Welcome back to the blog, y’all! Today, let’s take a closer look at an innovative approach that can transform your teaching experience and elevate your students’ learning: Elementary Music Task Cards. Far from being just another teaching tool, task…
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Centers, Lesson Ideas, Small Groups
Why You Should Be Using Crafts in your Elementary Music Classroom
Okay, let me spill some tea: elementary music crafts are the bomb. Yep, I said it. If you haven’t tried using crafts in your elementary music classroom, stay tuned! I’m here to give you some reasons (and details) on…
Activities, Centers, Composition, Lesson Ideas, Small Groups, Student Directed Learning
Teaching Meter in Elementary Music during March Madness
March Madness…but make it elementary music! Ok, I’m not really a basketball fan, but we all know that March Madness is a time when basketball fans come together to celebrate the excitement and thrill of the game. So, why…
Activities, Centers, Lesson Ideas, Small Groups, Student Directed Learning
Low Prep Ideas for Independent Work in Elementary Music
Are you exhausted after a day of teaching 6-7 different grade levels? Do you teach whole group all day long? It’s time to switch up the way you structure your lessons! In today’s blog post, I’m going to give…
Centers, Planning, Small Groups
What I Accomplish While my Classroom Runs Itself: How to Use your Instructional Time More Efficiently
Think about the title of this blog post for a second. My elementary music classroom RUNS ITSELF! Yes, you are reading that right! Because I only spend about 10-15 minutes of each class teaching whole group, I accomplish SO…
Centers, Classroom, Lesson Ideas, Planning, Small Groups
How My Teaching Changed Forever: Incorporating Student Directed Learning in the Elementary Music Classroom
Music Teachers! I have something for you that will FOREVER change the way you teach! A vast majority of people do not understand the amount of time and effort that goes into teaching elementary music. Most of the time,…
Okay…I need to confess something. I’ve had this strong and weak beat lesson saved on my Pinterest for like 5 years and I’ve never taught it! I was looking for a way to reinforce strong and weak beats with…
Activities, Centers, Planning, Small Groups, Uncategorized
How To Create and Organize Your Station Materials
Hey y’all and welcome back to the blog! Ok, I’m going to admit it. I’m NOT a Type A teacher. You know…Pinterest perfect, rainbow organization, everything alphabetized, neatly lined up on a shelf kind of teacher. I’m more of…
Activities, Centers, Classroom, Small Groups
Small Group Instruction in the Music Classroom Part 4: “Free Choice” Stations
Hey, y’all! I’m so glad to have you back for Part 4 of our Small Group Instruction in the Music Classroom series! Today’s post will probably be the shortest of the series, but it is one of my favorites!…
Activities, Centers, Classroom, Small Groups
Small Group Instruction in the Music Classroom: Part 3 “Stations Do Not (Have to) Equal Rotations”
Most of us know what stations or centers are. Many general classroom teachers use stations on a daily basis. In fact, this is where I came up with the idea to try them out in the music classroom. …