My name is Jennifer & I am an elementary music teacher, clinician, & blogger with 30 years experience. My goal is to provide sequential, student-centered resources that are simple to execute & engage students!
Do your students love singing games in music? Jingle, Jingle is a passing game, where a student has to guess who has the jingle bell! Your students will love singing and passing the jingle bell around the circle! To extend the activity, there are also slides exploring the different bells used in music and connecting them to the percussion family. Students can explore steady beat by playing the bells along with the song. Students can also learn the historical significance of why horses wore b
Do your students love singing games in music? Pass the Candy Cane is a passing game, similar to Pass the Witches Broomstick. Your students will love singing and passing the candy cane around the circle! To extend the activity, there are also slides exploring traits of a melody. Using the method of "testing a hypothesis" - your students will discover all the traits of a melody used within Pass the Candy Cane. Additionally, there are coloring sheets and a Traits of a Melody Assessment included
Looking for an interactive way for your students to explore dynamics? This resource is perfect to assign for enrichment or review with your students via Google Classroom! Students see two pictures on a slide, and must identify which is a loud or a quiet sound. The student then clicks and slides the correct word to the correlating picture. Version 1 uses the terms loud and quiet. Version 2 uses the terms forte and piano. Related resources: Exploring Tempo: Google Classroom for Elementary
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights one traditional folk song. Peas Porridge Hot comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetA melodic rhythm sheetThe song presented in rhythmic notationThe song presented in melodic notationBeginning staff
Write the Room: Nutcracker is a fabulous way to get kids reading, writing, and moving around the room. Post the rhythms you want students to practice thinking, reading, and writing. Included in this set are: Level 1 - quarter notes & eighth notes Level 2 - quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter note rests Level 3 - quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter note rests, and sixteenth notes Level 4 - half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter note rests Also included in this set are digita
Just Add Marshmallows is an interactive music game in which students can create their own rhythm patterns. Simply click on the note and drag it to a marshmallow to create a four beat pattern! Once students complete their pattern, they may read it using rhythm syllables! Level 1 includes quarter note and eighth note combinations. Level 2 includes quarter, eighth note, and quarter rest combinations. Level 3 includes half, quarter, eighth note, and quarter rest combinations. Level 4 includes half
Looking for an interactive way for your students to explore tempo? This resource is perfect to assign for enrichment or review with your students via Google Classroom! Students see two pictures on a slide, and must identify which is fast or a slow. The student then clicks and slides the correct word to the correlating picture. Version 1 uses the terms fast and slow. Version 2 uses the terms allegro and adagio. Related resources: Exploring Dynamics: Google Classroom for Elementary Music.Sp
The Carnival of the Animals is a classic teaching and learning tool for elementary music educators. Adapted for virtual learning, this resource is set in Google Slides. YouTube are included links for a recorded performance of each movement. Also included are slides with instrument identification for each animal, Dynamics and Tempo. #musiccrewdistanceprimary This resource is set in Google Slides. It can be assigned in Google Classroom or any other Learning Management System. It may also b
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights one traditional folk song. Hop Old Squirrel comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetA melodic rhythm sheetThe song presented in rhythmic notationThe song presented in melodic notationBeginning staff
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights traditional children's songs & chants. Who's Got a Fish Pole comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetThe song presented in melodic notationPatterns presented in melodic notationPrinter friendly black
Shamrock Rhythms is an interactive music game to help students get reading basic rhythm patterns! Simply click on a shamrock to reveal a rhythm pattern. Students can practice the reading the rhythm pattern, then return to the main page to try another! Level 1 includes quarter note and eighth note combinations. Level 2 includes quarter and eighth note and quarter rest combinations. Level 3 includes quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note and quarter rest combinations. This resource comes as both
