Description
As many teachers are finding themselves having to teach on a cart due to current issues and limited space in schools, Teaching Music On a Cart will certainly be an essential resource for teachers who must learn to adapt or begin their teaching in a very limited capacity.
This book…
- details cart teaching logistics
- provides tips and tricks for successful music teaching on a cart
- shares lesson planning strategies, and even lesson plans
Offering HOPE in a non-ideal teaching environment, Teaching Music On a Cart will help teachers survive and thrive and perhaps even take their teaching to a whole new level!
Table of Contents
Introduction: My Cart teaching Journey
- Let’s Look on the Bright Side: Advantages and the positives of teaching on a cart
- The Art of the Cart: Storage, choosing your cart, modifying and securing your cart, technology and cart teaching, instruments, and materials that work well for the cart.
- Music Teacher on the Go: Logistics, tips and tricks, organization, taking care of your health
- Teaching in Someone Else’s Room: Working with classroom teachers, classroom management, dealing with the “noise.”
- Curriculum: How to develop what to teach, and why to teach in your limited situation, my list of concepts/objectives per grade levels, lesson objectives/concept sequence, lesson plan template, instrument playing tips.
- Lesson Plans: Lesson examples for Steady Beat, Steady beat vs Rhythm, Rhythm, Tempo, dynamics, pitch/melody.
PM (verified owner) –
This is a very comprehensive book on how to teach on. a cart that every educator who has to teach on a cart should read. The author details everything from the types of carts that are best to listing the best instruments that you should have with you at all times. She also provides technology tips, curriculum, how she teaches the curriculum, as well as many other helpful tips regarding teaching on a cart for anyone that is embarking on this journey. Highly recommend this book!
Elizabeth Juntunen (verified owner) –
This book helped me navigate teaching on a cart for the first time. All the tips about cart managment and the included lesson plans were a huge help!
Yancey Krebs –
I am so impressed with the comprehensive yet practical information presented in this book. I have seen the author work her magic from a cart first-hand and she is AWESOME! Her techniques are effective and engaging for ability levels and provide knowledge that extends far beyond music.