Need an engaging activity to reinforce the instrument families? Need an emergency sub plan that can be used by a non-music sub? You shoul...

To start the year, I plan a unit that will review many musical elements and dust off the vocabulary they may have forgotten over summer....

I am very fortune to have several sets of hand drums. They come in sets with 5 different sizes that nest together. As I have acquired mo...

I have had my Orff instruments labeled for many years, but students are often confused with the names. If I ask for alto xylophones t...

I have joined in with several other music teachers to offer some fabulous resources for free today only! My resource is a pdf file presentin...

I've been including more centers in my classroom this year in order to allow me time to assess students in small groups. Most frequentl...

All summer, I scavenged yard sales, Goodwill, consignment shops, and peddler malls for board games that could be converted into music cen...

Do you still have Frozen Fever? Most of my students, and some teachers, are still obsessed with Frozen!  (Theresa, I'm calling you o...

I have planned lots of new music centers for this year and my students have really enjoyed them. I will be blogging more about the cent...

Several people have asked on music teacher Facebook groups how others handle playing tests for recorders. Here is an overview of how I a...

I have previous posts on how I use centers in my music room. You may click this link to read those posts.   I recently planned ...

I have been teaching the Nutcracker for many years and my resources continue to grow! The Story My favorite book to share is a pop-...