You went to school to be a teacher, spending long hours studying, in the practice rooms, and also juggling that college life. But, in the back of your head, you’re also excited to become a mom one day. You push that thought back in your mind, because after all, you’re just in college and are […]
Category: ELEMENTARY MUSIC BLOG
This elementary music education blog will give you ideas to implement in your classroom. Whether you’re just starting out in your teaching career or you’ve been teaching several years, you’ll find many ideas to inspire you each week.
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- elementary music teaching
- classroom management
- procedures
- music education advocacy
- elementary music lessons
- and much more
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One of the Best Elementary Music Education Apps
As an elementary music teacher, you’re probably constantly looking for the best elementary music curriculum. Not only that, you’re wanting awesome music education apps to use with your students. Well, I’ve found a site that has both and can’t wait to tell you more about “My Singing Monsters.” I would recommend this app to any […]
Parent Communication for Music Teachers
Parent communication for music teachers is not an easy feat. As an elementary music teacher, you teach every child in the school. Sometimes you’ll need to communicate with every parent in your school, sometimes only to a grade level, and sometimes to one child’s parent. There are great ways you can communicate with parents without […]
Teacher Work Life Balance – for Elementary Music Teachers
Teacher work life balance is something that isn’t easy to achieve. As an elementary music teacher, or any teacher for that matter, you’re juggling so much at once. At school, you teach, put on programs, plan lessons, and find new resources. At home, you step into the role of spouse, parent, and take care of […]
How to Incorporate Music in the Elementary Classroom
As an elementary teacher, it can be overwhelming trying to include music on top of the rest of your curriculum. Even if you have a music teacher at your school, you may be wondering how to incorporate music in the elementary classroom. If so, I want to share some helpful tips that have helped so […]
Tips on Lesson Planning for Music Teachers
Lesson planning is one of those things that needs to be done, but definitely isn’t fun. But, when you plan lessons the right way, the class time will run a lot smoother. These tips on lesson planning for music teachers will help you with how to successfully plan out an elementary music lesson from the […]
Ideas for Decorating Your Music Classroom
You walk into your music classroom, then realize you have no idea what to do with all of those white walls. How many bulletin boards do you create? How do you know exactly what to hang up? After teaching for a few years, I figured out what worked to put on each wall and want […]
5 of the Best Music Education Quotes
Music education is so important, and it can be hard at times to find the right words to express to others about why it matters so much. Sometimes when we don’t know what to say, we can use the words of others who have advocated for music education. These music education quotes are my favorites […]
How to Have a Successful First Day of School in Music Class
The first day of school is exciting for teachers and students everywhere. Along with the excitement also comes nerves. If the first day of school (or even the first week) goes smoothly, it really does set the pace for the rest of the year If you’ve been wondering how to have a successful first day […]
10 of the Best Patriotic Songs for Elementary Students
There are so many great Patriotic songs that have been written. Incorporating Patriotic songs into the elementary music classroom is so important. Not only do students need to learn songs from other countries and cultures, they need to learn songs from America too. These are 10 of the best patriotic songs for elementary students that […]