As someone who has always loved learning about and playing instruments, I felt pretty confident with my abilities to teach my general music students about the five instrument families. I had the posters, center games, video clips, and even live demonstrations. But...
This year has been a challenging year for everyone. Teachers had to adapt their lessons for so many different requirements – virtual and in person. One of the more difficult activities for music teachers to adapt was movement lessons. I always loved teaching on “Folk...
The end of the year is here for most of us. Some of us have finished what feels like the weirdest and longest school year ever and some of us still have a few weeks left. We all agree this was not the year we anticipated or wanted. We were thrown curveballs and no...
It seems like programs for children not quite ready for kindergarten are popping up in my area of Michigan and music teachers are being challenged with this new class. These classes are called so many different names – pre-k, young 5s, DK, child development,...
“Woo-hoo!!! It’s Summer Break and I don’t have to even think about school for 3 months!!!” As much as I might think and dream that, beyond my first naive summer break it has never happened. Summers are a great time to prepare for the future year! Grades have been...
