Last year around this time of year I looked up at the clock and noticed that my 2nd graders had finished our entire lesson, AND played sever...

These videos demonstrates VERY clearly how the size of the string and it's tuning affect the size of the sound wave created.  Very ...

I am dedicating this post to my friend Tami Boltz because she is one AMAZING music teacher and the information I am about to tell you abso...

Based on my previous post, I am not ashamed to admit that I was thrilled when I was able to help my students travel through a compo...

I was working on my blog the other day and I had a chance to revisit some of my old posts.  When I came across THIS post, I realized th...

I find that it is REALLY a very difficult help students to understand tempo, but to be able to use the tempo vocabulary when describing ...

Occasionally, I get find myself in conversations with high school and college students who are hoping to become music teachers.   Recently, ...

My students REALLY enjoyed this listening map!  Now that it is part of my google docs collection, I can easily share it with students.  I...

I love studying composers with my students.  Tchaikovsky is definitely a favorite, but when time allows, I dearly love sharing more than jus...

Playing recorder is rather complex and it is often an area where significant modifications and accommodations are needed in order to meet th...

There are several things that are true about having a sub in your music class.  You can almost never afford to tread water with the clas...

Reviewing meter is a GREAT time to compose rhythms! It has been a crazy busy couple of weeks in my world and almost none of the busy ha...

My 5th graders and I developed this anchor chart as part of our lesson on I-IV-V chords.  After we built a version of this chart, we sorted...

It feels like I haven't given a YUMMY AWARD! in AGES!  And the truth it that it has been six months, so I am well over due!  Thi...

It's time to get back to my first love at Melodysoup and Melodysoup LOVES books!  These book lists are intended as a resource as you...