Music in the classroom

A musical masterpiece is a simple lesson that combines music and art to create a collaborative lesson that embeds acceptance and kindness.

Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have…

What you put on your classroom walls should reflect what you teach. Read this article to get suggestions about what to post, how, and why!

Teaching With Jillian Starr shares tunes to help classroom management. Have you ever considered using music in the classroom for classroom management? Today, I want to talk about how I use music in my classroom to help increase my student’s ability to focus and share this awesome playlist of pump up tunes to test out in your classroom!

As I work to empower my students, this year I added student jobs to band and orchestra. Students now get to fulfill specific roles.

Sweet Sounds - Quality Kodaly Resources for Elementary Music Educators

It has taken me a while to put together a classroom tour but I am thrilled to have a week of school under my belt and my classroom set up and humming along! The most exciting part of my classroom setup this year is being able to get back to many of the things I haven't been able to do during the pandemic, but I have also added a few new tweaks to my room from my pre-pandemic setup too, so I'm excited to share those as well. First to give you a lay of the land, here's a quick video around the…

So classroom management is something that takes time to fine tune, but it’s something that really should take tons of our attention. Non-negotiable rules in music class are the things that are our MUST do, shouldn’t ever happen rules. A good management plan is something that we should nurture right away and continue to focus […]

My Music Class: Music Monsters

Awesome idea for sound levels in a music classroom! Definitely using this one this year!

Mrs. Mattson's Music Room: Music Olympics!

These Music themed bulletin board ideas and activities will create a vibrant, engaging, and musical start to the school year for elementary students, fostering a love for music and creativity in the classroom.

Just finished my bulletin board! So excited to have it ready and can't wait for the kids.

Using the free web tool, Incredibox, in the classroom for technology projects. Great way to incorporate music into your curriculum! Will work on Chromebooks, laptops and computers. There is also an iPad app available for $3.99

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Practical tips for organizing and setting up your music room. Ideas for arranging your furniture for multiple classroom activities, DIY storage solutions, planning for transitions (singing to writing, dancing to sitting, etc…). This post is crammed full of ideas from a veteran music teacher.

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 need some hand holding. They start the “I’m too cool for school” attitude and it can be intimidating at times when you introduce a new game or project - immediately the eye rolling takes over and you are stuck with questioning yourself. I’m here to tell you, I’VE BEEN THERE! MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY AWESOME MUSIC GAMES THAT REQUIRE NO MATERIALS AND THE KIDS…