As a society, we've fallen out of the habit of buying our teachers' gifts. And I know both as a teacher, parent, and husband to a teacher, how hard teachers work! If you care about...
Category: General Music
Partner songs are a great way to get students to sing harmony without having to teach individual parts. It's one of the earliest steps in teaching harmony to any group (earlier steps being...
In the elementary music classroom, we tend to call all barred instruments either Orff instruments or xylophones. But this isn't strictly true. There are three main variations we...
One of the most important (if not THE most important) things you do to set up success for your school year in the music class is establishing rules and procedures. These must be set up and...
Halloween is a fun time of year for your students. It's one of the most universal Holidays in public schools (at least in America). As such, if you feel it's appropriate for your...
Orff xylophones are a great way to introduce a lot of pitch elements and concepts to your music students at any age. Playing each pitch is as simple as striking it with a mallet, and it...
