How to find the blessings in any change Change. How do you cope with it? Or maybe the question should be how many people do YOU know who don’t cope with change too well? How in the world can you actually cope with teaching and life, without things crumbling down while in the
Start living your true teaching self... Have you ever been given teaching advice that just hasn’t worked for you and wondered why? Everyone needs to focus on their own truth and make sure they are being their authentic self. It makes you feel so good to be teaching congruently to living your real
Using humour to get attention in the music classroom. Today’s podcast is about attention. How do you get it, and how do you keep it? There are many tools that we can access and use as teachers to gain our students attention, and this episode is about sharing one of them, which is
Music Theory Jokes for every occasion This collection of 10 music theory jokes is one of the many Fun Music Company of Tools for #FunMusicTeachers. In this series of articles we aim to give teachers lots of ideas and resources for making their music lessons FUN! Why use Humor in music theory? Having a
How to build a music curriculum We’re going to dive into my go to methods for building a music curriculum system from scratch plus the mindset behind it all .. All for free. No resources, no huge music budget while using what you’ve got, okay? For me it’s always been about finding simple ways
Are you a Fun Music Teacher? Seriously… are you? I'm not just talking about if you're a customer, client or friend of the Fun Music Company of course! If you are a client of ours then of course you have some wonderful materials. However, this is talking about a lot more than
Four unique ways to reclaim joy in music teaching Whether you’re just hopping into teaching for the first time - first off welcome!- or you’ve been teaching for a while, you’re sure to hit a bit of stagnancy at some point. Let’s talk about some fun and different ways to help you reclaim
Progress verses Perfection in Music Teaching Progress and perfection do not mean the same things. One is much more important than the other. In this episode Janice explains why making progress on your skills in music are more important than the perfection of having completed that course or obtaining mastery in a specific
The power of becoming a #Fun Music Teacher We’ve all heard of the phrase "Time flies when you’re having fun!” but what does it really mean to be a Fun Music Teacher? Over the years, my husband Kevin and I have been able to shift our music teaching mindsets in a positive way!
A powerful lesson from being late ... Have you ever been late for your classes? How do you react when other staff members are disappointed because of your lateness? Does being late teach you important lessons? ...Or is it the last thing you want to think about. As music teachers being late from
