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by Benjamin Taylor and Joseph Sowa
(23 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Creativity and collaboration in the classroom is easier and more fun than you might think. The creative exercises and improvisational games collected in Teaching Music Creativity were designed to help students of all abilities feel comfortable in improvising and creating new music. They have been road tested by the Music Creators Academy and are now being used as a resource by band, choir, and orchestra directors with great success. -
by Yeshima
(55 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this book is to present a well-rounded approach to music that engages the learner from multiple perspectives using accessible instruments found around the home, as well as the voice and body percussion. The pedagogy originated from a collection of philosophies found in Orff Schulwerk, Social and Emotional Learning, Community Drum Circles, and Mindfulness. These lessons can be modified for homeschool populations, Non-Traditional Instruction, General Music Classes, and/or community-building events. This PDF includes links to YouTube videos, plans, and materials for sixteen engaging lesson plans. This book is geared towards upper elementary students. -
by Meghan Cabral
(66 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Are you looking for a new and more efficient way to approach beginning band? LOOK NO FURTHER. This teacher guide will give you all the tools you need to flip your classroom into a much more efficient beginning band experience for both you and your students. -
by Sarah Gulish
(47 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The Comprehensive Beginning Guitar Curriculum is a must-read for any music educator tasked with teaching a modern guitar class. This detailed text provides philosophy, unit plans, and resources for the development and execution of a relevant and engaging guitar program. INCLUDES: • video examples • classroom handouts & assessments • a space for typing notes directly into the PDF -
It's everyone's favorite day in music class: instrument selection day! Even though Rosie has waited for this day all year, she is nervous to try the instrument she has always dreamed of playing, the electric guitar. Join Rosie as she learns how to find her voice, work with others as a team, and face her fears. This heartfelt story includes details about the electric guitar and women who helped pave the way for musicians today! Get the teaching guide FREE when ordering with the Rosie Rocks! interactive flipbook: -
This poster from @theempatheticteacher is perfect for any teacher's office! Packed with research-based tips and strategies for using therapeutic concepts in the classroom, music therapist and educator Lauren Marcinkowski provides helpful reminders to serve both teachers and students. This 12" x 18" poster is perfect for an office bulletin board or hung above a desk. -
by Sarah Gulish and Victoria Boler
(12 Pages + over 25 pages of editable resources)
This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this book is to provide resources for music teachers looking to collect data to better advocate for their programs and reach students. This interactive PDF describes the various types of data, how they can be collected, and how they can be used to create a music program story to share with community members and administrators. Each purchase includes access to a google drive folder with dozens of resources and templates that can be copied and edited, including email templates, google questionnaire forms for students, parents, and colleagues, conversation starters with administrators, sample qualitative stories, sample quantitative stories, and more. -
by David Dockan and Angela Carter
This is an eBook for digital download (Story, Teacher's Guide, and Mp3 Download) Your Song is the story of Kai, a student who sometimes gets frustrated when overstimulated or when schoolwork becomes challenging. This story follows Kai as they learn ways to regulate their emotions. This story is a great way for teachers to introduce Social Emotional Learning skills, specifically self-management, through song and story. The teacher’s manual includes an arrangement of the song in the book and lesson plans to have students perform, create, and relate. The manual also includes lesson plans for art teachers written by the illustrator! -
by Beth Duhon (165 pages)
This is an eBook for digital download. Do you relate to the music teacher troubles of “I have no time, no voice, and I need to use the bathroom!”? In Happier Music Teacher: 50 Days to Being a Happier Music Teacher at Home and at School, seasoned music teacher Beth Duhon leads you through guided journaling and specific micro-actions to take you from being a stressed, overwhelmed music teacher to a happier music teacher at home and at school. -
by Doug Large
(60 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Harmony and Composition made easy with NUMU is designed for the academic calendar with exercises, tests, mid-year and final exams. Once a musician understands even a little harmony (how chords are built) and composition (how chords fit together), it sets them free. An in depth study of Harmony & Composition from a ground-breaking, simplified perspective. Music is based on interval formulas. Only NUMU (Number Music) can clearly illustrate these formulas. This eBook comes with a separate PDF containing midterm and final exams! -
by Steve Holley
(150 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble is a comprehensive guide for the music teacher striving to meet the changing needs of their students, the university music educator examining our current music education paradigm, and the band director trying to expand their school’s music program. Using his broad experiences as an educator and Memphis musician, Holley details the philosophy and approaches he developed to create a culturally responsive, learner-driven popular music program.
