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Hello! I'm Allie B and have been teaching 15+ years of interdisciplinary art and music classes, and developing unique arts + technology programming for young children to college age students. I have an extensive background in contemporary art, classical music and new music composition. With a passion for cultivating play and imagination, I programs interdisciplinary workshops, and design digital educational resources for educators. The Creative Teaching Lab (formerly Rainbow Forecast) is a series of multiple projects all exploring arts, music and S.T.E.A.M education. One of these projects is creative digital teaching resources for teachers to easily implement musical or creative inspiration into their classrooms.
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Preview of Storytelling Story Prompts for Music Creative Writing Play Therapy

Storytelling Story Prompts for Music Creative Writing Play Therapy

Make songwriting a breeze with this big bundle of story-prompt cards. This resource gives an easy-to-follow, step-by-step teaching guide for creative music composition. Perfect for centers in the music classroom, partner work, play therapy or creating a song as a whole class. This resource would be very helpful for creative writing prompts as well.Features of this easy-to-use resource:Simple and colourful illustrations140+ prompt cards with a variety of objectsEasy to print - make sure to print
Preview of Kpop Demon Hunters This is What it Sounds Like Easy Beginner Piano Sheet Music

Kpop Demon Hunters This is What it Sounds Like Easy Beginner Piano Sheet Music

A beginner-friendly easy piano arrangement for the popular song from Kpop Demon Hunters: This is what it Sounds Like. - arranged for easy piano / xylophone / orff - appropriate level for age 6+ / Gr. 2 and up - big, clear notation - key: a minor This piano arrangement helps your students practice: C-D-E NOTES IN MELODY QUARTER, HALF, WHOLE NOTES TIES TRIPLETS Four page PDF, and Terms of Use included.
Preview of Triad and Seventh Chord Building Worksheet Bundle for Band and Music

Triad and Seventh Chord Building Worksheet Bundle for Band and Music

This bundle includes the basics of building a triad, and of no-prep music worksheets is perfect for your high school music students learning the concept and building of a major and minor triads, and seventh chords. These differentiated worksheets will work for multiple grade levels (band, choir, music or piano). These worksheets cover these music theory concepts: These worksheets are perfect for music subs, stations in the music classroom, quick assessments, partner work, or assignments for a
Preview of Sound & Identity: Culturally Responsive Sound Design Project for High School

Sound & Identity: Culturally Responsive Sound Design Project for High School

Engage students in creative listening and audio storytelling with this Sound & Identity Sound Design Project. In this project, students create an original 2–3 minute soundscape that explores aspects of their identity, environment, or community using recorded sounds and audio design techniques. Students will practice critical listening, sound recording, and creative composition while reflecting on how sound connects to identity, culture, and place. This project also includes sound journaling an
Preview of End of Year Sound Design Project | Foley & Audio Storytelling Activity

End of Year Sound Design Project | Foley & Audio Storytelling Activity

Looking for a creative end-of-year project that gets students reflecting on their school year while exploring sound design and audio storytelling? Our Year in Sound is a hands-on Foley and sound design project where students create a short audio composition using sounds they record themselves. Students collect, organize, and edit sounds to tell a meaningful story about a memory from the school year. A thorough written reflection assignment is included. This project encourages creative thinki
Preview of Halloween Creative Sound Design Foley Activity | No-Prep Music and Arts Lesson

Halloween Creative Sound Design Foley Activity | No-Prep Music and Arts Lesson

Your students become foley artists in this Halloween themed no prep activity, being creative sound makers; as they watch videos, they re-perform the sound. Music and sound play a huge role in storytelling, and creating an environment that makes us feel like we are there! All you need is to project the slides / videos and have an assortment of objects that can make sound (wooden blocks, rocks, cellophane, crumpled kraft paper..) As a sound artist and educator, I have personally used this activi
Preview of Get to Know Me Rhythm Composition Activity Icebreaker for Classroom Behaviour

Get to Know Me Rhythm Composition Activity Icebreaker for Classroom Behaviour

This no-prep activity was created to help teachers get to know their students’ learning styles in the classroom. This is a great ice-breaker into a music class for the beginning of the year or season! The information that you will receive in your students' responses will help you get a temperature for: how a student feels working alone or in groupsanxieties with trying new thingslearning environment being quiet, less stimulating / background music. . . all in the form of a fun, creative activ
Preview of Spring Music Worksheets: Treble and Bass Clef Note Reading

