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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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…
Have you ever heard a group of 5th graders argue over whether Mozart or Beethoven was better?! No?…well, I have. It’s a far cry from where this group started when we learned about musical eras! Teaching music history has…
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…
Small Group Instruction in the Music Classroom: Lesson Structure and Setting Expectations (Part 1)
Hey, y’all! Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be doing a series about using small group instruction in the music classroom. I get questions about how I run these activities and stations all the time, so I…