Teaching Music
Karen Stafford
Latest Articles
Performance Preparations That Won't Make You Pull Your Hair Out
Performances, either at the elementary or secondary level, can be nerve-wracking for both students AND teachers. It doesn't have to be so.....Put on a marvelous performance without driving yourself crazy!
Pysching Yourself Up for the Big Program
How music teachers can prepare THEMSELVES before those big performances.
Music Education Majors: Build a Reference Base
Methods for music education majors to build a reference base before applying for that first teaching position
Block Scheduling:Ideas for handling band, choral, and general music classes on the secondary level
Setting Up Centers in the Elementary Classroom
Plans and guidelines for using centers or stations in the elementary music classroom
Culture of the Month: Native American Music
Music education lesson plans on Native American and American Indian music and musical culture
What to do if you're a music teacher with a non-musical sub!
Creepy Classics: Have Some Halloween Fun
Halloween ideas for the music class
Feeling Strapped? Fundraiser Ideas
fund-raising ideas for music and school groups
Getting to the "Head" of the Matter-Teaching Head Voice Singing
ideas on training children to sing in their head voices