Have you ever felt things were getting stale in your teaching? Have you ever felt like you didn’t quite know what steps to take next in growing your program? We can all get stuck in a rut from time to time and lose our sense of vision for our own growth as teachers. Here are four steps to finding a vision for yourself and your music program. 1. Find out where you are It’s hard to be truly honest with ourselves about where we are as teachers because of one of two problems. We

Mr. Sun is a fun, cute, and simple tune that is a great fit for K-2 students. Download The GrooveTrack Here! Download The Sheet Music Here! Teaching sequence Introduce the song by singing one of the verses for you students or playing the vocal version of the song. Use call and response to teach the first verse or part of the song. when the students have become familiar with the melody teach them the other verses or let them attempt to learn them on their own. Once your studen

As You gain years of experience in teaching, you may find yourself relating less and less with your students. With the exponential advancements in technology and changes in society that we couldn’t have imagined when we were children, the question is: How do we relate to today’s students in the music classroom? Know Their Role Models One of the best ways to relate to students in the music classroom is to know who already influences them and using that to help them connect to

Make New Friends is a great song for introducing singing in a round to your students. Use the GrooveTrack to kick things up a notch and give your students something to groove to! Download The Free GrooveTrack Here! Download The Free Sheet Music Here! Teaching sequence Introduce the song by singing one of the verses for you students. Use call and response to teach the first verse when the students have become familiar with the melody teach them the other verses or let them at