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Make Moments Matter: A Music Education Podcast — 281 episodes
Improvisation with Food Words and a Book!
Keep Rhythm Reading and Rhythm Practice Fresh!
5 Things to Leave for an Elementary Music Substitute Teacher
Transition Songs, Poems, and Attention Getters!
Composition/Arranging with Rhythmic Building Bricks
Bring a Grownup to Music Class Recap
First Grade Concert Recap: Into the Wild
Teddy Bear: Vocal Improvisation and Exploration
Draw Me a Bucket of Water - Teaching Process and Adaptations
Driving In My Car - Forest-themed Movement Exploration
Rhythm Reading Ocean Style! Small Groups and Centers
Improvising with Complex Rhythms and Animal Names
Books for Women's History Month (and how to use them)!
She'll Be Coming Down the Mountain Lesson Process
Rhythmic Building Bricks - How and When to Use Them!
Books for Black History Month (and Sub Lessons) along with a NEW Glockenspiel
Old Betty Larkin - Song Teaching Process
Stepping Out on the Town - Song Teaching Process
Willum He Had Seven Sons - Song Process
Nutcracker Inspired Orff Instrument Exploration
Bordun/Drone Review with Kids
What to do the week AFTER the concert - Who sang it better?
Creating with Pitched Percussion and Food Themed Words
K-Pop Rhythm Hunters - Poison Rhythm Game
Old Woman Skin and Bone with Orff Instruments
Books for Native American Heritage Month
Trailblazers and Tall Tales - 4th Grade Program Details
La Guitarrista - Book for Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month in the Music Room
Lola's Fandango Book - Use for Rhythm, Culture, Dance, or a Substitute Teacher
Cup Game Lesson Outline - Folk Song and K-Pop Demon Hunters
K-Pop 101 for Elementary Music Teachers
Rhythm Sticks and "The Teacher Pattern"
Bounce High, Bounce Low Lesson for Kindergarten Week #1!
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Lesson Idea & Engine, Engine, No. 9 Book
End of Semester Q&A Spring 2025
Three New Books to Check Out for Now or Later!
What to do for an out-of-cycle day! - How to Lesson Plan for Odd Moments
Nonpitched Percussion In Daily Learning - How to Sneak It In in meaningful ways!
Black Snake Song Teaching Process
Student-led Recorder Echo and Improvisation
The Big Corral - Song Process and Lesson Ideas
I Let Her Go Go - Song Process and Lesson Ideas
Exploring Eighth and Sixteenth Note Combinations
The Day the Crayons Quit Concert Recap
Adapting an Orff Schulwerk Piece for a Concert
Improvising in Pentatonic Modes with Older Grades
Simulating Rain with Body Percussion and Hand Drums
Teach, Improvise, and Explore with Nursery Rhymes
Body Percussion Piece Scaffolding and Improvisation
End of Semester Q&A Fall 2024
Dancing the Tinikling Book
Fall Food-Themed Rhythms for Small Groups and Centers
Finding My Dance - Books for Native American Heritage Month
Vocal Exploration with Kinders Three Ways - Song, Movement, and A Book!
Old Woman Skin and Bone - Song and Instrument Process
Teaching Lullaby with Two Books
Eyeball Finger Puppets and Vocal Exploration
SeeSaw in the Music Room - How to Connect with families!
Parent Teacher Conference Ideas - How to connect with families!
Miss Mary Mack - Teaching Process, Resources, and More!
How Do You Dance? - Book to Help Kids Feel More Comfortable Dancing
Books for Movement Exploration in Primary Grades
Lines that Wiggle - Pathways and Movement Exploration
Musical Mondays are Back! Circle Round the Zero and New Resources!
End of Semester Q&A Spring 2024
Recorder - Decoding Written Notation with Kids
Animals Gone Wild - Primary Grade Concert Recap
Singing Voice and sol-mi Practice with Primary Grades
Recorder Poly Spots and Jigsaw Melodies Resource
Recorder Echo and Examples - The First Weeks!
The First Recorder Lesson - How to Prepare and What to Do!
Lesson Planning and Free Lesson Plan Templates for the Music Classroom
Book Recommendation - Sing and Dance In Your Polka Dot Pants
Nonpitched Percussion, Rhythm Reading, and Dynamics Lesson.
Creating a Lesson from Scratch - Nonpitched Percussion and a Poem with a Farm theme!
Crosstown - When Billy Was One - Full Process and Lesson Ideas
Drum Dream Girl - Substitute Teacher Plans
Rattlin' Bog - Full Process and Lesson Ideas
Bate, Bate, Chocolate - Full Process and Lesson Ideas
End of Semester Q&A Fall 2023
Use It & Lose It - Bookwhackers, Recorder, and Ukulele
Use It & Lose It - Orba and Holidays!
