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Sylva, North Carolina, United States
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I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
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What Child Is This Song Resource, Minor Solfege, Rhythm, Lyrics
"What Child Is This"- Music education resource. This is a zipped folder containing three pdf's. PDF 1 is Lyric posters and story comprehension. PDF 2 is rhythm reading and diction tips. PDF is minor key solfege. I use the relative minor scale and movable do. This resource does not contain any audio. It is a visual aid for teaching memory, reading, and aural skills. While I am currently using this with K-2, I think it is more appropriate for third grade and up. This resource is copyri
2nd - 5th
Vocal Music
4th Grade Rhythm Explorations
Need great visuals for your rhythm unit? This is it! This resource is designed as a visual aid supplement for my 4th grade rhythm unit, found in "4th grade music curriculum." 76 power point slides offer clear, uncluttered, easy to read rhythm patterns to visually present the material I have traditionally taught by imitation. This rhythm resource is presented in three to four separate lessons. Each part contains an overview of the rhythm tree including rests and the rhythmic material which w
4th - 5th
Music
Hands On Hand Bells: Performance Preparation For Kindergarten and First Grade
Hands On Hand Bells is a hands on resource! Told through the creative story of DO-the first hand bell, students in kindergarten and first grade learn basic techniques of playing hand bells and basic music theory. Music Theory included in this resource includes the C scale, how to build a chord, chord inversions, common chord tone movements and circle of fifths chord progressions. Students learn about the theory in a fun, non threatening way. This is a high interest, visually rich pdf that pr
K - 2nd
Music
Appalachian Dulcimer Lesson 7: Gentle Mary
This product is a visual teaching aid to the traditional 15th-century melody, Gentle Mary Laid Her Child. This is a song suitable for use in a performance. It is easily reachable at an early stage of learning on the Appalachian Dulcimer, I am actually using this as our fourth dulcimer song. It contains only quarter notes and half notes. Melody does go to the middle string, which is slightly more difficult. Tuning is DAD. PPT is divided into lesson sections. Lots of slides repeat with only
4th - 6th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
Sunshine: Form, Rhythm, and Movement Activity for First Grade
"Sunshine" is a rhythm and movement play along to Hap Palmer's "Sunshine," from "Modern Tunes for Rhythms and Instruments." Due to copyright restrictions, the audio file is NOT included, however, it is available on Amazon. This powerpoint is a visual guide for first grade to help them understand and develop the concept of form in music. The first activity is a listening map guide; learning to count beats and work with groups of four. The second activity uses a movement scheme to reinforce ke
K - 2nd
Instrumental Music, Music
The Bubble Gum Rap Poster and Song for Behavior Management
This was a quick creative moment, sometimes those are the best! Who hasn't had trouble with gum in class as a teacher? As a chorus teacher, this is always a struggle, and I don't want it to be! So this year, I am letting go of control and putting this in the kid's hands! This poster is my thoughts about gum to my students, quick and simple. It is a rap with a chorus that is a call and response section. I printed my colorful gum rap and cut it out to glue on my classroom wall. I hope you e
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Instrumental Music, Vocal Music
First Day of Music Student Questionnaire
What do you want to know about your students? The first year I taught, we were evaluated on how well we knew our students. I thought because I knew the names of every child in the school, I was off to a great start. It turned out there was a lot more I needed to know. This ONE PAGE questionnaire is simple and easy to print and use and answers the most basic, useful questions that I really need and want to know about my music students. I designed this as a first-day take-home assignment for k
3rd - 8th
Music
Also included in:Â Tools for Music Classroom Management Bundle
Assessment Rubric for Rhythm Play Along
