Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Tanya and Carrie share songs and activities they are using in their 3rd grade general music lessons this week.

Carrie and Tanya have a powerful conversation with Dr. Karen Howard about issues and ideas around diversity and culturally responsive teaching in music education.

Carrie and Tanya share songs and activities they are using in their 2nd grade general music lessons this week.

David Row joins Carrie and Tanya to discuss ideas and strategies for creativity through improvisation in the Orff-inspired classroom.

Carrie and Tanya talk about the songs and activities they are doing with their 1st graders this week.

Carrie and Tanya welcome Beth Duhon to discuss ideas for implementing summer learning into your classroom.

Tanya and Carrie share songs and activities they are doing with their Kindergarten students this week, including ideas for establishing routines and procedures with young musicians entering the music room for the first time.

MTCT #159: Starting the School Year: Putting First Things First by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Carrie and Tanya share ideas for summer learning such as classes, podcasts, and book recommendations.

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Tanya and Carrie discuss their end of the year plans including what content we are still going to teach and some of the extra fun things we do this time of year to keep kids engaged.

Carrie and Tanya check in on how they have implemented things they learned during the 2023 Summer Book Club while reading "Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education" by Karen Howard.

In this episode, Tanya and Carrie discuss our takeaways from the 2024 OAKE National Conference as well as our general thoughts on Kodály-inspired teaching as we see it today. Of course we talk about Beyoncé too! It all makes sense when you listen.

Carrie and Tanya welcome Debbie O'Shea from Crescendo Music Education to talk about manipulatives in the music room.

Tanya and Carrie discuss strategies for putting together a musical performance when you are short on time.

Tanya and Carrie share some of their favorite "work smarter, not harder" teacher tips.

Carrie and Tanya discuss strategies that help with classroom management and building relationships within a challenging group of students.

Carrie and Tanya talk about their intentions for the New Year, both at home and at school.

Carrie and Tanya discuss the logistic of having an elementary school choir along with favorite repertoire and resources.

In this episode, Carrie and Tanya celebrate their 6-year podcasting anniversary with an episode all about 6 of their favorite picture books for the music room.