I designed this bumper sticker/instrument case sticker to go with my theme for the year.  I use these bumper stickers for student rewards an...

I teach 3 levels of orchestra for 3 different grades and I tune my beginning classes by myself every day.  It doesn't take me very long,...

Last week was my first week of school and it feels great to be back in the classroom.  My beginners brought their instruments for the very f...

Today was my first day of school and it was so awesome and fun!  I really love teaching and I am happy to be back to school. I thought ...

School is just about to start for me and I have been busy getting my classroom ready and making copies of things I will need for the first f...

I am just toying with the idea of using a Kahoot on the first day of school.  This is a quiz that is projected on the screen in front of the...

I saw a sign similar to this on pinterest and changed it a little bit so that it would apply to orchestra.  I love it!  Now available to pur...

There is another bow game that is fun for students to try.  All you need are some canning rings.  Students move the bow up and down throu...

I must be on a bowing kick lately because I keep posting about bowing...but here is another little trick I use when teaching bow distributio...

Here is another bow game idea that works great for a class or group.  Ideally, arrange the seats so that the students are sitting in a circl...

In a previous post, I mentioned that I do not like to require practice cards for my orchestra classes because I want students to choose to p...

Marshmallows come in super handy in orchestra class...who knew?  You can use them for the Marshmallow Game!  One problem many students h...