Super Simple! 1 page Assessment Rubric for Rhythm Play Along. While designed for kindergarten, this can be used with any grade level as a quick written observation based assessment. Using a variety of assessments is an evaluation component for teachers. This assessment has a place for student names and four categories: Visual Tracking, Responding with body to the beat, accuracy of rhythm notation, and playing with appropriate technique. Levels are 100 percent of the time, 80 percent or mo
K - 5th
Instrumental Music
Washington Post March: 6 8 Time Rhythm Score for Classroom Percussion
Ready for some exciting rhythm reading and instrument playing? "Washington Post March" is a fun and energizing resource for an introduction to 6 8 time. Students use sticks, cymbal, drums, tambourine and triangle to read a rhythm score accompaniment to John Phillip Sousa's "Washington Post March. You Tube link to the audio file is included. The PDF preserves the special music fonts. The resource includes special information on dynamics. I hope you have fun and love my arrangement to John
3rd - 7th
Instrumental Music, Music
Away in the Manger, Piano Sheet Music, Key of D
Away in the Manger, Piano Sheet Music. A simple resource for the intermediate pianist, in the key of D. The preview contains an audio sample of the arrangement for preview purposes only. The audio is not intended as an accompaniment file. This resource is intended as sheet music, to be used as a piano solo or suitable for accompanying singers. Lyrics are not included. Playing difficulties in this arrangement include thirds, octave spreads, 8va, and dotted quarter eighth rhythms. I hope y
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Instrumental Music
O Come All Ye Faithful Piano Sheet Music Key of D for Low Voice
This is a piano arrangement of the traditional Christmas hymn, "O Come All Ye Faithful." The product is piano sheet music accompaniment and does NOT include lyrics to the song. I needed this resource because the hymnal key is too high for most of our congregation, and sight transposing well is difficult for me. This arrangement is in the key of D. The preview is a recording of the song to demonstrate the arrangement. The preview audio is low quality and not intended to be used as the actu
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Instrumental Music
Rhythm Note Name Flash Cards
Simple and purposeful! I use these in every grade, every lesson. I needed something incredibly simple that was easy to introduce names of rhythm notes. These minecraft themed flash cards grab, and keep attention. This set includes a picture of the note on one side of an 8 by 11, with the name of the note, beat value, graphic hearts to show the beat value, and the Kodaly sound. Print in color, laminate, then attach a magnet to the back. Easy to stick to the whiteboard to make patterns. I
K - 3rd
Instrumental Music
Easy Chords for Dulcimer Poster Set
It couldn't be easier! Just Print, Cut, Laminate, and put on your wall. This resource is a set of 12 black and white posters for dulcimer chords. It is meant as a quick visual reminder for students to aid their memory of fingering of the most basic chords in the key of D Major. Chords included: D, Em, E7, G, A, Bm, and F#m. I included one-finger easy chord styles and some slightly more difficult two-finger chords. I needed this for my classroom quick and it only took a couple of hours to cr
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Instrumental Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
One Beat Rhythms Food Composition
Hungry!?? Entice your student's with One Beat Rhythms, Food Composition. This very thorough PDF product offers different activities centered on the idea of using Food language to help students understand musical notation. Use 1: Print the 1st set of 13 slides in color on card stock and laminate, add magnet stickers. Use as a colorful display of rhythmic notation or as a composing station. Use 2: Print the next set of smaller food hearts in color or black and white and add to a baggie f
2nd - 3rd
Music Composition
Rhythm Pre-Post Test-3rd Grade Level
A super simple, quick, easy 10 question Pre-Post test. Designed towards 3rd grade. I will use this assessment with unit 1 rhythm beat and meter. Question 1 ask students to identify by sight the type of note and circle it. Question 2-5 asks for beat values. Question six is on tempo. Question 7 is repeat sign. Question 8 is on time signature. Question 9 asks for number of sixteenths in a beat. Question 10 asks students to hear a simple rhythm pattern and dictate it into four beat boxes.
