Skip to content
Janine's Music Room

Janine's Music Room

Thoughts from a PYP music teacher

Menu

  • About Me
  • My Teaching
  • Resources
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy

Uncategorized

Elementary Music Summit Freebie

I hope you are enjoying the Elementary Music Summit! Click here to download my freebie, “Using Picture Books to Develop Musical Thinking”! For more tips on curating a DEIJ-friendly library, watch here. Check out some (sub-friendly!!) book-based lesson resources here.

Janine 30. December 20244. January 2025 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Three simple steps to developing creativity

Janine's Music Room: 3 simple steps to developing creativity

There is no question that creativity is a vital skill for the 21st century. But at the same time, thanks to the increasing obsession with standardized testing and other high levels of quantifiable achievement, creative subjects like art and music

Janine 1. March 20241. March 2024 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Engaging Your Students Through Inquiry

Thanks for joining me for Engaging Your Students Through Inquiry! You’ve already taken a great step to better teaching and learning in your music classroom. Be sure to subscribe so you you can download your free teacher planning workbook, and

Janine 7. January 20247. January 2024 Uncategorized 10 Comments Read more

13 Tips for Giving Better Directions

Approaching my 20th year of teaching, I am thinking about how different my practice is now, compared to my first years. There’s so much that methods classes just don’t teach you! Some aspects of teaching can only be learned through

Janine 11. April 202311. April 2023 Teacher Tips, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

The Easy Guide to Getting Started With Ukuleles

General music teachers are bringing ukuleles into their classrooms now more than ever! And many of you are like me, and never really played the ukulele before bringing it into your classroom. And although I’m not a huge fan of

Janine 12. March 202214. July 2022 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Vocal Exploration in Music Class

It’s one of the first things you’ll do with your early childhood music classes. The voice is the instrument we carry with us, and vocal exploration exercises help children physically feel pitch changes. Playing with their voices is an important

Janine 20. August 202120. August 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Easy assessment of music concepts—even for a sub!

The chaos of pandemic-year teaching sure compelled me to streamline my assessments! When working with early childhood classes, a lot of the learning is focused around contrasts in four main concepts: duration (long and short), tempo (fast and slow), dynamics

Janine 30. July 202114. July 2022 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Using picture books to develop musical thinking

Welcome! Picture books are a fantastic way to develop creative thinking and musical thinking in the elementary school music classroom. If you are looking for ideas to connect music learning to a picture book, you have come to the right

Janine 12. July 202114. July 2022 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Soundscapes with Listen to the Rain

This is my second book recommendation this month! With no singing allowed under strict covid-19 restrictions, I’ve been diving into more books. Bill Martin, Jr.’s Listen to the Rain provided a great backdrop for my Pre-Kindergarten classes to explore all

Janine 28. March 202111. July 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Vocal Exploration Through the Town

I always take time for vocal exploration in my early years classes. It’s so important to get them comfortable with their voices, and work on their flexibility. We focus just on echoes for a while, and then we think about

Janine 13. March 202111. July 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Read more
  • « Previous

Archives

Categories

  • Assessment
  • Group activity
  • Inquiry
  • Performance
  • Song
  • Teacher Tips
  • Technology
  • Thoughts
  • Uncategorized
  • Unit
  • Whole class activity

Janine's Music Room on Teachers Pay Teachers

High quality teaching assets to wow your students and save you time

Take me there

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Copyright © 2025 Janine's Music Room. All rights reserved. Theme Spacious by ThemeGrill. Powered by: WordPress.