Music teaching resources

The elements of music can be seen as being the building blocks of music. Without them, music (of any style/age) would not exist because sound itself would

This is a great resource whether you are starting from scratch or looking to make some changes to the curriculum you already have. This general music curriculum set will serve as an idea bank with everything you need to create and/or develop an engaging elementary music curriculum. You will find ideas for lesson content/sequencing, curriculum mapping, long-term planning, ready to use resources, and so much more to support your elementary music class. #musiccurriculum #elementarymusic

Organized Chaos: helping music teachers embrace the chaos of creativity through purposeful organization and simple ideas!

Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.

Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of

Are you a new music teacher? Need some help on the first year of teaching? Check out these tips for the new music teacher to help you in your first year!

Coming up with engaging games for a middle school classroom can be daunting. They are at an age where they want to be independent, yet need some hand holding. They start the “I’m too cool for school” attitude and it can be intimidating at times when you introduce a new game or project - immediately the eye rolling takes over and you are stuck with questioning yourself. I’m here to tell you, I’VE BEEN THERE! MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY AWESOME MUSIC GAMES THAT REQUIRE NO MATERIALS AND THE KIDS…

Want to make your elementary music lessons more engaging? These are ways to add more instruments to your general music lessons.

Do you have a favorite rhythm game or activity to use in your music lessons? Rhythm is something that always needs review, so you can never have too many

Color can be a helpful tool when teaching music literacy and developing music-reading skills, for students of all ages. Color provides a quick way of sorting and organizing visual elements, especially elements that are the same. Here are some of the benefits of using color, plus four simple ways to