Have you ever noticed how some people seem to naturally have traits that make teaching seem effortless to them, while others may struggle in a specific area? Maybe you have personal experiences where your personality traits have made certain elements of teaching difficult for you while others just seem to come naturally. Understanding your personality traits through the lens of what psychologists call “The Big 5 Personality Traits” also known as “O.C.E.A.N.” can give you insi

One Bottle Pop is a classic children's song that can be sung and performed as a round. Use this piece to help your students understand how to achieve harmony by layering the parts. Download the GrooveTrack Here Download the 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 part of the song when the students have become familiar with the melody teach them the other parts of the song Hav

We all want to improve as elementary music teachers to be better for ourselves, making our jobs easier because we’ve improved, and for our students, providing them with a better music education. Unfortunately sometimes it can be easy to get stuck in a pattern that stifles our growth. Other times may we feel burned out or lose our focus on improvement. Despite how difficult it can be to keep momentum going especially as the school year comes to a close, there was one word that