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights one traditional folk song. We Are Dancing in the Forest comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetA melodic rhythm sheetThe song presented in rhythmic notationThe song presented in melodic notationBegi
Tonal Pattern Carolers is an interactive music game in which students can create their own tonal patterns. Simply click on the note and drag it to a caroler to create a tonal pattern! Once students complete their pattern, they may sing it using tonal syllables! Level 1 includes major tonic (Do-Mi-Sol) combinations. Level 2 includes major dominant (Sol-Fa-Re-Ti) combinations. Level 3 includes major subdominant (Fa-La-Do) combinations. Level 4 includes major tonic and dominant (Do-Mi-Sol and Sol
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights one traditional folk song. Doggie, Doggie comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetA melodic rhythm sheetThe song presented in rhythmic notationThe song presented in melodic notationBeginning staff fo
PreK - 5th
Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Vocal Music
Lucky Leprechauns is an interactive music game in which students can create their own rhythm patterns. Simply click on the note and drag it to a shamrock to create a rhythm pattern. Once students complete their pattern, they may read it using rhythm syllables! Level 1 includes quarter note and eighth note combinations. Level 2 includes quarter note, eighth note and quarter rest combinations. Level 3 includes half note, quarter note, eighth note and quarter rest combinations. Level 4 includes h
Write the Room: Halloween is a fabulous way to get kids reading, writing, and moving around the room. Post the rhythms you want students to practice thinking, reading, and writing. Included in this set are: Level 1 - quarter notes & eighth notes Level 2 - quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter note rests Level 3 - quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter note rests, and sixteenth notes Level 4 - half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter note rests Each level contains small cards (perf
Fall Rhythms is an interactive music game in which students can create their own rhythm patterns. Simply click on the note and drag it to a beat line to create a rhythm pattern. Once students complete their pattern, they may read it using rhythm syllables! Level 1 includes quarter and eighth note combinations. Level 2 includes quarter and eighth notes and quarter rest combinations. Level 3 includes half, quarter, eighth notes and quarter rest combinations. Level 4 includes half, quarter, eight
Spring Rhythms is an interactive music game in which students can create their own rhythm patterns. Simply click on the note and drag it to a beat line to create a rhythm pattern. Once students complete their pattern, they may read it using rhythm syllables! Level 1 includes quarter note and eighth note combinations. This game comes in two versions. The first version uses a meter signature of 4/4. The second game comes with multiple meter signatures such as 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4. This resource
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights traditional children's songs & chants. Pumpkin Spiced Mouse is a new tune in minor tonality. It comes with: Lesson plan ideasStudent-objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetThe song presented in melodic notationPrinter
Do you need flexible resources to use in your classroom? Whether you're teaching face-to-face or virtually, I want to help make teaching easier for you! The elementary song series highlights one traditional folk song. Sally Go Round the Sun comes with: Student objectivesA lyric sheet to project on the screenA lyric sheet to embed video of the teacher teaching the songA steady beat sheetA melodic rhythm sheetThe song presented in rhythmic notationThe song presented in melodic notationBeginning
My name is Jennifer & I am an elementary music teacher, clinician, & blogger with 30 years experience. My goal is to provide sequential, student-centered resources that are simple to execute & engage students!
Teaching style
K-5 Elementary General Music
Early Childhood Music
Music Learning Theory
Educational Technology
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am co-author of Q & A for MLT and the Jump Right In: Kindergarten Music Series, as well as a contributor on several other publications. I was named Michigan Music Educator of the Year and Arts Educator of the Year in 2018. I am part of the faculty for the Gordon Institute for Music Learning (GIML) and a clinician for music education conferences throughout the United States.
My own education history
I hold a B.M. in performance from Michigan State University, teacher certification from the University of Houston, and a M.M. Ed. from Temple University. I am an early childhood and elementary general music instructor for the Gordon Institute for Music Learning and is level one certified in Orff-Schulwerk.
Additional biographical information
I live in Farmington with my son, three dogs. I enjoy gardening, walking, biking, swimming, yoga, and being active in my community.
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