SHERRY BLEVINS

Music Teacher Tip #46: As many of you know, I spent my entire K-12 teaching career in the inner city schools of Charlotte. Mostly because I knew those kids n...

Music Teacher Tip # 32: I once had a student join my non-auditioned performing chorus at the beginning of her 4th grade year. She couldn’t match pitch yet. �...

Music Teacher Tip #30: When I used to give short music quizzes, I always made the last question for extra credit. Here’s what it said: “Tell me something you...

Music Teacher Tip #26: Do you remember a time that one of your teachers gave you a compliment? Sometimes as teachers we forget the power that we hold to chan...

Music Teacher Tip #20 - #StartingClass: 😴 If you have groups that are too sleepy or too low-energy at the start of class, begin with the following: 🎵 Brigh...

Music Teacher Tip #18 - #QuietingaGroup: There are so many ways to TRY to get a group to get quiet when there is a lot of noise in the room. My favorite is o...

Music Teacher Tip #10 - #ToneQuality: 😖 Louder is not better. Say it with me, "Louder is NOT better." Have your students say it back to you. Many of the iss...

Music Teacher Tip #9 - #Discipline: (Warning = Long Post) One of my current college students emailed today asking for help with low-level, pervasive talking ...

Music Teacher Tip #4 - #ClassroomRules: Here are the rules I posted in my classroom for years. They work for elementary and middle school. 1. Follow all teac...

Music Teacher Tip #3 - #SecretStudent: My first year of teaching was for inner city middle school. My 8th grade class had 48 students. After some digging, I ...

Music Teacher Tip #2 - #LearningStudentsNames: Prioritize learning all of your students’ names ASAP. Make extra effort to learn the names of the quietest stu...

Music Teacher Tip #1 - #FocusingYourStudents: If your kids come to you with too much energy and not enough focus, practice deep breathing from the diaphragm ...