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8 Simple and Effective Ways to Teach Music Orff Activities

8 Simple and Effective Ways to Teach Music Orff Activities

Orff music activities for elementary students are designed to help children develop their musical skills through fun and engaging lessons.

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Two Free Interactive Elementary Music Activities Students Will Love

Two Free Interactive Elementary Music Activities Students Will Love

Easel Activities are a valuable tool for teaching interactive elementary music lessons. See the full post for ways to increase student engagement using this simple tool. Be sure to download the 2 FREE resources for your music classroom. Enjoy!

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How to Teach Music Literacy Skills Using Vocal Solfege Warm Ups

How to Teach Music Literacy Skills Using Vocal Solfege Warm Ups

Sneak more music literacy activities into your classes with these tips and ideas to develop music literacy using vocal warm ups.

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Design Black History Month Music Lessons for Elementary Grades

Design Black History Month Music Lessons for Elementary Grades

Designing Black History lessons doesn’t have to be difficult. Click to read for ideas and tips for creating authentic lessons for your elementary music classroom.

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Use Storybooks in Elementary Music to Establish Historical Context

Use Storybooks in Elementary Music to Establish Historical Context

Children’s storybooks in elementary music are perfect for setting the stage and establishing a historical context for a song or piece of music.

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Quality Online Elementary Music Books Hosted on TumbleBooks

Quality Online Elementary Music Books Hosted on TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks aren’t just for elementary classrooms. There are many TumbleBooks for the elementary music classroom as well and they are valuable resources for online teaching.

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How to Teach Elementary Music Online

How to Teach Elementary Music Online

Are you faced with teaching elementary music classes online in response to COVID19? Read on for ideas & tips to teach distance-based learning.

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How to Earn and Redeem TpT Credit

How to Earn and Redeem TpT Credit

Buyers who leave feedback for Teachers Pay Teachers products earn credit toward classroom resources. Don’t miss the 4 easy steps for how to earn TpT credit.

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8 Reasons to Teach Camp Songs in Music Class

8 Reasons to Teach Camp Songs in Music Class

8 Reasons to Use Camp Songs in the Elementary Music Classroom

Provide a positive musical experience and encourage the appreciation of music by balancing and integrating learning with high energy camp songs and games.

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5 Fun Ways to Recognize Student Achievement in Elementary Music

5 Fun Ways to Recognize Student Achievement in Elementary Music

Do you need simple ways to celebrate student success in your elementary music classroom? You can recognize REAL student achievement and increase motivation. And best of all, there is NO COST & NO EXTRA PREP!

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18 Tips to Prevent Teacher Burnout

18 Tips to Prevent Teacher Burnout

Originally written as a series of Instagram posts, these tips to prevent teacher burnout will help keep you rejuvenated and ready to go every day.

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How to Get the Most Value from TpT Sitewide Sales

How to Get the Most Value from TpT Sitewide Sales

TpT site-wide sales only occur a few times a year. Check out these tips to help you get the most value for your students in your classroom.

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How to Create Differentiated K-5 Music Activities

How to Create Differentiated K-5 Music Activities

Children of different ages are not maturationally ready for the same activities, so HOW do you create music activities for grades K-5? Check out these ideas and activities.

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6 Ways to Integrate Camp Songs in Elementary Music

6 Ways to Integrate Camp Songs in Elementary Music

Traditional camp songs can be a valuable addition to your elementary music class. See these fun ways to actively engage your students.

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11 Easy Ways to Involve ALL Students in Elementary Music Classes

11 Easy Ways to Involve ALL Students in Elementary Music Classes

Do you have any students that are reluctant to participate in elementary music classes? See these tips to involve all students all the time.

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Authentic Assessment in Elementary Music

Authentic Assessment in Elementary Music

Assessment in elementary music should be authentic, quick, valid, reliable and FUN! Integrate assessment into music activities while building music literacy.

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Teaching Elementary Music Tips to Talk Less and Teach More

Teaching Elementary Music Tips to Talk Less and Teach More

You can talk less & teach more music.With these tips, you can be a more effective teacher, enjoy teaching more & your students will learn more too.

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6 Simple Steps to Get Started Using Boom Cards in Elementary Music

6 Simple Steps to Get Started Using Boom Cards in Elementary Music

Boom task cards in elementary music can be an important tool in developing music literacy. Check out this post with links to a FREE rhythm set.

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10 Tips to Integrate Music Reading into Every Elementary Music Class

10 Tips to Integrate Music Reading into Every Elementary Music Class

Time is precious in elementary music classes. It is important to integrate music reading into every lesson using an efficient, systematic strategy.

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Fun Sequential Elementary Music Lessons to Develop Music Reading Skills

Fun Sequential Elementary Music Lessons to Develop Music Reading Skills

Developing music literacy requires sequential lessons which build on prior learning. Music reading skills should be the foundation of music classes.

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Hi! I’m Terri Lloyd. I am a veteran music teacher with over 25 years in the elementary music classroom. We are here to help make learning to read music fun and intuitive for students and easier for teachers. Learn More >>

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