Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Tanya and Carrie discuss creative movement and organized dances in the music room. Complete show notes can be found at Teaching Music: Tanya's Kodály Aspiring Blog https://soundcloud.com/user-966091434/mtct-episode-28 Some things we discuss: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Celesta Demonstration Henry Cowell's The Banshee Beat Activities Billy Joel's Root Beer Rag *Sleigh Ride CORRECTION! I (Tany...

Tanya and Carrie talk strategies and resources to turn to during challenging times.

Carrie talks about her 5 favorite iPad apps for the elementary music room.

Fall is here! Tanya and Carrie share their school week and some of their favorite Fall songs and activities. Complete show notes at http://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/09/music-teacher-coffee-talk-25-favorite.html

Tanya and discuss solfege. Why use it? What are the controversies surrounding it? How are we using solfege to teach melodic concepts? What are our favorite songs for each melodic concept?

Our latest episode is all about music class procedures and building a positive community within each class. Some of the things we talked about: Music Making: Bring the joy of music to them as soon as possible. o Start the class with a “no-fail” singing game or chant. This could be a singing or chanting name game. Is there a singing game students have begged to play again and again in class in your...

The first days of school are here again! Tanya and Carrie discuss their plans for grades K-5th grade in the music room. Show Notes: Songs discussed Kindergarten: Jim Along Josie Come Along Everybody - I’m Growing Up Little Green book Little Green finger puppet Shake Your Eggs 1st Grade: Mighty Pretty Motion Johnny Works with One Hammer Whoops Johnny Bluebird Bluebird Bluebird finger puppet 2nd Gra...

Tanya and Carrie discuss back to school planning for the music teacher.

MTCT #20 Q&A From CKI - 7:24:18, 1.25 PM by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

This is the conclusion of our 2018 Summer Book Club. We discuss chapter 7 of World Music Pedagogy v. II by Christopher Roberts and Amy Beegle.

Tanya and Carrie discuss chapters 4-6 or Amy Beegle's and Christopher Robert's book World Music Pedagogy v II.

Summer Book Club! Carrie and Tanya discuss Chapters 1-3 from World Music Pedagogy by Amy Beegle and Christopher Roberts. Show Notes: Rhythmically Moving series Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba Sanna Longden dance materials (If you ever have the chance to do any folk dancing workshops with Sanna you really must! She is rich with multicultural music and dance.) Rahim AlHaj NPR Tiny Desk Concert Bulgarian...

Carrie and Tanya review the highs and lows from the school year.

Carrie and Tanya discuss lesson closure and and end-of-the-school-year closure.

Tanya and Carrie discuss ideas to deal with the end of the school year stress.

Tanya and Carrie review songs and games to play outside. Find the show notes with song notation here: http://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-teacher-coffee-talk-13-favorite.html

Tanya and special guest Ellie discuss mindfulness in the music classroom. Show notes can be found athttp://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-teacher-coffee-talk-12.html

We discuss the importance of professional development and the recent OAKE conference. Show notes at http://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/03/music-teacher-coffee-talk-11.html

Our favorite Spring songs, games, and activities in the music room.

In this episode Carrie and Tanya discuss practical, hands-on activities to teach the treble staff note names.

Tanya and Carrie discuss teaching recorders in the elementary music room. We dig into our favorite strategies, repertoire, and resources. For Show Notes visit https://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/02/music-teacher-coffee-talk-episode-8.html Find us on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MusicTeacherCoffeeTalk/

Steady beat and meter, what music do you use to teach these crucial skills and concepts? We discuss our favorite songs and activities for the elementary music class. Show Notes: Music and game directions for BINGO, Button You Must Wander, Apple Tree, and My Landlord can be viewed here: http://tanyaelementarymusic.blogspot.com/2018/02/hello-here-are-four-songs-and-games.html Hand Hand Fingers Thumb...

This episode is all about favorite songs, games, and activities for older grades. Many of the songs and games we mentioned can be found here: http://bit.ly/MusicTeacherCoffeeTalk6 Ye Toop Doram and Old House from Mrs. Miracle's Music Room http://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/2014/05/throwback-thursday-living-kodalys-vision.html Poison Pattern Games https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Watch-...

Stomp Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkCHMapx6B0&feature=youtu.be http://www.projectcreates.org/Lesson%20Plans/Lesson%20Plan%20-%20STOMP!.pdf Books we’ve used to create mini-musicals/programs: Pete the Cat http://www.petethecatbooks.com/ Berlioz the Bear https://janbrett.com/bookstores/berlioz_book.htm Blog on Peg Leg the Pirate: http://kateskodalyclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/01/peg-leg-...

In Episode #4 Tanya and Carrie discuss their New Year Resolutions for music class and classroom management. Show notes/links: Susan Brumfield's First We Sing Teaching Strategies(Primary Grades) https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=127715& Susan Brumfield's First We Sing Teaching Strategies(Intermediate) https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=140886& Ri...