Podcasts

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 2/4/19.  This week I’ll share a little about using bulletin boards for advocacy and I will do a deep dive and take you through my ukulele lesson plans for Grades 4 and 5. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link…Read More

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 1/21/19.This week I’ll start by sharing a little about learning center signs and rotations and then I’ll take you through my 3rd Grade lesson plans. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click…Read More

Open Shut Them is a classic fingerplay song for Kindergarten and 1st grade.  It gives you a chance to talk about behavior and staying in control of your hands all while you teach a really catchy song. Fingerplays are short poems or rhymes that require the singer to use their hands and fingers to help act out the story. In the next few episodes I’ll be sharing some of my favorite fingerplays along with the process that I use to teach them!  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Spotify, SoundCloud or a variety of other platforms!

Back to school songs, games, tips, tricks, and more with special guest Aileen Miracle. Hear some fabulous new ideas and real talk about what it’s like to prepare to go back to school (the fun stuff and the stressful stuff too!).  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!

Back to school songs, games, tips, tricks, and more. Hear some fabulous new ideas and real talk about what it’s like to prepare to go back to school (the fun stuff and the stressful stuff too!).  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!

Sweetly Sings the Donkey is one of my all-time favorite folk songs. Tune in to get lesson ideas about this fun folk song from the barnyard and hear about how I use it to connect with Westward Expansion, farm chores, and rounds/canons. I’ll also be talking about one of my favorite emergency backup YouTube channels from the band Ok Go!  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!

In this episode I’m talking with Andrew Ellingsen about Orff Schulwerk and Kodály-inspired teaching. We talk about the similarities, differences, application of each teaching approach, teacher education levels training, and a lot more.  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!

I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Elisa Jones of the Music Ed Mentor Podcast about what it’s really like to teach elementary music.  Most music education degrees come with a K-12 teaching certificate, but not all people are immediately comfortable teaching elementary kids. Many of us focused on secondary school in college, and when confronted with the realities of teaching elementary music we have to make some adjustments. Listen in to hear our conversation about some of the pitfalls of teaching elementary music, what can make your life easier, and a lot of tips and tricks for being the best elementary music teacher possible!  Find the episodes on the Music Ed Mentor Podcast website here or check out the episode on Apple Podcasts.

In this episode I’m talking with Karen Petty about the world of Orff Schulwerk. We talk about how to get kids started on the instruments, mallet exploration, recorder tidbits, some movement ideas, teacher education levels, and a lot more.  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!

In this episode I get a chance to discuss everything recorder with my friend Natasha Thurmon. In this conversation we talk primarily about ways to approach teaching the recorder, some common practices, resources to consider, and more!  Check out the episode in Apple Podcasts here or you can listen on Soundcloud as well!