepared, lines learned, costumes hemmed, sound system set up, programs printed, and clock is ticking.  Now everyone just has to show up!  With all the hard work that you do to make the concert great, you want to make sure that everyone knows about the […]
Taking a famous, kid-favorite theme song and making it new!
February 28, 2014

Film Friday — Angry Birds Cover

  In this fun video, the musicians of the band/group Pomplamoose use video and musical editing to cover the theme from the Angry Birds game.  My students are still absolutely obsessed with Angry Birds and not a day goes by that someone doesn’t walk by wearing a t-shirt with some sort […]
Film Friday - Teaching steady beat with the band Mates of State.
February 21, 2014

Ball Pit Beats with Mates of State

  I love using popular musical genres to help teach classroom concepts.  Kids zero in when you pull up YouTube and get so excited to see real, live musicians performing right in front of them.  Why not use a engaging medium (music videos/YouTube) to reinforce the very thing you’re teaching […]
Our class pet is a fish named EGBDF. He helps us remember the notes of the treble clef because of his name and smiling FACE. Read on to learn more!
February 19, 2014

Our Class Pet named “EGBDF”

I knew as soon as I started teaching that I wanted a class pet.  I’m always looking for a way to make a personal connection with kids and kids love animals!  Why not make a connection to what we’re learning in class at the same time?  Here’s what I did […]
A few ideas about what musical resources to order and what to avoid.
February 17, 2014

Time to Order:  Do’s, Don’ts, and Dreams!

Whenever I get close to order time I pull out the catalogs I’ve been hoarding all year and I start to think again about how to spend my meager budget. I get only $100 a year from my fine arts dept and another $100 or so from my building.  Of […]
Watch this amazing video of Adam Ben Ezra and his upright bass!
February 14, 2014

Film Friday – Awesome Upright Bass Solo

I’m always on the lookout for fantastic videos of musicians who excel at their instrument, are amazing singers, etc.  When I stumbled across this video, I knew that it was a must-save because it’s pleasing to watch, has some great musical content, and is relaxing.  Adam Ben Ezra is the musician […]
Fantastic Apps to help you teach high vs. low sounds.
February 10, 2014

Awesome Apps for the Music Room to teach High vs. Low Sounds

I thought I’d share a few of my favorite music apps to use in your classroom that teach high/low and relate to teaching notes of the staff.  So many teachers these days have iPads, iPods, or use their iPhones for classroom purposes.  There are a lot of apps with relevance for […]
February 8, 2014

The Recorder Briefcase!

At my school students buy their own recorders and are encouraged to take them home to practice and play.  That means that after music they have to take their recorders back to their classroom and put them in their backpacks to take them home.  The question arose:  How can we […]
Star Guitar by the Chemical Brothers as a video listening map.
February 7, 2014

Film Friday – Star Guitar as a Listening Map

Sometimes you need to mix up your music listening examples.  We’re not doing our kids justice if we only stick to classical.  We need to engage students with music that is culturally relevant and prepares them for a lifetime of music-making.  I want to instill in my students a love […]
Learning objectives posted by grade level and quarter.
February 5, 2014

Learning Objectives Posted by Quarter

I stole this awesome idea from Jennifer Gragson, one of my fellow elementary music teachers in Kansas City, Kansas.  I noticed one day when visiting her classroom that she had all of her learning objectives posted on her board, divided by grade, so that anyone who came in could see […]
Here's a new song you can use with your primary grades and ideas about how to build a concert around it.
February 3, 2014

Love Bugs – A New Valentine’s Day Song and Program!

I had an upcoming Valentine’s Day concert with my Kindergarten kiddos and needed a perfect song to tie everything together.  I did a little brainstorming, sat down at the piano, and came up with a silly little Valentine’s Day Song called “Love Bugs!”  I knew I just had to share […]
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