As an elementary music teacher, you’re probably being asked to implement more technology with your students each year. Also, right now you’re constantly looking for ideas to implement with your students while you’re teaching virtually. Elementary music technology is a huge part of the music classroom now, as you’re very well aware of. Kids just […]
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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How to Parent and Work from Home
Is navigating parenting and working from home a challenge for you right now? I know transitioning from the classroom to the virtual world is a game changer. I’ve been working from home for the last 3 years running my online music education business. My boys are now 10, 7, and 5, but I started working […]
How to Teach Elementary Music Remotely: Ultimate Resource Round-Up
As I’m writing this, schools are closing everywhere due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Music teachers are wondering how to teach elementary music remotely, when only given hours to prepare. Oh yeah… you can listen to the podcast episode to go along with this blog post here. My goal with everything I do, is to help […]
How to Encourage Love and Kindness in the Music Room
There’s so much talk lately about social emotional learning in the music classroom. As a music teacher, your job is to obviously teach music, but it’s so much more than that. Your job is to also help bring up good citizens who will grow into good adults one day too. It’s hard to do this […]
How Your Background Makes You a Better Music Teacher
When’s the last time you stopped to think about your childhood. I mean, like really stopped to think about the challenges, the good times, the awkward moments, and everything else in between. If you haven’t done that in a while, stop right now and close your eyes and think about the happy memories and the […]
Why Teaching Music in Year Three Is the Best
I mentor so many new elementary music teachers, and one of the biggest pieces of advice I can give you is to just take a deep breath. The first year is for figuring everything out and trying to learn how to do literally all the things. Know that it really does get easier the longer […]
How To Be a Music Teacher Online
Music is a harmonious gathering of vocal, instrumental, or a combination of these two elements. Musical artists may express their emotions through beautifully-crafted music for listeners to enjoy. Teaching music helps enthusiasts to write or express their thoughts into an art form encompassing different sounds. Online music teaching needs a set of requirements to pass […]
10 Things a Music Teacher Really Thinks During Staff Meetings
What does a music teacher really think during staff meetings? Well, a lot actually. During a staff meeting, a lot of the agenda or things talked about doesn’t apply to a music teacher. So, of course your brain naturally starts wandering off and having thoughts. In this blog post, I’m hoping to provide some comedic […]
How to Build Relationships with Your Students as the Music Teacher
It can be difficult knowing how to build relationships with your students as the music teacher. For starters, you might see every student in the entire school. Just thinking about memorizing their names can be hard enough. In this blog post (and also the podcast episode that goes into more detail), you’ll discover that forming […]
Tips to Help You Prepare for the Upcoming School Year
I know you’re still in full on summer mode, but along with relaxing (which we talk about in this blog post), it’s important that you also prepare for the upcoming school year. What are ways you can prepare? Well, for starters, you’re preparing by just taking a break, like I mentioned in this podcast […]