Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Music Teacher Coffee Talk

We are Kodály inspired elementary music teachers who love to share songs, activities, lessons, and ideas for the music room. Show notes at https://musicteachercoffeetalkpodcast.blogspot.com/

Author

Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Category

Education

Latest episode

May 26, 2026

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Episodes

MTCT #128: Sunday Scaries and How to Tackle Them 21.02.2023

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MTCT #127: All About Sub Plans 06.02.2023

Tanya and Carrie discuss sub plans for the elementary music classroom.

MTCT #126: Cultivating a Positive Singing Culture 24.01.2023

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

MTCT #125: Resetting the Year with Realistic Expectations 09.01.2023

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

Episode #124: Check-In: Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain 29.11.2022

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

MTCT #123: Partwork 14.11.2022

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

MTCT #122: PPP: All About Practice 02.11.2022

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

MTCT #121: PPP: All About Presentation 16.10.2022

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

MTCT #120: PPP All About Preparation 02.10.2022

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

MTCT #119: Planning Programs, Concerts, and Informances 18.09.2022

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

MTCT #118: Setting Students Up for Success in the Music Room 28.08.2022

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

MTCT #117: Setting Up the Music Room 14.08.2022

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

MTCT #116: 2022 Summer Book Club Part 3 18.07.2022

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

MTCT #115: 2022 Summer Book Club Part 2 Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain 04.07.2022

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

MTCT #114: 2022 Summer Book Club Part 1 20.06.2022

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

MTCT #113: Summer Plans for Reflection and Renewal 22.05.2022

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

MTCT #112: 3-2-1, The Final Countdown! 10.05.2022

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! 24.04.2022

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

MTCT #110: Get a Job! 10.04.2022

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

MTCT #109: Learning Stations 27.03.2022

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!

MTCT #108: Why OAKE? 14.03.2022

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

MTCT Episode #107: Increasing Student Engagement 22.02.2022

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

MTCT Episode #106: Why Kodály? 07.02.2022

Carrie and Tanya talk about the value of Kodály-inspired teaching.

MTCT Episode #105: Favorite Manipulatives 23.01.2022

Using technology in the music room is wonderful but sometimes we can spark learning through the novelty of hands-on manipulatives! Carrie and Tanya discuss their favorite manipulatives for the music classroom.

MTCT Episode #104: Energizing Your Older Students 09.01.2022

Tanya and Carrie discuss strategies for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade unit and lesson planning the second half of the year

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