Elementary music teacher

First year elementary music teachers face a lot of difficulties-- this is how to get ready for your first year!

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.

Preparing for Your First Elementary Music Teaching Job. Organized Chaos. Top 5 suggestions to help you get ready over the summer for your first elementary music job.

DIY Light Up Staff Board, treble clef display. Bright and fun way to learn treble clef lines and spaces names. Music teacher hack.

Five fun and action-filled circle games to practice rhythm, pitch, and more with your elementary music students.

Learn how to practice rhythms with this budget-friendly and fun rhythm game in your elementary music classroom.

Like most teachers I am such a fan of dollar stores. I can shop there to organize my classroom, create new workstations and add a little flair to my bulletin boards. I'd like to share with you just a few of my favorite finds! Flyswatters My kids are always a little in awe when they see my collection of flyswatters. (This pictures shows most of my collection.) I sometimes use them as pointers when projecting things on my white board, but most often these are used for Swat the Staff or Swat…

Need some new teacher advice and inspiration? These tips are practical, funny and honest. Classroom management, decor, organization, planning, name games, finding a mentor and more are part of the encouragement for new teachers.

It has taken me a while to put together a classroom tour but I am thrilled to have a week of school under my belt and my classroom set up and humming along! The most exciting part of my classroom setup this year is being able to get back to many of the things I haven't been able to do during the pandemic, but I have also added a few new tweaks to my room from my pre-pandemic setup too, so I'm excited to share those as well. First to give you a lay of the land, here's a quick video around the…