The members of Chaotic Harmony Classroom tackle the subject of self care and share openly about their own struggles to find balance and peace while managing the ups and downs of teaching hundreds of students.

Matthew Stensrud shows how you can use the theme of apples to guide children to experience, create, and compose a bushel of musical experiences for all of your K-5 general music classes.

Joan Eckroth-Riley and Wendy van Gent have prepared a fall lesson that beautifully combine the philosophies of Music Learning Theory and Orff-Inspired teaching.

Joan Eckroth-Riley and Wendy van Gent discuss the integration of Music Learning Theory with Orff Schulwerk

Manju Durairaj shares a history of Diwali along with a music and movement lesson to commemorate this festival of lights.

Christopher Giles and Michael Vasquez describe how they took one piece, Halloween Night, and used it to meet multiple objectives in the primary, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Orff-Inspired educators often use the word “process” when describing talking about teaching and learning. Michael Chandler provides an excellent explanation of process teaching.

These lesson ideas from Tiffany Barry are examples of how to naturally integrate STEAM education into the music curriculum.