Imagine this: my FIRST year at my current school: FIRST year there is an afterschool choir: FIRST year they will have choir shirts: FIRST year of recorder sales: FIRST year for the OFFICE MANAGER. Sounds like a recipe for mistakes and confusion, right? Well, we made...
Have you struggled with classroom management or making each child feel special? One element I use is having a student helper for each class. The first thing students ask as they line up at my door is, “Who’s the helper?” with a subsequent big smile on the child whose...
How to Handle All Those Recorders Are you one of the many music teachers who loathes to teach recorder? Or maybe you’d like to but aren’t 100% sure how to go about it. Well, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve taught recorder playing for many years as well as private...
First grade musical Thanksgiving show backdrop Are any of you in a position to put on the same show year after year? Are you at the point when you decide you don’t want to head up the parent backdrop committee every 2 years to redo the same thing? When I was...
Seating Charts Made Easier! Would you like to add details to your seating chart as well as have a handy place to track grades and/or assessments? With students now having so many needs to be aware of, this seating chart will make your life much easier, save you time,...
Inexpensive DIY Music Clock Take your classroom to the next level by changing up the small things in your room. Take your clock for instance. My room came with a standard clock that I thought was a bit boring as well as dusty and worse for wear. So I went online and...