Spring Music Worksheets: Treble and Bass Clef Note Reading

Spring Music Worksheets: Treble and Bass Clef Note Reading14 pages of no prep music worksheet pages of spring themed printables for your music students to practice reading the notes on the lines and spaces in both treble and bass clef. Perfect for: ✔️ Elementary & middle school general music classes ✔️ Piano and private music lessons ✔️ Sub plans, early finishers, and music centers ✔️ Engaging distance learning & hybrid lessons Get free resources!Don't forget to leave a review by click
Preview of Code Breakers: Semitones, Note Reading and Intervals Music Worksheets

Code Breakers: Semitones, Note Reading and Intervals Music Worksheets

Music worksheets focused on semitones, note reading and intervals, in a code-breaker format. Designed for elementary and middle school music students, these fun and interactive activities help reinforce note reading, semitones (half step), and interval recognition, keyboard geography through a detective-style mystery challenge. Students will decode musical words by following interval movement on a piano keyboard and treble staff, strengthening their understanding of pitch relationships, mus
Preview of Keyboard Pedals Clipart | PNG Images for Music Worksheets & Scores

Keyboard Pedals Clipart | PNG Images for Music Worksheets & Scores

Enhance your music resources with this keyboard pedals clipart set! This collection includes PNG images of piano pedals—sustain, sostenuto, and soft (una corda)—perfect for music teachers, composers, and students. ✅ Use in Worksheets & Posters for labelling pedal functions in interactive activities. ✅ Enhance your Music Scores by inserting visual pedal cues directly into notation softwares. ✅ These images are a great Teaching Aid for explaining piano techniques in lesson These transpare
Preview of PreReading Pre-Staff Note Reading Game for Young Elementary Music

PreReading Pre-Staff Note Reading Game for Young Elementary Music

This set of music task cards helps your young students explore the staff! Perfect for elementary and beginning piano students, this interactive music game allows students to practice comparing 2 notes on the staff. This is set 5 of the Easy PreReading Pre-Staff Music Series for Young Beginners. A unique game for pre-reading younger music students! 30 cards of pre-reading notes, identifying which of the two berry-notes are HIGHER or LOWER than the other, based on the direction of the arrow. Ea
Preview of PreReading Pre-Staff Note Reading Game for Young Elementary Music

PreReading Pre-Staff Note Reading Game for Young Elementary Music

This set of music task cards helps your young students explore the staff! Perfect for elementary and beginning piano students, this interactive music game allows students to practice comparing 2 notes on the staff. This is set 6 of the Easy PreReading Pre-Staff Music Series for Young Beginners. A unique game for pre-reading younger music students! 30 cards of pre-reading notes, identifying which of the two berry-notes are HIGHER or LOWER than the other, based on the direction of the arrow. Ea
Preview of Music Pattern Activity | BOOM Cards for Piano Middle School Music

Music Pattern Activity | BOOM Cards for Piano Middle School Music

Engage your students in analyzing musical patterns with this boom card music activity. You will reinforce steps and skips concepts, semitones, whole tones and fifths with this colourful set of music task cards. Perfect for music classes or piano lessons, these task cards can be used as a quick skills assessment or a fun review game. Features of this no-prep resource:Simple and colourful visuals16 cards total in this self-shuffling deck; each game will use 10 cardsStraightforward instructions -
Preview of Candy Cane Christmas Music Gift for Student - Easy low prep

Candy Cane Christmas Music Gift for Student - Easy low prep

Candy Cane Christmas Music Gift for Student - Easy low prep Comes with 2 pages of cards you can print, cut out and tape a candy cane on to resemble an adorable bass clef! Also comes with a free winter-themed catalogue of music resources. ✨ Want free credits that go towards future TpT purchases? Don't forget to leave a review! They also make the world go round :) ✨ Single Teacher License (or Studio License)This product is for the use by purchasing teacher. Single Use with purchaser's students on
Preview of EDITABLE Customizable Music Program Template Christmas Winter Recital

EDITABLE Customizable Music Program Template Christmas Winter Recital

This editable Christmas music program template is a bifold event program suitable for winter themed concerts! It can be customized with the student's name, date, and other details on Google Slides. Then print and go! Text is customizable to use for a range of events, such as: winter school band concertschristmas concertsschool fundraisersvoice recitalspiano recitalsdance recitalsmusic showcaseschoir concertsor any kind of fun event!The clean and professional look of this music programme brochu
Preview of EDITABLE Customizable Music Program Template Music Recital - End of Year Concert

