Most of you know my family is Chinese American- my daughter was born in China and adopted into our family when she was 18 months.  We celeb...

 This is a favorite dance and I love using it to introduce syncopation!  There are (at least) 2 versions although I think Version 2 is proba...

 This is one of those games that is played many ways and has a myriad of concepts to focus on.  I love using this in Kindergarten as a beat ...

 On Wednesdays we have a special schedule and with my first and second graders I have been doing a lot of centers and rotations.  As explain...

 Crystal Briley is a wonderful friend who also happens to be a gifted music teacher.  Today she shares a lesson for upper elementary to go w...

This time of year I often need a few filler activities as classes that would normally have 18 students shows up with 6 due to illness, field...

I have always loved this silly song and my students do, too! This is to the tune of the Dutch spinning song, Sarasponda. View this...