Category: Holiday
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This Halloween’s Pumpkin Racing
Halloween is just around the corner! And truth be told, I have been spending most of my focused time choosing Christmas music for my students and coming up with our studio Christmas project for this year. This is why I have an “October” binder that allows me to grab my stash off the shelf and…
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Resource Roundup: Choosing the Best Christmas Music for Each Student
Christmas is here! Kind of. But I recently had the pleasure of one of my favorite store tasks of the year – sorting and organizing Christmas music! And because 2020 has been one crazy trip around the sun, I am definitely ready for the Christmas season and some hanging twinkle lights. My students don’t begin…
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Game-Based Learning: Valentine’s Day Edition
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner … and I’m here to show you how easy (and cheap!) it can be to prep a versatile game to work on notes, intervals, and creativity 🙂 A quick recap – why are games so important to use in your teaching? Because we are working towards not passive…
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2020 Reflections …
As one year fades into the distance and we shift our attention to making the year ahead somehow better, the world puts an emphasis on “reflecting”. I am not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. Likely because the true changes I’ve made in my life are not the result of anything I start on…