EDITABLE Customizable Music Program Template Music Recital - End of Year Concert

This digital download includes an editable bifold event program template that can be customized with the student's name, date, and other details on Google Slides. Then print and go! Text is customizable to use for a range of events, such as: school band concertsschool fundraisersvoice recitalspiano recitalsdance recitalsmusic showcaseschoir concertsor any kind of fun event!The clean and professional look of this music programme brochure will have your young musicians feeling accomplished. Stu
Preview of Editable Dance Concert Certificate Awards Templates

Editable Dance Concert Certificate Awards Templates

This template is easy to edit in Google Slides; you can personalize it with student names, your name, the date, and the accomplishment you are acknowledging. Perfect for dance festivals, events, and competitions. There are 3 colour themes included: a classic black, forest green, and a burgundy red. Each colour also includes 2 title options: Certificate of Excellence, and Certificate of Completion. How to edit the certificates:Complete your purchase of this resource.Follow the link in the P
Preview of Editable Customizable Dance Recital Concert Certificate Awards Template

Editable Customizable Dance Recital Concert Certificate Awards Template

This template is easy to edit in Google Slides; you can personalize it with student names, your name, the date, and the accomplishment you are acknowledging. Perfect for dance recitals, festivals, events, and competitions. There are 3 colour themes included: a classic black, forest green, and a burgundy red. Each colour also includes 2 title options: Certificate of Excellence, and Certificate of Completion. How to edit the certificates:Complete your purchase of this resource.Follow the lin
Preview of Editable Customizable Dance Recital Concert Certificate Awards Template

Editable Customizable Dance Recital Concert Certificate Awards Template

This template is easy to edit in Google Slides; you can personalize it with student names, your name, the date, and the accomplishment you are acknowledging. Perfect for dance recitals, festivals, events, and competitions. There are 3 colour themes included: turquoise, black and a burgundy red. Each colour also includes 2 title options: Certificate of Excellence, and Certificate of Completion. How to edit the certificates:Complete your purchase of this resource.Follow the link in the PDF t
Preview of Minor Triad Chord Challenge

Minor Triad Chord Challenge

Students can practice identifying minor chords, by clicking on the animal below the minor chord. Some cards have 1 minor chord, and some have 2! Each play is 10 cards, and randomized. Great for reinforcing half and whole steps! Give students an image of a keyboard, or they can work on these task cards at the piano. Play a demo of this game here!Features of this no-prep resource:Simple and colourful visuals21 cards in this self-shuffling deckEach play is 10 cards.Straightforward instructions - st
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Experience

Hello! I'm Allie B and have been teaching 15+ years of interdisciplinary art and music classes, and developing unique arts + technology programming for young children to college age students. I have an extensive background in contemporary art, classical music and new music composition. With a passion for cultivating play and imagination, I programs interdisciplinary workshops, and design digital educational resources for educators. The Creative Teaching Lab (formerly Rainbow Forecast) is a series of multiple projects all exploring arts, music and S.T.E.A.M education. One of these projects is creative digital teaching resources for teachers to easily implement musical or creative inspiration into their classrooms.

Teaching style

Play-based, multidisciplinary, explorative, sound explorations, Reggio-inspired. Allie's presents art, pedagogy and play as interconnected experiences; combining the use of new media and the Reggio Emilia approach. Alanna's uses a multi-modal approach in S.T.E.A.M education which has been facilitated through galleries and schools. Her vision to make the world a better place frequently aligns with organizations who invest in music, art and technology programs for young age groups; children must be inspired and empowered to create a better future.

My own education history

Masters Student; Masters of Counselling. City University of Seattle. BFA. Music Composition and Theory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC SFU School of Contemporary Arts (Visual Arts), Vancouver, BC University of Victoria (Visual Arts), Victoria, BC Diploma. A.R.C.T. Piano Performance, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario

Additional biographical information

I’m Allie. It’s so nice to meet you! I specialize in age-appropriate early childhood resources and educational programming. To quench my insatiable appetite for creative connection, I work as a community-engaged new media artist with galleries and schools, and perform in the noise/electronic music scene. I am passionate about creating more engaging learning resources for music education and shifting the power in learning art and music back to the innately creative child.