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Teaching Strong and Weak Beats with Tennis Balls!
In order to do this activity, you’ll need enough tennis balls or dodge balls for each kiddo in your class. We borrowed smaller dodge balls from our PE teacher and they were...
Teaching Strong and Weak Beats with Tennis Balls!
In order to do this activity, you’ll need enough tennis balls or dodge balls for each kiddo in your class. We borrowed smaller dodge balls from our PE teacher and they were...

Teaching Strong and Weak Beats in Elementary Music
Do your students struggle to identify strong and weak beats in music? This fundamental skill can be a BEAST to teach! It’s something I always take for granted and forget that my...
Teaching Strong and Weak Beats in Elementary Music
Do your students struggle to identify strong and weak beats in music? This fundamental skill can be a BEAST to teach! It’s something I always take for granted and forget that my...

5 Teacher Must Haves to Make Back To School AMA...
What are some of your MUST HAVES for back to school? We all love new pens and stationary, but there are some other not-so-traditional school supplies that are on my list. Don’t...
5 Teacher Must Haves to Make Back To School AMA...
What are some of your MUST HAVES for back to school? We all love new pens and stationary, but there are some other not-so-traditional school supplies that are on my list. Don’t...

How to Keep Your Sanity When Planning Your Musi...
Are you guilty of spending HOURS in your classroom over the summer? Yeah, me too. That was pre-kid Rachel… I would change things every year, make sure everything on the walls matched perfectly,...
How to Keep Your Sanity When Planning Your Musi...
Are you guilty of spending HOURS in your classroom over the summer? Yeah, me too. That was pre-kid Rachel… I would change things every year, make sure everything on the walls matched perfectly,...

Why You Should Be Using Crafts in your Elementa...
Remember those glorious moments as a kid when you were in charge? Maybe it was a lemonade stand or being the leader in a game. That’s the feeling our students...
Why You Should Be Using Crafts in your Elementa...
Remember those glorious moments as a kid when you were in charge? Maybe it was a lemonade stand or being the leader in a game. That’s the feeling our students...

Teaching Musical Eras and Composers in Elementa...
Have you ever heard a group of 5th graders argue over whether Mozart or Beethoven was better?! No?...well, I have. It’s a far cry from where this group started when we learned...
Teaching Musical Eras and Composers in Elementa...
Have you ever heard a group of 5th graders argue over whether Mozart or Beethoven was better?! No?...well, I have. It’s a far cry from where this group started when we learned...