About Janice Tuck

Hi, I'm Janice Tuck — music curriculum expert, former classroom teacher, and the voice behind the Fun Music Company blog and Music Teachers Spark podcast. I'm passionate about helping primary and elementary teachers deliver great music lessons without spending hundreds of hours of their own time planning them. Our curriculum resources are used by thousands of teachers around the world, and my goal is simple: to make music education accessible, enjoyable, and sustainable for every teacher, whatever their musical background.

You Don’t Need a Smart Board to Teach Great Music Lessons — Here’s Why

Image is AI-generated — see note below. You Don't Need a Smart Board to Teach Great Music Lessons ... Here's Why Although it might look like programs like the Fun Music Company Curriculum are entirely driven from the classroom screen, that isn't necessarily true. If you've watched one of our lesson

You Don’t Need a Smart Board to Teach Great Music Lessons — Here’s Why2026-07-01T08:15:22+00:00

Ukulele Lesson Plans for Primary School Teachers

Ukulele Lesson Plans: What to Teach, When to Teach It, and How to Make It Work Here's a scenario that plays out in schools all over the world. A teacher gets access to a class set of ukuleles — maybe they've just been purchased, maybe they've been sitting in a cupboard for years.

Ukulele Lesson Plans for Primary School Teachers2026-07-15T01:48:01+00:00

What Does Music Mean To A Generation That’s Never Bought An Album?

What Does Music Mean To A Generation That's Never Bought An Album? Most students today have never bought an album in their life. Instead, they press play and music appears out of thin air. It just exists. And that one simple shift in how music is experienced has created a gap in understanding

What Does Music Mean To A Generation That’s Never Bought An Album?2026-06-26T20:31:14+00:00

What’s Changing in the Western Australian Music Curriculum — and What It Means for Your Classroom

What's Changing in the Western Australian Music Curriculum — and What It Means for Your Classroom If you’re a music teacher in Western Australia — whether you’re a specialist or a classroom generalist — you may have heard that the music curriculum is being updated. Perhaps you’ve seen the documents circulating, or received

What’s Changing in the Western Australian Music Curriculum — and What It Means for Your Classroom2026-05-14T01:44:57+00:00

Why Starting Music Early Matters: What the Research Shows

Does Starting Music Early Really Matter? Here's What the Research Shows. Does it really matter when children start music education? Or does it all even out in the end? It’s a fair question — and one that gets asked more often than you might expect, usually at budget time or timetabling time, when

Why Starting Music Early Matters: What the Research Shows2026-05-12T01:50:30+00:00

The Belief that’s Costing Most Music Teachers their Weekends (and how the best ones let it go)

The Belief that's Costing Most Music Teachers their Weekends (and how the best ones let it go) Most music teachers I know all do this one thing, and most people assume it means the opposite of what it does. I've spent over twenty years working alongside music teachers. I've watched the ones who

The Belief that’s Costing Most Music Teachers their Weekends (and how the best ones let it go)2026-05-08T02:14:17+00:00

Kindergarten Music Activities: Fun Ideas for Early Years Music Classes

Kindergarten Music Activities: Fun Ideas for Early Years Music Classes Have you ever stood in front of a room full of young children and thought — what on earth do I actually do with them in music today? It’s one of the most common questions we hear from teachers. Whether you’re a generalist

Kindergarten Music Activities: Fun Ideas for Early Years Music Classes2026-05-05T07:43:34+00:00

Australian Curriculum Music v9: A Complete Guide for Primary Teachers

Australian Curriculum Music v9: A Complete Guide for Primary Teachers The Australian Curriculum v9 for Music is the national framework that defines what music education should look like in primary schools from Foundation Year through to Year 6. For classroom teachers — whether you’re a specialist music educator or a generalist primary teacher

Australian Curriculum Music v9: A Complete Guide for Primary Teachers2026-05-08T01:40:40+00:00

Boomwhacker Lesson Plans: A Complete Guide for K–6

Boomwhacker Lesson Plans: Everything You Need for K–6 So you’ve got a set of boomwhackers. Your students have seen those colourful tubes in the classroom on their way in, and by the time they’re seated they are barely containing their excitement. The colourful tubes are out, the energy is high — and then

Boomwhacker Lesson Plans: A Complete Guide for K–62026-05-05T07:20:24+00:00

What Is Bucket Drumming? The Complete Classroom Guide

What Is Bucket Drumming? The Complete Classroom Guide for Teachers Picture this: thirty students, thirty buckets, thirty pairs of sticks — and every single one of them completely locked in, playing together, and you can see that they're enjoying themselves, without being silly. No one is off-task. No one is checking the clock.

What Is Bucket Drumming? The Complete Classroom Guide2026-05-05T07:21:45+00:00
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