3rd
Music
Easy Chording on the Appalachian Dulcimer
Do you want to learn how to play chords on the Appalachian Dulcimer? This resource is for you! Playing chords on the Appalachian Dulcimer can be fun and very easy. Chords are a great way to provide differentiation for your students who may struggle with fretting a melody. This pdf is a very simple visual aid for teaching chords on the dulcimer. Chords are presented as placed on a keyboard and then transferred to the dulcimer. This provides an introduction to one finger chords: G major,
5th - 6th
Instrumental Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Appalachian Dulcimer Lesson Six DAC Tuning
Teaching the Appalachian Dulcimer? "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" will be the perfect addition to your holiday concert. Tuned in DAC, this minor modal melody will enchant your audience and your students. The 108 page pdf will enable quick and easy access by your dulcimer students to this ancient and beautiful traditional minor carol. Music elements taught in the lesson in the pick up note, the dotted half note, Greek modes, D minor, A minor, and G minor chords, and Intervalic Reading on the
5th - 7th
Instrumental Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
Animal Food Chain Sight Word Game
I am so excited about this game! This is a game for practicing sight word recognition in a really fun way! It is simple and easy to play. The inspiration for this game came from the animal food chain game that we used to play in high school, but this is a brand new spin. There are 15 sets of words, 20 words in each set. To play, a student lays the cards out in any random order in a tall stack. Then they name the sight words, starting at the bottom and working towards the top. If they miss
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.L.6
Multicultural Why Music Poster
This product is a multicultural representation poster set of the traditional Why Music? This features eight colorful reasons why we need music in our schools to promote music education advocacy. Fonts and graphics are in a sealed pdf. Quotes and details are in my own words. Music is Math Music is Reading Music is Language Music is Science Music is History Music is PE Music is Art Music is Life
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Performing Arts
Carpet Quiz! Pre and Post Assessment for Music Symbols and Vocabulary
I love my Joy carpet! My students are always asking about the musical symbols on it, so I decided to create from scratch this simple and easy to use assessment and game for music vocabulary and symbols. This product contains the following: 1. Printable hand out study guide for students. (Laminate and Cut) 2. Back to Back Pre and Post Assessment (same slide twice)- give before and after instruction. 3. A color print of the symbols graphic for those lucky enough to be able to print in color,
2nd - 5th
Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts)
Also included in:Â Tools for Music Classroom Management Bundle
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About the store
Experience
I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
Teaching style
I have a very energetic teaching style. I prefer to be in front of my group, leading the students through a variety of very quick paced activities. I love to include technology into all my lessons and I enjoy including lots of movement for all of my learners. I believe that to learn music, one must do it! My lessons incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, Improvisation, and a lot of multimedia. "Life is a Song, Love is the Music."
Awards & shining teacher moments
Summa Cum Laude, graduate
Frank Henley Piano Competition 2nd place
Frank Henley Piano Competition, 1st place
University of Louisiana Concerto Competition, 3rd place
Gardner Webb Concerto Competition, 1st place
Western Carolina Concerto Competition, 1st place
Swain County East Elementary Teacher of the Year, 2024-2025
Boyce Deitz Honored Educator Scholarship, 2025-2026
My own education history
Formal Education
North Carolina Teaching Certificate, Western Carolina University May 2004
Master of Music, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. May 2002
Bachelor of Arts in piano performance, Summa Cum Laude Western Carolina University, 2000
High School diploma with a concentration in percussion. North Carolina School of Arts 1995-1996
Private Teachers
2001-2002 Dr. Alexander Dossin, University of Louisiana
2000-2001 Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, University of
Louisiana
1996-2000 Dr. Lillian Pearson, Western Carolina
University
1995-1996 Dr. Clifton Mathews, North Carolina School of
Arts
1992-1995 Ivan Gibby, Bryson City, NC
Master classes
2000 Dr. Nellie Ben-Or, London Guildhall
Conservatory
Additional biographical information
I am a married mother of three beautiful children living in rural Western North Carolina. We farm our own food in the summer and I am dedicated to home food preservation. My own children have taught me so much about teaching. My oldest two are academically gifted, and my youngest has severe special needs. They are a constant source of joy and inspiration. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus and serving God in any way that I can. I strive to be an example for my children in everything I am and do. I delight in seeing others learn and in sharing the joys that music can bring.
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