Teaching Music Without Technology or Instruments: Ideas That Actually Work "I have to teach music with no instruments other than recorder, no technology and no recorded music allowed... what can I do?" Here at the Fun Music Company we have a wonderful community of teachers through our mailing list, and I get
Why Motivation Doesn't Work Here's a motivational idea: What if you were to give out sweets to every child who came to your class. Would that work? You probably know already that giving out sweets is what is called an extrinsic motivator - it's when you're trying to motivate another person from the
Three keys for setting up a successful ukulele program in your school “Hey (insert your name here) why don’t you do some ukulele playing with the (insert difficult class)?” How many of you have heard that sort of thing before? I don’t know why you’re here, but you’ve found yourself on a page
Finding your Focus in Music Teaching Call me crazy, but I believe that music teaching programs should be kept simple- and there’s no better way than following an uncomplicated view. I originally learned this strategy from another podcaster Gary V and I’ve been putting it into practice with music teaching ever since. Click here
How to use the iPad Beat Sequencer in the Music Classroom Help students build drum beats, bass lines and guitar parts using GarageBand's Beat Sequencer. There’s so much technology in the classroom information out there it can make your head spin. But, you don’t have time, the energy or the money to try promising everything
The power of a vision Do you have an image of what you want your teaching career to look like and where you want to grow to in the next few years? There’s no doubt that at times, life gets in the way and can distract us from these goals. This weekend I
Why the Ukulele Matters in the Music Classroom Have you ever wondered why we're always creating new resources using different instruments when it would be so much easier to sit back and relax? Enjoy this episode explaining the reason why ukulele is a great instrument and resource for music education.
The secret to longevity in music teaching ... frames! If you want to know the secret to feeling empowered with difficult questions in music teaching year after year ... this is a tool you can use.
The power of systems in music teaching On this episode Janice talks about creating empowering systems to make daily teaching routines faster and easier allowing you to fit more content into each day. Here are some of the awesome things to listen for in this episode: How using consistent systems can save you
How journals work for music teachers I’ve been journaling for years now and I wanted to share one of my big takeaways that I had with it this week. Leading up to Thanksgiving this is something we think about a lot. One of the first things I suggest to people who are starting
