by Jennifer Shaw | Mar 17, 2026 | Featured, Lessons |
Whether it’s you or your sub, having a list of possibilities to use for your music class is reassuring and helpful to everyone. Create a framework to work within. Maybe begin with a video, followed by quiet background music while students color or do puzzles. Or...
by Jennifer Shaw | Mar 16, 2026 | Featured, Lessons |
There are times when I would rather go to school and push through feeling lousy than make sub-plans. Our subs are typically not musicians or music teachers. And on top of it all, our students need us to be there to pull out barred instruments and other classroom...
by Jennifer Shaw | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Lessons |
Music teachers know that March means one thing: Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM). Created by the National Association for Music Education, this annual celebration highlights the importance of music education in schools. If you’re looking for a Music In Our...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium, Featured |
I have walked into classrooms that have 40 triangles but only 10 strikers, an entire box full of shekeres in 3 different sizes, and jingle bells to outfit the entire school, but not one decent hand drum or pair of claves! This has kinda been my world since jumping...
