50 Ukulele Songs for Beginners
Do you love teaching ukulele to your students? I've been teaching the instrument for 15+ years and love watching my students develop their skills and become confident musicians. Like many of you, we begin with the basics: How to hold the instrument How to strum the...
Celebrating Black History Month in Elementary Music
It's time to celebrate Black History Month! In February, we make time to celebrate, remember, and honor all the ways African-Americans contributed to our country. As classroom teachers touch on important figures in the history, I like to take time to talk about the...
Simple Gifts: A lesson for upper elementary
One of my favorite songs to explore with students in the fall is Simple Gifts. I love using repertoire that is rich and deep in its history, content, and application. In this post, I'll be sharing all of the ways you could use Simple Gifts in your upper elementary...
Fall Favorites for Elementary Music
It's my favorite time of year! I am an autumn girl through and through! The chilly mornings, the falling leaves, the smell of bonfires - I live for it all! And truth be told, I love fall in the music room too! There's so much great content to choose from - spooky...
Quick & Easy Ways to Manage Stress: Music Teacher Edition
In my last post, I talked about my journey with teacher burnout. Goodness, did that touch a nerve for many of us who are in the classroom! It's been a bit since I shared that post and like you, I am back in the classroom - in the thick of it! I'm sharing some of...
Teacher Burnout
This is a hard post for me to write. I am sharing something that I haven't really discussed publicly. I have been working through teacher burnout. I truly love what I do, but I think any teacher would tell you post-Covid, that teaching is just different. The needs...
Fifth Grade Graduation Songs
It's getting to be that time of year when planning for 5th grade graduation begins! Each elementary school has their own traditions as to how their students are celebrated before moving on to middle school. In this post, I'm sharing some of my favorite graduation...
March, Music, and MIOSM
March is full of celebrations, like Music in Our Schools Month, St. Patrick's Day, March Madness, and National Reading Month! This makes March ripe with possibilities for celebrating music both in and outside of the classroom! I'm sharing some of my favorite ways to...

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