Top Tips for Teaching Tablature for Ukulele
Top Tips for Teaching Tablature for Ukulele Beginners
Halloween Lesson Ideas for Upper Elementary Music
Spooky Scary Skeletons This glow stick routine is so much fun! I found its cheapest to buy glow sticks in bulk from amazon. You can get 100 for 11.99! Another thing to keep in mind with the glow sticks is…
7 Halloween Lesson Ideas for Primary General Music
We are Scary Skeletons We are Scary Skeletons is from Game Plan Kindergarten Book or Highlights for the Holidays There’s a Spider on the Floor This song is originally by Raffi and I love this version and book you can…
First Day of Music Lessons for Lower Elementary
The First Day of Music class has always felt a little daunting for me. I know how important it is to teach expectations and procedures right away, yet I still want to give them an opportunity to be musical, even…
First Day of Music Lesson Ideas for Upper Elementary
Musicians Move This is a fun get to know you game for your upper elementary students! Students make a circle each standing or sitting on a marker of your choice. Chairs Hoola Hoops Sit Spots Teacher starts by reading a…
3 Lesson Ideas for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the Elementary Music Classroom
May is Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month! I believe now more than ever with the Asian hate the U.S. has been experiencing, it is so important to celebrate the music, dance, and traditions of the AAPI community! In today’s…
Star Wars Lessons for the Music Classroom
May the Fourth Be with You is coming up soon! In today’s blog, I will be sharing a few lesson ideas to incorporate Star Wars into your General Music classes! If you don’t already know, my name is Jessie and…
Spring Lesson Ideas for the Elementary Music Classroom
In today’s blog, I will be sharing 5 Lesson Ideas to incorporate the Spring season into your General Music classes! If you don’t already know, my name is Jessie and I am an Elementary Kinder-6th Grade General Music Teacher and,…
Jazz Lesson Ideas for the Elementary Music Classroom
In today’s blog, I will be sharing all about lesson ideas to incorporate Jazz music into your General Music classes! Also, I’m so excited to be collaborating with Becca over at Becca’s Music Room, who will be sharing 3 more…
The Planets Music Lesson
This blog post will focus all about Gustav Holst’s Orchestral Suite, “The Planets”, and discuss ways to incorporate it into your General Music classroom. For some context, as a proud Strings kid in school (Woo!), I remember having so much…
