The Best October Pumpkin Game for Your Elementary Music Students
If you're a new teacher looking for something awesome to do with elementary students- heck, even if you're a veteran looking for something d
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sarahlmauro
Aug 22, 20217 min read
Teaching Music When You Have No Instruments: What You Can Use In Your Classroom
No instruments? Not a problem. Simple things can take you a long way!
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sarahlmauro
Aug 20, 20216 min read
How To Teach and Practice Steady Beat in Elementary Music Through Daily Routines
Knowing how to keep a beat is a fundamental skill on the path to musical proficiency, and a way to get good at it is to- wait for it-...
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sarahlmauro
Jul 10, 20219 min read
7 Simple Ways To Incorporate Singing Routines In Your Elementary Music Classroom
Building singing routines into your class structure from pre-kindergarten and kindergarten is vital to helping kids find their voices,...
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sarahlmauro
Jul 2, 20218 min read
Mi Cuerpo: A Spanish Song and Dance For K-4 Music
Mi Cuerpo is a fun, active Spanish song you can and should use in your elementary music classes! While you may have used this song...
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sarahlmauro
May 23, 20217 min read
How to Use Boomwhackers in Your Music Classroom
If you're looking to begin boomwhackers in your elementary music classroom, this is a great place to start! From simple, introductory...
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sarahlmauro
May 16, 20216 min read
What to Say When Kids Won't Participate in Music
You've done it! You've thought of, planned, and prepped an awesome learning activity for your elementary kids. You just know they're...
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sarahlmauro
May 9, 20215 min read
Music Class Activities for the End of the Year
At the end of the year, exhaustion and frustration can hit pretty hard. And not just on you! We're humans, it happens. But you can still...
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sarahlmauro
May 2, 20214 min read
How to Make Beginning Band More Meaningful and Engaging for Your Students
If you're wondering how to make beginning band more meaningful to your students, I've got you. From literature to methodology, here are a...
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sarahlmauro
Apr 25, 20213 min read
8 Things To Say To Advocate For Music Education
We teachers all have hills we'd die on. And this, friends, is one of mine. Music is an academic subject area! That's easy for me to say,...
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sarahlmauro
Apr 18, 20216 min read
Fun and Engaging Ways to Teach Treble Clef in Elementary Music
Note-naming is a foundational skill for music students. But introducing it- treble clef, in particular, where they usually start- can be...
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sarahlmauro
Apr 14, 20214 min read
3 Tips For New Music Teachers on the First Day of School
Whether you're starting your first music position (congrats!) or transitioning to a new job, these 3 tips for new elementary music...
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