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Pictures of CHAMPS behavior management system posters.
March 18, 2018

CHAMPS for the Music Room

Teachers live in a constant state of change.  Sometimes it feels like every staff development day comes with a new initiative and teaching method to adopt.  And how do you learn about and prepare for this new system?  Teachers might be given a 2 hour training by someone from “central […]
Before and After pictures of my music classroom.
September 15, 2016

Music Room Makeover! Room Tour 2016

It’s a new school year in a new school with a new set of challenges and possibilities!  As of August 2016 I am the new music teacher at Ralya Elementary School in Haslett, MI where I’ll be replacing a teacher who has been in the building for many years.  I […]
What Every Music Teacher MUST Have on their Wall!
August 4, 2016

What Every Music Teacher MUST Have on their Walls!

The last school I worked at actually had a diagram of which bulletin boards should go in which spots in the classroom.  They had a very specific expectation of WHERE and WHY something should go in a certain place.  In fact, my new teacher orientation had a full hour session […]
Ideas to dress up your bulletin boards and classroom walls.
July 29, 2016

Think Outside the Bulletin Board

There are so many things to think about when planning your classroom for the coming year.  You think about lesson plans, unit and semester plans, concerts, building-wide evaluation systems, new requirements from the state/district, new purchases, fundraising… oh and also you need to put something up on that bulletin board […]
Fast and fun way to reinforce the instrument families with your students!
April 28, 2016

Instrument Family of the Week – Rotating Bulletin Board

I’ve been spending a lot of time these last few weeks teaching students about the instrument families!  We’ve learned how to identify different instrument families by looking for clues on each instrument like a mouthpiece, strings, reeds, tubing, valves, mallets, and lots more!  I love teaching students to look for […]
Women of the Week - A bulletin board set to highlight the many musical contributions of women.
March 9, 2016

Women of the Week!

  Did you know?  March is Women’s History Month!  Some really amazing and important agencies including The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum joined together to help bring attention to the generations of women […]
Easy bulletin board which gives history behind caroling and some of our favorite carols!
December 1, 2015

Celebrate Caroling!  Switchin’ Up that Bulletin Board

 It’s a super, super busy time of the year for all of us.  Between concerts, all-school sing alongs, grades, assessments, conferences, potlucks, and every other thing that comes along, who’s got time for a bulletin board!?   I’ll admit that I’m a bulletin board person… a bulletin board fanatic maybe? […]
Check out my music room makeover, 2015!
October 25, 2015

Music Room Makeover!  Room Tour 2015

I’ll just start by saying that I don’t think my classroom will ever truly be finished.  There’s always something to add, alter, improve, eliminate, decorate, or switch out.  This summer I moved from Kansas City to Lansing, Michigan and that means that EVERYTHING I had was boxed up and schlepped […]
Tips and tricks to make your bulletin boards the talk of the teachers's lounge!
August 22, 2015

Bulletin Board Best Practices – #2

If you’ve spent any amount of time on my blog you can probably tell that I’m a fan of bulletin boards.  I think that they are a wonderful way to get a student’s attention, teach new concepts, reinforce learning, inform the public, draw in other teachers and administration, connect with […]
An exciting, fun, and interactive bulletin board that celebrates the unique qualities of each student!
May 6, 2015

Celebrate Our Differences!  Jellybean Bulletin Board

I’m just going to admit right now that this has been one of the most fun and engaging bulletin boards that I have ever come up with.  I’m so excited about how this turned out and excited that I was able to highlight and celebrate student diversity!  I created this […]
Sticky Situation! Using tape in the elementary music classroom.
January 31, 2015

Sticky Situation — Using Tape in the Music Classroom

I love learning and sharing tiny little tricks to make life in the classroom easier. One of my favorite things to do when I walk into a friend’s music room is start asking “Where did you get that?”  “How are you hanging that?” “What brand of (whatever) is that?”  I […]
Get a few quick and easy tips to keep your bulletin board borders organized!
December 6, 2014

Bulletin Board Borders – ORGANIZED!!

I was working on a bulletin board recently and was frustrated with how all my bulletin board borders and extras were stored.  I was looking for one more piece of the colorful star borders but I just couldn’t find it.  It looked like the borders had exploded.  Those little colorful […]
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