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  • Best Places to Find Winter Musicals for Elementary Students
    The cold seasons are upon us. Out with pumpkin spice and in with peppermint mochas! Music teachers everywhere are fending off germs trying to think about programming their winter concert while writing report cards. To…
  • The Most Popular Musical Pumpkin Activities for Elementary
    Pumpkin season is almost over but boy, was it fun! Mrs. V lives in a small farming community so harvest season is the best season! Pumpkins everywhere. Literally. As the season closes, these were my…
  • 3 Fun Centers Composition Activities for Early Years Music
    Centers Composition is a bit of a tricky element to nail down in centers. Do you compose rhythms or melodies? With voice or instruments? The answer is probably obvious. Do them all! Grab some activities…
  • Best Turkey Games for Fall in Elementary Music
    Fall is a fun and cozy season, especially here in Canada! We love things all pumpkin spice and turkeys. Here are Mrs. V’s best turkey games for elementary music. Turkey Game #1: Gobble Gobble This…
  • The Best YouTube Channel for Your Music Room
    When you find activities that work for your music room, you obsess through all of the YouTube videos and then anxiously await for a new up load (thank goodness you’ve subscribed for notifications!). It can…
  • How to Listen to Full Classical Pieces in Your Music Room
    If your students are anything like mine, listening to classical music can be a challenge, nevermind listening to the whole song. However, I’ve noticed something funny about my kiddos. They have no issue playing an…
  • How to Make a Lesson Plan for Early Years Music
    One of the best things about being a music teacher is recycling your lesson plans! It doesn’t matter what kind of rotation or schedule cycle your division runs. When you are a homeroom teacher, each…
  • 3 Things For Your Elementary Music Sub Tub
    It happens- you get sick or have a family emergency… there’s no time to make a sub plan! There are a number of things you can put in your “Sub Tub” to make life easier…
  • Important Things To Do the First Week in Elementary Music
    The first week of school is always crazy, especially if it is your first year! There are so many things to keep track of, names to learn, and routines to explain. This is also a…
  • How To Use “Hava Nagila” In Your Music Room
    Music teachers everywhere agree about the importance of educating with culture. What do you need to know about “Hava Nagila”? TLDR: Here’s a steady beat playalong with no lyrics to play with your students! How…
  • Easy Interactive Music Games for October
    October in Canada has so many holidays. What should you pick? Halloween? Thanksgiving? Farmers Day? Harvest Festival? What about the season? Fall is goregous and full of potential for interactive music games! Here is over…
  • Easy Back-to-School Activities in Music
    The first few days back to school are very important for relationship building. Teaching becomes easier when your students trust you, trust the space, and trust each other. Establishing routine and expectations are also necessary…
  • Make Back to School Easy with These Tips for Music Teachers
    It can be pretty overwhelming thinking about back to school… especially when you’re not ready for it. However, with the season fast approaching (or already starting), organization must be key. If you’re a music teacher…
  • Celebration Sale with Mrs. V!
    1). Mrs. V’s Music Room blog has opened up a FREEBIE archive, where you can find all of the free things. Freebies that have been posted on TPT, Mrs. V’s website and more, past, present and future…
  • Music Teachers: You Won’t Want to Miss This!
    You heard right, you won’t want to miss this, especially if you are an elementary music teacher! What kind of music resources? From color-by-rhythms to lyric slides to sheet music arrangements. Each freebie created will…