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Music Technology Ideas for Elementary Students

Maybe you’ve wanted to bring more technology into your elementary music classroom, but you’re needing new ideas. There’s so much amazing technology available to use and it can get overwhelming knowing where to start and what to use with your particular crew of students. In this blog post, you’ll find a full list of music […]

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When You Feel Like Quitting Music Teaching

What do you do when you feel like quitting music teaching? More than ever before, teaching has gotten harder for a variety of reasons. Maybe you used to love your job, but the thought of doing it anymore just drains you. If so, this this blog post (and episode 224 of The Elementary Music Teacher […]

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Talking Less During Instructional Time as a Music Teacher

Have you tried talking less during instructional time as a music teacher? You’ll lose your voice less and students will focus more. This this blog post (and episode 223 of The Elementary Music Teacher podcast) will share ways you can talk less during instructional time, transitions, and activities happening in the music room.   Instructional […]

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Teaching Music to a Large Class

Sometimes, you’ll get a class that has more students in it than normal.  Or, there might be a certain day you’re asked to combine classes since a teacher on your electives team is out for the day. It gets a little overwhelming trying to teach that many students and it’s easy to feel stuck. I’ve […]

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3 Areas to Focus on as you Wrap up the School Year

While wrapping up the school year, there’s a lot of things to check off of your to do list. It can feel overwhelming while thinking about what you need to get done before heading out for summer. In this blog post, we’ll talk about how to go about wrapping up the school year for yourself, […]

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4 Ways to Reframe Negative Thoughts About Teaching

Teaching isn’t always going to be sunshine and rainbows. In fact, it’s easy to get caught up in what I call the negative thought pattern swirl. Things can be straight up hard and it can cause you to feel the overwhelm big time. In this blog post (and podcast episode 199), I share 4 ways […]

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Bringing Popular Music into the Music Classroom

On a day you played one of your classes favorite songs, did you see their faces light up with excitement? Have you ever stopped to think about why? Some kids don’t associate the music they learn in school with what they listen to outside of school. There’s “music class music” and “other types of music” […]

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4 Easy Ways to Make Extra Money as a Teacher

Maybe you want to make extra money as a teacher, but you don’t know where to start. There are truly so many awesome ideas available, and the first place to start is to figure out what aligns with you.  Then, think about if you want to start a teacher business or make extra money on […]

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