Fermata Friday: January 29, 2016

Welcome to this week's installment of my weekly linky party, Fermata Fridays! This is a chance for music education bloggers to share blog posts with readers and bloggers alike, so we can all mingle and learn from each other. Readers, you are going to love all of the awesome blog posts that are out there- I hope you discover some new blogs to follow...

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Teacher Tuesday: teaching students how to blow on recorder

As a long-time recorder player myself, I love teaching recorders to my elementary students each year. I started my 3rd graders on recorder a couple of weeks ago, so today I want to share with you my simple steps for teaching students to blow correctly on their instrument. Getting them to blow correctly saves all of us many a headache long-term, so...

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Mommy Monday: preschoolers in the kitchen

So last week my 4-year-old's made dinner together (including planning the menu) on Monday, then took turns setting and clearing the table the rest of the week. The girls have been helping with getting out and putting away their dishes and even food prep for a couple of years now, but it was a big change for me to put them completely in charge of those...

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Fermata Friday: January 22, 2016

Welcome to this week's installment of my weekly linky party, Fermata Fridays! This is a chance for music education bloggers to share blog posts with readers and bloggers alike, so we can all mingle and learn from each other. Readers, you are going to love all of the awesome blog posts that are out there- I hope you discover some new blogs to follow...

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Teacher Tuesday: YouTube channels for elementary music

I find myself showing short videos from YouTube more and more often lately, especially with my upper elementary students. Sometimes there is just no better way to explain a concept, and the students really connect with these well-made, up-to-date videos. So today I thought I would share a few of the YouTube channels that I find myself returning to...

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Mommy Monday: closet organization for preschoolers

As some of you will remember, I moved from a small apartment into a larger home over Thanksgiving. This means, of course, that I get to go back to the drawing board to re-organize everything for our new space! It is both thrilling and exhausting. One of my top priorities has been my 4-year-old daughters' bedroom- I want the girls to feel settled as...

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Fermata Friday: January 15, 2016

Happy New Year and welcome to this week's installment of my weekly linky party, Fermata Fridays! This is a chance for music education bloggers to share blog posts with readers and bloggers alike, so we can all mingle and learn from each other. Readers, you are going to love all of the awesome blog posts that are out there- I hope you discover some...

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Teacher Tuesday: teaching high and low pitch

I'm focusing on high and low pitches with kindergarten this week, so today I thought I would share some of my favorite ways to explore and understand high and low sounds with young students. If you missed it, make sure you check out my earlier post on using the book "Mortimer" in music class- that is one of my favorite ways to reinforce and assess...

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Mommy Monday: top gifts for 4 year olds

With a full-blown Christmas season and birthday for my two daughters just behind me, I am now officially an expert in the best gifts to give 4-year-old's. So here are my suggestions for great gifts to buy for 4-year-old's (or any preschool-age child, really). I'm going to list some over-arching categories to give you some more general ideas, and then...

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Plan With Me Sundays: January 2016

I thought the new year would be a great time to share an update on my planner, and this time Meghan and Robyn are back with their linky to share all things planner-related! Go check out the rest of the linked up posts below and add your own if you have a post to share- anything related to planners is welcome! About a week ago I posted a flip-through...

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Fermata Friday: January 8, 2016

Happy New Year and welcome to this week's installment of my weekly linky party, Fermata Fridays! This is a chance for music education bloggers to share blog posts with readers and bloggers alike, so we can all mingle and learn from each other. Readers, you are going to love all of the awesome blog posts that are out there- I hope you discover some...

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Teacher Tuesday: top blog post roundup 2015

Hands up if you, like me, started back to school yesterday... As we launch full-speed into the new year, I thought it would be helpful to stop and look back for a moment on 2015. Today I'm sharing my favorite music teacher blog posts from last year- 5 of my own and 5 from some of my other favorite blogs (click on the pictures to read each post). I...

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Mommy Monday: top blog post roundup 2015

Happy New Year! As we launch into 2016, I thought I'd take a moment to look back on my favorite Mommy blog posts from 2015. I've picked out some of my own, and some from other blogs I like to read. I hope you find some inspiration and new ideas to start your year off right! Click on the image to go to each post: 1. Lunchbox Menu Ideas Lunchboxes...

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