This pandemic has caused many challenges for teachers, myself included, this year. But it has brought me one positive – PowerPoint Lessons! When we were teaching digitally, I created PowerPoint slides to upload into our web meeting. Then we were teaching hybrid and I kept it going. And suddenly I
Last week I presented a part of my jazz unit where I am teaching the song It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing. To I’ve got one more Black History Month activity for your elementary music class! I have done MANY activities over the years, but
Are you looking for a jazz music lesson plan that makes jazz music fun and accessible for elementary students? This post is all about the music of the Harlem Renaissance. It even includes a free mini-lesson you can download today and use in your classroom. The Harlem Renaissance jazz musicians
Are you struggling to come up with engaging instruments of the orchestra lesson plans? Put down your planner. I’ve done all the work for you. From the movement activity about the strings family to the worksheets on sorting percussion. Need a ready-to-go set of lesson plans for your maternity leave?
Hello readers! It’s the holiday season, and I’ve got some of my favorite holiday listening and movement activities for elementary music class listed for you. These are tried and true activities that I use every year with my students and they have always been a big hit. I’ve even been
Today’s post is dedicated to all you working moms out there, or those who are soon to be moms that are trying to figure out how life after baby is going to work. We are going to talk about the topic of pumping, and specifically pumping at work. It’s not
Hello Readers! I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for great songs from around the world to share in my classroom. Today I have two songs from different parts of Africa to share with you, complete with the activities I use with them in my classroom. Akinla
Trying to plan for a sub when you are out is already notorious for the amount of work you have to put in. Now think about how much work goes into planning for a long-term sub! It’s a lot. Whether you have a scheduled surgery or a family member that
If you are looking for Danse Macabre activities for music class, then this post is for you! It’s officially fall and for my classroom, that means it’s time to pull out the Halloween activities. One classic around this time of the year is Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens. If you
Hola, Readers! If you didn’t know, Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 – October 15, so I thought this would be a great time to do a blog post on some of my favorite elementary music songs to celebrate Spanish culture. Living in Florida (and in many parts of
I am an elementary music teacher, blogger and mom on a mission to make teaching and lesson planning easier for you. When I’m not working, you can find me at home enjoying life with my husband, daughter and two cats.
