Teaching Music Tomorrow - with Anne Mileski and Victoria Boler

Nov 12 2024 43 ep. 24 mins 7

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It's Sunday evening. You're burnt out and your head is still spinning at the chaos of last week's lessons. Monday morning is just around the corner - what will you teach? Anne and Victoria share practical ideas and teaching strategies that you can do first thing Monday morning. Each activity is linked to a larger teaching process or pedagogical concept. Consider us the two music teaching team members you wish you had in your school.

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Activities for Vocal Partwork

Nov 12 2024 26 mins

Today on Teaching Music Tomorrow, Victoria & Anne discuss different ways for using partwork in the elementary music classroom. Victoria shares an entrance activity she uses with her youngest students and then carries into older grades to introduce partner songs through movements. Anne shares a way to introduce a song through body percussion ostinati and extends with small group

Opening Music Routines

Nov 06 2024 28 mins

Today on Teaching Music Tomorrow, Anne & Victoria are talking about different opening routines that have worked well in their music rooms. Anne shares a tried and true sequence for having students enter the room and warm up their bodies and voices. Victoria shares a fresh and new idea for engaging students in active listening and student led movement. Thank you for listening! V

Fall Music Activities!

Oct 27 2024 26 mins

Fall is here! Today on Teaching Music Tomorrow, Anne and Victoria share some tried-and-true Fall activities. Enjoy these activities on their own, or use them as a way to integrate seasonal celebrations into the existing music curriculum. Anne shares a grab-bag collection of activities with the song, “Pumpkin Pumpkin Round and Fat.” Victoria shares a counting-out song and barr

Active Listening Activities

Oct 20 2024 20 mins

Active Listening is embedded in the ways that we teach in the elementary music classroom. Today on Teaching Music Tomorrow, Anne & Victoria are discussing specific active listening lessons to keep your students engaged and making music. Victoria shares a listening activity perfect for a “one off” lesson, the end of class, or to introduce movement vocabulary: https://www.yo

Moving in Open Space

Oct 16 2024 25 mins

We’re back for another season of Teaching Music Tomorrow! Today, Anne and Victoria are talking all about open space, and how to scaffold the opportunity to move independently in the elementary music classroom. Anne shares how she begins in self-space with the song Allie Galloo, and how she scaffolds allowing kindergarten students to move to a new “spot” to explore non locom

Recorder Activities for General Music: Al Citron & I See the Moon

May 11 2024 17 mins

In this episode of Teaching Music Tomorrow, Anne & Victoria explore different strategies for teaching the recorder. Victoria shares an extension of “Al Citrón,” and Anne shares ideas for “I See the Moon.” Recorder can be effectively incorporated into our music curriculum in various ways, from using it as an accompaniment or as a mode of improvisation. In this episode,

Beginning Recorder: Star Light Star Bright & Al Citrón

May 05 2024 26 mins

If recorder is something you’re just getting started with, today’s episode of Teaching Music Tomorrow is for you! In this episode, Victoria and Anne share early experiences with recorder and ideas for helping make it an integrated part of your music classroom. Anne shares ideas for starting to play patterns with “Star Light Star Bright” and Victoria shares how to practice h

Willum He Had Seven Sons & Engine Engine Number Nine: Unpitched Percussion

Apr 28 2024 16 mins

In today’s episode, Anne and Victoria are sharing first instrument experiences. If you’ve never gotten out unpitched percussion with your students, or you’re beginning with early elementary, this episode will give you tangible activities that you can use in your classroom today. Anne shares a rhythm stick exploration for “Willum He Had Seven Sons” and Victoria shares “E

Unpitched Percussion Activities for Elementary Music: Listen to the Sun and Huckleberry Ice Cream

Apr 22 2024 27 mins

In this episode of Teaching Music Tomorrow, Victoria and Anne discuss the use of unpitched percussion instruments in the classroom. We’ll highlight the challenges of incorporating instruments and the importance of clear instructions and transitions. Anne shares a rhyme called "Huckleberry Ice Cream,” and Victoria shares “Listen to the Sun.”Tune in to this episode to le

2 4 6 8 & On a Log Mister Frog: Unpitched Percussion for Elementary Music

Apr 11 2024 24 mins

In this episode of Teaching Music Tomorrow, we’re kicking off our instrument series! In today’s conversation, Anne shares ways to incorporate unpitched percussion into an activity for “2 4 6 8” and Victoria shares how to facilitate instrument exploration with “On a Log, Mister Frog.” Tune in for new ways to make some of your favorite songs fresh with unpitched percuss