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March 15, 2020

It Starts with the Standards – Advocacy for Elementary Music

Classroom Ideas

A few years ago I was in the hallway after school fumbling with butcher paper, bulletin board border, and a freshly laminated set of posters based around the National Standards for Music Education (at the time I was still using the NAfME standards from 1994). I was halfway done with […]

April 21, 2019

Decorating for a Concert in the Gym

Decoration

At my school we have our musical performances in the gym. Not on a stage that’s connected to the gym, just in the open gym. Our student population is large, we don’t have a stage big enough for all the kids, and we just don’t have the option of having […]

An I CAN Bulletin board display to show students how we can Soar Higher in music class!

September 11, 2013

Soaring Higher in Music Bulletin Board

Decoration

I love a good theme and when I got back to school this summer I found out my principal had decided to make our school theme for the year “Soaring Higher.” Of course I wanted to find a way to connect with the theme and show students how we’re “soaring […]