This recipe is so easy and it’s very refreshing! I had it the first time while visiting my grandma in Tennessee two years ago.
Start having a baked pie shell ready to fill. You can use the Pillsbury ones or the frozen ones that need to be baked for 10-15 minutes. Peel and quarter about 9 [...]
It was a few months ago when I found a Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Truffle bar in my box at school with a thank you note attached. I had helped with some training for a colleague. Little does anyone know the “thank you” actually goes to her for giving me the chocolate bar!
During the first [...]
This is not an original recipe. I can’t even remember where I got it but I guarantee it’s the best you’ll try in it’s category! NO JOKE!
I made this cheesecake for a fundraiser event for my children’s choir. Lots of people donated desserts and I thought I would also. I’d never made it before, but [...]
Lesson activity for K-5
Set students in activity groups. Pass out white paper and set a few crayons for group to share. Tell student to write name on back. When music begins, students should not talk, but instead take everything they want to say and let flow out in color with no words. Fill the page [...]
This is a poem I wrote in grad school. In my Multiple Perspectives of Music class we were demonstrating ways to integrate music and literacy. We made rain sticks and wrote poetry. Here’s mine. Enjoy and use it as you wish. If you end up writing a melody for it, please let me know so [...]
There have been several times when I’ve wanted to schedule an e-mail to be sent at a certain time just to get it off my to-do list. However, the recipient typically won’t need it until a week before. Here’s a perfect example.
I was wrapping up the school year and a co-worker wanted to borrow my [...]
Today I took my 6th grade choir to Clackamas Town Center and Town Center Village Retirement Home. It was a great opportunity to get the kids out of the classroom and performing in public. Like most music teachers, I’m my worse critic. I felt I could have used a few more weeks to prepare for [...]
My church had it’s first annual Chili cookoff to raise money for Portland Rescue Mission. There was close to $350.00 raised. They were definitely the big winner. However several prizes were awarded for chili and pie. I tied with another recipe for People’s Choice! I thought that pretty neat since it was my first chili [...]
I feel in this uncertain time in public education that classroom teachers be given as many tools as necessary to help grow and nurture students. Elementary music and the arts are being cut and priorities seem to have shifted again.
I write to help give you the tools to integrate music into YOUR classroom. [...]
Life gets in the way and we lose sight of what gives us clarity and brings meaning to our life.
Music has always been a constant in my life, as I share it with others, compose with it, sing with it, play with it…it allows me to be who I am. I never have to [...]
