5 interesting facts about transitioning from Band Director to Elementary Music
Band Director to Elementary Music can mean a lot of things for one person. It can also mean a lot in the reverse, Elementary Music to...
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Stephanie Williams
- Jul 1
3 STEM And Fine Arts Collaboration Ideas
Need some STEM and Fine Arts Collaboration ideas? Makey Makey and Scratch are going to be your inspiration! Get ready to WOW Admin and kids!
Stephanie Williams
- Jun 29
3 Excellent Music Games For School
I know that as school progresses through the year, we are all looking for different excellent music games for school. We get tired of the...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 25, 2022
Transforming Motivation in a Classroom with These Helpful Techniques
How to Grow Motivation in a Classroom Setting Can motivation be taught? How to motivate students in the classroom comes up a lot in our...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 25, 2022
How to Create Band Lesson Plans to Engage Students on Multiple Levels
Creating band lesson plans for beginning band and even 2nd year band members can be a challenge at times. Band typically lends itself to...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 21, 2022
3 Tips for Making The History of Music Timeline an Adventure Instead of a Snore-fest
Teaching the History of Music Timeline can be a daunting task. Maybe it was something you loved to learn about in college or maybe it was...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 14, 2022
5 Incredibly Easy Middle School Music Games for the Classroom
Coming up with engaging games for a middle school classroom can be daunting. They are at an age where they want to be independent, yet...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 11, 2022
3 Fantastic Music Activity for Kids in Middle School
Needing a music activity for kids? I've got you covered in this blog post, so, get ready! We are going to cover some music composing...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 7, 2022
How to Use Podcast in the Classroom for Creative Music Lesson
We all love to listen to podcasts, but what if we could make it a classroom project? I have had several students really step up in...
Stephanie Williams
- Nov 26, 2022
BAND RECRUITMENT IDEAS
Recruiting for band can be exciting and also a constant state of wondering "is this the best, efficient way to recruit?" I've been there!...
Stephanie Williams
- Oct 23, 2022
A Fun And Exciting Way to Introduce Foley Process to Your Middle School Classroom
My students love making things spooky and scary as best they can. They get a kick out of it, actually. So, why not put their skills to...
Stephanie Williams
- Oct 23, 2022
Need A Heroic Superhero Music Theme Ideas Project in the Music Classroom?
I love this music theme idea I implemented in class. It's engaging, creative and full of implementing music theory knowledge. So, let's...
Stephanie Williams
- Apr 25, 2021
Practice Challenge Bingo
Practice Motivator on a whole new level! Concept: Students will X out the square of a task they have completed. When they get 5 tasks...
Stephanie Williams
- Apr 25, 2021
Want to Create a Killer Video Game music Project?
Music composition project is here just for you! Perfect for a middle school music class wanting to find a way to integrate video game...
Stephanie Williams
- Apr 25, 2021
What are timbre in music and how do you create a creative lesson around it?
Experience different timbres of music and creating rhythm while having a little bit of fun in performance with this music teachers...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 14, 2021
Music History Lessons
Imagine a classroom that is actually excited about Music History lessons! Music History was a class I struggled in - only because it was...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 14, 2021
Art of Music: Collaborative Project
Collaborating with Art on a whole new level. “The Art of Music” is a collaborative lesson done between the art teacher and the music...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 14, 2021
Music Land: Giant Game Board
Make your classroom a board game! Remember that wonderful game that was colorful and candy was involved? Candy Land is what inspired me...
Stephanie Williams
- Jan 9, 2018
Music Twister
Add a challenge to learning note names. I’m all about making learning interesting and fun. I love applying knowledge to something and...
If you are needing some inspirational blog posts to use to build your music teachers resource vault, I've got you covered! So many ideas in one place that are easy for you to implement in the classroom. So, take your music teacher lesson plans or beginning band lesson plans and make them next level! Enjoy and make sure to check out everything!
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