Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Tanya and Carrie discuss creating a singing culture in the elementary music classroom.

Carrie, Tanya, and Becca Dellinger discuss how they're starting the year in the music room.

Tanya and Carrie discuss ideas and strategies they have tried implementing from the book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain.

Tanya and Carrie discuss how to build partwork skills in the music classroom.

MTCT #122: PPP: All About Practice by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Tanya and Carrie go deep in describing and explaining the presentation stage of the PPP process of a Kodály-inspired classroom.

Tanya and Carrie discuss the preparation phase of the preparation, present, practice strategies in the music room.

Carrie and Tanya discuss several different performances you can utilize to showcase your students' musical learning.

Tanya and Carrie discuss how to implement routines and procedures with students in the music room.

Carrie and Tanya discuss setting up their music classrooms for a new school year.

Tanya and Carrie discuss part 3 of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hamond.

Carrie and Tanya discuss part 2 of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the BrAIN

Tanya and Carrie discuss part 1 of Culturally Responsive Teaching by Zaretta Hammond.

Tanya and Carrie reflect on the school year and plan for a summer of relaxing and renewing.

As they wrap up the school year, Carrie and Tanya discuss 3 favorite songs/singing games, 2 favorite resources, and 1 big idea/unit for the the end of the school year.

MTCT #111: Wrap It Up! by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Carrie and Tanya discuss the ins and outs of finding and acquiring a teaching position!

Tanya and Carrie discuss the benefits of learning stations/centers in the music classroom. From a variety of station themes, to how to plan a stations day, and what specific stations to include, we have you covered!

Carrie and Tanya discuss the benefits of joining the Organization of American Kodály Educators.

Tanya and Carrie discuss how to increase student engagement in the music room