Music Posters

This website has a wide variety of music vocabulary and history posters.  I would love to have some of these for my classroom!

Solfeggio Bean Bags - Music Educational Toys

I love these solfeggio bean bags!  I could use these in many different ways with my students.  They are a bit expensive, but they would be fairly easy to make!

Working with Special Needs Students

This is an interesting article about working with special needs students in the general music classroom.  The NAfMe website always offers great resources for music educators!

JoyTunes

I am always looking for ways to get my students to practice their recorders outside of school. Using JoyTunes seems like it would be a great way to encourage extra practicing and to get students excited about playing!

Music and Reading, Language Skills

Here is an interesting article on how music education can improve reading, language skills.  This is just one example of why schools need to offer quality music education programs!

Carnival of the Animals

One of my downfalls as a music educator has been creating fun and effective listening lessons.  It is so important for students to listen to a wide variety of music, and I love finding new ways to incorporate this idea!  This blog contains some great lesson ideas for using Saint-Saëns' piece Carnival of the Animals.  

Games and Listening Guides from Carnegie Hall's Website

Here are some wonderful resources from Carnegie Hall's website.  Any of the interactive features on this site would be useful in the general music classroom.  Using them is also a great way to integrate technology into the music classroom!