Perhaps you have seen some of my videos from YouTube, they have over a million views so far, and their link is posted as well below. There are also pictures from our beautiful, rustic countryside, including the counties of Martin County and Daviess County of Indiana.

Welcome to our music blog! Here you will find updates, pictures, and projects about and by the music students at Ely Elementary. Wednesday, January 24, 2018. After that activity, I let the students create a Music Man out of the instruments. They could make one big one or two small ones, but they had to work together to make it look like a person. Here are some pictures of what they came up with! Monday, January 8, 2018. Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Here is the calendar I sent home.

Saturday, March 24, 2018. Need an engaging activity to reinforce the instrument families? Need an emergency sub plan that can be used by a non-music sub? You should try this new resource- Instrument Family Races. This resource includes 24 instrument cards, 2 game versions, and a video demo. You only need to provide 4 or 8 hula hoops. When all the cards have disappeared, you can play in reverse. The teacher will call out an instrument and the players will race to find the correct card and bring it bac.

Life in the Urban Elementary Music Room.

Adventures in Elementary Art and Music Education. Next are numbered labels you could use for anything in your room! I like the rock candy on these.

Making magic happen in the general music classroom. Yesterday I presented a session at the Eastern Division Tune Up. We ran out of packets! Due to unfortunate WiFi issues at the hotel, I was delayed in posting them. For those of you who did not get a copy, please click below for a PDF version.