Use It & Lose It - Use What You Have Thanksgiving Edition
Use It & Lose It - Saying No and Saying Yes
Use It & Lose It - Patriotic Themed Concert
Use It & Lose It - Native American History Month
Use It & Lose It - Lesson Extensions
Use It & Lose It - Children's Book Hesitations
Use It & Lose It - Dictation: Melodic, Rhythmic, and Body Percussion
Use It & Lose It - Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos
Use It & Lose It - Social Media
Use It & Lose It - Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Resources
Use It & Lose It - Asian Representation Books for the Classroom
Use It & Lose It - Books for the Classroom
End of the Year Music Lessons for Upper Grades
Family Folk Dance Night - How to Make It Work!
Long-range planning for Elementary Music Concerts
Farm-Themed Concert for Primary Grades "Down on Grandpa's Farm"
Rhythm Reading with Nonpitched Percussion
Teaching Recorder: Jigsaw Melody ideas for class or centers
Orff Schulwerk & Kodály with guest Andrew Ellingsen
Using a Challenge Rhythm to Start Class with Multiple Grades
Orff Schulwerk & Ukulele with guest Lorelei Batisla-ong
Food Themed Second Grade Concert
Orff Schulwerk & Movement with guest Laura Bercaw Peterson
Focus on Job Hunting - Possible Interview Questions
Getting Started in Orff Schulwerk with Guest Karen Petty
Focus on Job Hunting - Everything Before the Interview!
Orff Schulwerk & Pitched Percussion with Guest Josh Southard
Focus on Third Grade and Finding Similarities and Differences
Orff Schulwerk and Recorder with Guest Natasha Thurmon
Using Visuals to Decode a Song or Melody
Orff Schulwerk & Movement with guest Beth Melin Nelson
Creating Rhythms and Poems for Children's Books
Exploring Orff Schulwerk with guest Jennifer Donovan
Children's Books: Where to buy them, how to find them, and ideas for using them!
Exploring Orff Schulwerk with guest Tiffany English
Popsicle Sticks for Rhythm - Spring 2023
Fourth Grade Twelve Days of Christmas - Fall 2022
First Grade Hanukkah Hop - Fall 2022
Focus on Primary Grades - Fall 2022
Focus on Free Digital Resources Online - Fall 2022
Second Grade Aiken Drum - Fall 2022
Focus on First Grade - Fall 2022
Focus on 4th Grade Concert "Every State is Great" - Fall 2022
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Lesson Scaffolding
Focus on Books - Fall 2022
Focus on Primary Grades - Fall 2022
Focus on First Grade - Fall 2022
Focus on Second Grade - Fall 2022
Teacher Microphone Options
Focus on First Grade - Fall 2022
Focus on Third Grade - Fall 2022
Welcome Song - Dipidu
Instrument Families for Organization and Classroom Management
Color Coding in the Elementary Music Classroom Parts 1 & 2
Focus on Kindergarten - Fall 2022
Focus on Fourth Grade - Fall 2022
End of Year Lessons and Q&A Week 15 - Spring 2022
First Grade Zoo Concert Recap - Spring 2022
Focus on Drumming Lessons - Spring 2022
Focus on Kindergarten - Spring 2022
Focus on Concerts - Spring 2022
Focus on Sub Plans and Digital Resources - Spring 2022
Focus on Jazz, Kindergarten, and Fifth Grade - Spring 2022
Focus on Women's History Month & St. Patrick's Day - Spring 2022
Focus on Fourth Grade - Spring 2022
Focus on First (Peter and the Wolf) and Second Grade (Rhythm Dice) - Spring 2022
Focus on Second and Fifth Grade - Spring 2022
Focus on Kindergarten and Family Folk Dance Night - Spring 2022
Focus on Visuals in the Classroom - Spring 2022
Focus on Second & Third Grade - Spring 2022
Focus on Second Grade - Spring 2022
Focus on December Lessons and Resources - Fall 2021
Focus on December Lessons and Resources - Fall 2021
Focus on K-2 Thanksgiving Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on Orff Instrument Improvisation 2 - Fall 2021
Focus on Orff Instrument Improvisation - Fall 2021
Focus on K-2 Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on K-5 Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on First Grade - Fall 2021
Focus on Concert Prep and K-5 Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on 3rd Grade Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on K-2 Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on 1st Grade Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on 5th Grade Lessons - Fall 2021
Focus on Back to School Lessons Focus on Grades 3-5 - Fall 2021
Focus on Back to School Lessons and Tech Week 1 - Fall 2021
End of Year Lessons and Q&A Week 15 - Spring 2021
Focus on End of Year Lessons Week 14 - Spring 2021
Focus on Orff Instruments and Lower Grades Week 13 - Spring 2021
Focus on Orff Instruments and Upper Grades Week 12 - Spring 2021
Focus on Kindergarten Week 11 - Spring 2021
Focus on Second Grade and Sharing with Parents Week 10 - Spring 2021
Focus on Second Grade and Brass Instruments Week 9 - Spring 2021
Focus on Kindergarten and Sub Plans Week 8 - Spring 2021
Focus on Bulletin Boards and Rhythm Scaffolding Week 7 - Spring 2021
Focus on Fourth Grade and GarageBand Week 6 - Spring 2021
Focus on Substitute Teacher Lesson Plans Week 5 - Spring 2021
Focus on K-5 Lesson Adaptation Week 4 - Spring 2021
Focus on Movement in Music Class During COVID Week 3 - Spring 2021
Focus on Film Music and Treble Clef Week 2 - Spring 2021
Focus on Fifth Grade and Instrument Families Week 1 - Spring 2021
Week 15 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Christmas & December Lessons
Week 14 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Fourth Grade
Week 13 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Instrument Exploration
Week 12 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Thanksgiving Lessons
Week 11 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Third Grade Lessons
