The Qualities of an Empowered Music Student
For a long time, our focus was on engaging the learners and making sure students were “actively engaged” in music-making in the music...
Summer Plans
Sometimes the school year winds down slowly. Often I have a chance to plan and get a head start on next year's musical or winter sings....
The Power of Asking Questions
As the music teacher, it is my job to direct a fifth grade spring musical. I choose the musical and create the cast list but over the...
Part 2: Kindergarten Music Program
Last year, my kindergarten students performed in a spring music program for their parents in the music room. I didn't prepare a program...
#IMEC2019
While I am glad to be home and warm, I am still thinking about many of the sessions I attended at #IMEC2019. Here is what is still on my...
Giving Greater Purpose to a Composition Project
Each spring, my fourth graders create a rhythmic composition. It’s a major assessment the district uses for the report card. My students...
My Magnificent Thing
This fall, a co-worker and I read, The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires to a classroom of second graders. It is a wonderful book...
My Relationship With Busy
This fall has been a busy one. Personally, my husband and I are now parents of a high school student and while I have enjoyed watching...
Finding the Minimum Effective Dose
Tim Ferriss discusses in his book, "The 4-Hour Work Workweek" how cutting back to the "minimum effective dose" (MED) can help many...
How to Make a Classroom Set of KidStix
I had the pleasure of attending Artie Almeida's session at the Illinois Music Education Conference in Peoria, IL this past January. ...
