Halloween is my absolute FAVORITE holiday of the year. My students know this and expect to do spooky things the whole month of October! We love to crank a KidzBop playlist and have a blast! I think one of…
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…
Do your students struggle to identify strong and weak beats in music? This fundamental skill can be a BEAST to teach! It’s something I always take for granted and forget that my students don’t know! For my students, strong…
The time has come, y’all. Target has put out their school supplies! Do you have a love hate relationship with the Target Back to School section? It’s equal parts dread over summer ending and excitement for fresh starts! There’s…
How to Plan Your Music Classroom Decor Ok, y’all…it’s time to talk about planning out your music classroom decor for the new school year! Now, before y’all jump all over me saying, “It’s July 2nd! I am on summer…
Last week on the blog, we talked about how to prepare and organize your station and small group activities. Today I’m going to show you a quick rundown of some of my favorite small group activities for spring! Most…
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…
Hey y’all! Welcome back to the blog! Today, we’re talking about using manipulatives (my kiddos call it “fun stuff”) to learn about ta and titi. Don’t worry, you can use any counting system you like with these activities, but…