Week 10 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Kindergarten Lessons
Week 9 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Substitute Teacher Lessons
Week 8 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Upper Grades and Lesson Adaptation
Week 7 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on First Grade and Latinx Heritage Month
Week 6 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Second Grade and Latinx Heritage Month
Week 5 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Tech Tips for Digital Adaptation
Week 4 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Lesson Planning During COVID
Week 3 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Adapting Lessons for COVID Times
Week 2 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Composition and Movement Lessons
Week 1 Musical Mondays PD - Focus on Back to School
Musical Mondays Replay #15 - Digital Learning Lessons
Musical Mondays Replay #14 - Digital Learning Lessons
Musical Mondays Replay #13 - Digital Learning Lessons
Musical Mondays Replay #12 - Digital Learning Q&A
Musical Mondays Replay #11 - Plans for Digital Learning
Musical Mondays Replay #10 - Focus on Ukulele in 4th and 5th
Musical Mondays Replay #9 - Focus on Second Grade
Musical Mondays Replay #8 - Focus on First Grade and March Lessons
Musical Mondays Replay #7 - Focus on Substitute Teacher Planning
Musical Mondays Replay #6 - Focus on Ukulele
Musical Mondays Replay #5 - Focus on Kindergarten
Musical Mondays Replay #4 - Focus on First Grade
Musical Mondays Replay #3 - Focus on Ukulele
Musical Mondays Replay #2 - Focus on Second Grade and Black History Month Books
Musical Mondays Replay #1 - Focus on Concert Planning and Composers Spring 2020
Musical Mondays Replay #15 - Focus on December Lesson Ideas Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #14 - Focus on Family Folk Dance Night and Third Grade Lessons Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #13 - Focus on Thanksgiving Lessons and Nutcracker Books Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #12 - Focus on Kindergarten and Christmas Books Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #11 - Focus on First Grade and Thanksgiving Books Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #10 - Focus on Fifth Grade and Orff Instrument Procedures Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #9 - Focus on Third Grade Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #8 - Focus on Second Grade Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #7 - Focus on Third Grade Folk Dance Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #6 - Focus on Kindergarten Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #5 - Focus on Fourth Grade Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #4 - Focus on First Grade Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #3 - Focus on Second Grade Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #2 - Back to School Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #1 - Back to School Focus Fall 2019
Musical Mondays Replay #15 - 2nd Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #14 - Puppet and 1st Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #13 - 1st Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #12 - 2nd Grade Ocean-themed Concert
Musical Mondays Replay #11 - Ukulele Focus in 4th and 5th Grade
Musical Mondays Replay #10 - Third Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #9 - Kindergarten Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #8 - Second Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #7 - Kindergarten Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #6 - Learning Centers Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #5 - First Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #4 - Ukulele in Fourth and Fifth Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #3 - Third Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #2 - Third Grade Focus
Musical Mondays Replay #1 - First Grade Focus
#038: Fingerplays - Open Shut Them
#037: Fingerplays - Little Bunny Foo Foo
#036: Back to School in the Music Room with guest Aileen Miracle
#035: Back to School in the Music Room with guest Tracy King
#034: Back to School in the Music Room
#033: Sweetly Sings the Donkey
#032: Getting Started with Orff Schulwerk with guest Lisa Hewitt
#031: Orff Schulwerk & Kodály with guest Andrew Ellingsen
#030: Orff Schulwerk & Ukulele with guest Lorelei Batislaong
#029: Orff Schulwerk & Movement with guest Laura Bercaw Petersen
#028: Getting Started in Orff Schulwerk with guest Karen Petty
#027: Orff Schulwerk & Pitched Percussion with guest Josh Southard
#026: Orff Schulwerk & Recorder with guest Natasha Thurmon
#025: Orff Schulwerk & Movement with guest Beth Melin Nelson
#024: Exploring Orff Schulwerk with guest Jennifer Donovan
#023: Exploring Orff Schulwerk with guest Tiffany English
#022: Los Pollitos Dicen
#021: Cockles & Mussels (aka Molly Malone)
#020: Samba Lelê
#019 Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas
#018 Nutcracker March and O Tannenbaum
#017: Over the River and Through the Woods
#016: Five Fat Turkeys
#015: Interview with author Eric Litwin
#014: The Grizzly Bear Song and Chase Game
#013: Tideo a.k.a. Pass One Window
#012: Back to School Name Games
#011: Alabama Gal
#010: The Instrument Bunny
#009: John the Rabbit
#008: I Caught A Leprechaun
#007: Instrument Petting Zoo
#006: I've Been to Harlem
#005: On Top of Old Smokey
#004: Skip to My Lou
#003: Old Brass Wagon & Miss Liking
#002: Chicken on a Fencepost
#001: Looby Loo