by Whitney | Jun 30, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Resources
Dollar Store Summer Activities Part 2 Oh dollar store, the store of my dreams… Ha ha, JUST KIDDING. But do you ever feel exhausted when you’ve ordered that big collection of books and new flashcards and TCW games (I love those!)… And then you see the total?... by Spring | Jun 28, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Resources
Dollar Store Summer Music Activities, Part 1 We’re teaming up with Heather Nanney at Fun Key Music to bring you a 3-part series of fun summer activities using items you can find at the dollar store! We met Heather at the MTNA National Conference in Baltimore this... 
by Spring | Jun 23, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured
Texas Music Teachers Association hosted a wonderful convention over Father’s Day weekend with Peter Mack as a special guest. If you’re not familiar with Dr. Mack you can read a short bio here. Peter Mack gave an opening keynote address, a session on... 
by Spring | Jun 5, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured
Every four years my city, Cowtown (otherwise known as Fort Worth), becomes Pianotown! The Van Cliburn International Competition is hosted at Bass Hall in our very own downtown. Bass Hall is a beautiful venue and this year they even turned the crosswalks into pianos... 
by Whitney | Apr 24, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Games, Resources
As recital season rolls around, I’ve been reorganizing my games and office space. This made me think about all of the games we’ve shared over the past four years – we have so many neat ones that I use all the time! So today I wanted to do a quick... 
by Whitney | Oct 15, 2016 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Games, Halloween, Printables, Resources
So I’ve been trying to plan Halloween themed games for our group class Halloween parties coming up. I teach 2nd and 3rd year students (so ages 8 to 11 ish) and I need so many games/activities to keep these kiddos busy! Thus today I’m sharing a simple...