by MIE | Apr 30, 2026 | Featured, Lessons |
What Makes a Wildcat Wild? from Purposeful Pathways 3 is one of those songs that gives you multiple options so you can meet your students where they are and use only what you need. Instead of a fixed sequence, you can choose what your students need and cherry-pick...
by Jennifer Shaw | Dec 10, 2025 | Featured, Teacher Talk |
Starting a recorder club is a fantastic way to give upper elementary and middle school students a fresh, hands-on ensemble experience. A recorder ensemble helps students build independence on their parts, develop blending and balancing skills, and explore harmony in a...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium, Featured |
I have walked into classrooms that have 40 triangles but only 10 strikers, an entire box full of shekeres in 3 different sizes, and jingle bells to outfit the entire school, but not one decent hand drum or pair of claves! This has kinda been my world since jumping...
