Have you ever tried teaching musical terms needed for most piano lessons only to find you get nowhere very quickly? There are just some instances where it seems that no matter what you do, it is impossible to get good retention ready for those upcoming exams or tests and no matter how many times you
Are you looking for things to do in the summer? What a wonderful time of the year! "Schools Out" in America and the UK for the long summer break and here in Australia, we're soon on short mid year break for the winter.It seems no matter where we live in the world, we all have
Let’s face it – toddlers can be hard work! Sometimes the job of teaching two or more toddlers at the same time can be mind boggling for everyone involved and they will do things that you will least expect. Their attention span is short, they need constant surprises and teachers and parents need constant ideas.
Here are three ideas for games you can use in your next general music lesson plan to help encourage knowlege of the Instruments of the Orchestra. This game is especially designed for teachers without any musical knowledge and can be used in small groups or for a whole class activity. While I was researching this
Today I have a question for you! What is the format that you use or that you would expect from a music lesson plan for high school? I started thinking about this and then thought... Why don't I ask everyone on this page, and everyone can leave comments on their practice and experience in this
If you're like me and are always needing musical, flashcards, pictures and icons and don't want the bother of spending time at the end of a busy teaching day to re shape, re size, colour and find them  .. then I have some pre made clip-art designs at musical-clipart.com for you to use. You'll be able to
Happy New Year to all the music teachers and parents! If you are looking for Holiday Music Games to do with Children - Why not check out our Printable Music Games? There are over 20 uinique games with many hundreds of variations. 2007 was a terrific year for us at the Fun Music Company, and we
Happy Christmas to all the music teachers! Here at the Fun Music Company we are going to give away a few free traditional arrangements of christmas carols every year. Jingle Bells - This easy arrangment can easily be adapted for any accompaniment style. Its also a great exercise in transposition Silent Night  Have a
At the Music Teachers Blog we will be posting various lesson plans that we have come up with ourselves, and that teachers have submitted to us. If you'd like to submit your lesson plan we'd be more than happy to post it here on the music teachers blog, and you'll get appropriate credit for it.