The Anacrusic Podcast: Purposeful, Sequential, & Joyful Music Education
Summary: Anne Mileski from anacrusic.com engages in meaningful conversations about music and music education. Following the mantra "purposeful, sequential, joyful" each episode highlights different topics elementary music teachers face each and every day in their school classrooms. The Anacrusic Podcast is a chance to put your arm around another music teacher buddy and start discovering your most joyful music teacher heart.
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Today on the Anacrusic Podcast, I’m sharing an essay I recently came across that I wrote in 2012. Although this isn’t something I wrote recently, it’s still so much of what I believe in as a music teacher. I hope some of these thoughts resonate with you as the year comes to a close.
On this episode of The Anacrusic Podcast, I’m talking to my good friend Shelley Tomich all about how to get started with ukulele in the music classroom. Today on TAP, we’ll talk about all the ukulele tips and tricks from the ukulele queen herself. Make sure to check out Shelley’s website and resources for all things ukulele!
This episode of The Anacrusic Podcast is about reflecting, reseting, and restoring this summer so that next year can be your very best year yet. Today on TAP I’ll talk about Why it’s important to reflect on the school year now, instead of waiting until before school starts back up again. What “reset” really means when it comes to prioritizing the different roles you play in your life. How to restore your body, mind, and spirit when you (hopefully!) finally have the space to do so.
On this episode of The Anacrusic Podcast, we are talking all about Project Based Learning, aka PBLs in the music room. Today on TAP, our special guest Jess (aka The Whimsical Teacher) shares: -What PBLs are, and how they are different from any other project -The 5 steps to creating a PBL -Examples of PBLs she has done in her classroom -Ideas for music teachers to incorporate Project Based Learning into our lessons
Today on The Anacrusic Podcast, we’re talking all about why you should start program planning for next year, right now. This isn’t necessarily the podcast that tells you how to put a program together, but rather how and why to start planning and talking with people on your campus about what programs are going to look like for next year. On this Episode of TAP, you’ll hear why you need to start thinking about performances now… or even yesterday.
Show notes: Today on TAP, I'm talking with Michelle from Music with Miss W all about how to engage and build relationships with your older kids. Michelle shares her experience in the secondary world and we talk about how you can front load classroom management strategies to create a positive and trusting learning environment.
On this episode of TAP, I'm answering your questions from emails, instagram private messages, and comments from inside our FB Group.
Today on TAP, I'm giving my 5 tips for Classroom Management. These tools are important for your music teacher toolbox if you want to keep your students motivated and participating in the Elementary General Music Classroom.
This week on TAP, I'm talking about all the things that have to do with professional development for music teachers. If you're looking for some fresh ideas to reinvigorate and refine your teaching practice, this is the perfect place to get started. Find all the links for the resources I mention in this episode at http://anacrusic.com/podcast Also, I have a SUPER fun announcement, so stay tuned until the end of the episode!
In this episode I'm defining "active music making" and what it means for your teaching sequence and your students' experience. None of this belongs to just one pedagogical approach, but is a way of thinking and teaching that gets beyond covering concepts and enables your students to be active participants in your classroom.
Today on TAP we’re talking all about what it really means to be a Kodály-inspired teacher. I’m going to bust a few myths, give you my short and sweet elevator speech about what Kodály pedagogy really is, and give you an all around sneak peek inside my head space as a Kodály teacher and teacher educator.
In today’s episode, I talk about why it’s so important to stretch yourself, step out of the box, and start trying new things. As I prepare for my workshop at this year’s OAKE conference, I share some of the ways you might incorporate new modes of music making into your classroom to ignite student curiosity and musicianship. Check out the show notes at http://anacrusic.com/podcast
What we do each and every day as music educators can be so incredibly taxing... if we let it. Today I'm talking about why and how I set intentions, and giving you some action steps to try today. Check out the show notes at http://anacrusic.com/podcast
Today I'm talking about my three favorite not so little words: purposeful, sequential, & joyful. I'll explain what they mean to me, and why they're at the core of everything I do. Check out the show notes at http://anacrusic.com/podcast
In this episode, I relaunch The Anacrusic Podcast with my story. I tell you all about my own little music teacher journey, how I changed my mind... a lot, and found my true passion and path. Check out the show notes at http://anacrusic.com.
