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How To Teach Music with Jessica Grant

314 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings

Whether you use the Orff or Kodály approach, teach elementary music or middle school general music, this is your practical guide for how to teach music with Jessica Grant.

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Book Chapter Preview: Enhancing with Technology

March 09, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MB

The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music Book and Journal are here! F-Flat e-books:  Book and Journal Amazon: Book and Journal Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes Do you have goals you're working toward and want ideas for consistency and seeing them through?  Do you want to set goals, but need help staying motivated?  Come to my FREE Zoom Goals Webinar this Friday, March 12 at 5pm EST!  I'll be sharing about setting and track...

The Language of Music with Michelle Margiotta

February 23, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MB

Show Notes: Michelle Margiotta Website  Book - The Language of Music Instagram - @michellemargiotta Bio: Dr. Michelle Margiotta is a composer, arranger, and music educator. Those who have worked alongside her give great acclaim to both her orchestrations and compositions, as well as to Michelle herself.  For the past year, Michelle has been orchestrating and arranging The God of the Other Side & The God of the How and When Oratorios, as well as The Shalom Reprise and Overture wit...

A Place in the Staff with Jen Rafferty

February 16, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MB

Show Notes: Jen Rafferty Book - A Place in the Staff Website Presenter and author, Jen Rafferty began her career as a middle school music teacher in Central New York. Jen brings her energy, humor, and expertise to all professional development workshops. She is known for her practical ideas and passion in her presentations while inspiring teachers to stay connected to their “why.”  She earned a B.M. in music education and vocal performance, a M.M. in music education from Ithaca Colle...

Make a Note with Jessica Peresta

February 09, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

Show Notes: Jessica Peresta's book: F-flat and Amazon Domestic Musician Website Instagram - @jessicaperesta Jessica Peresta is the host of the Elementary Music Teacher Podcast as well as the creator and facilitator of the HARMONY membership site and the Domestic Musician website.   She has created all of this as a way to help elementary music teachers beat the overwhelm and get back to teaching music with joy.  Jessica lives in Arkansas with her husband and three boys.   Aftern...

Book Launch Day!

February 01, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MB

Show Notes: Jeff Goins Article The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music (e-book from F-Flat) The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music Journal (e-book from F-Flat) Paperback Book and Journal on Amazon    Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes    

Books I'm Loving, Listing, and Launching

January 26, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MB

Show Notes:  The Invisible Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab The Bible (this is the journal I'm using alongside it) Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything by BJ Fogg, PhD Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of ...

Composing with Students: Lesson Processes and Ideas You Can Use

January 19, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 39 MB

Show Notes: Rhythm Composition Choice Board 4 Line Rhythm Paper   Afternoon Ti Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Incremental Changes Make a Difference

January 12, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MB

Show Notes: Cam Spooner Website   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Rap Project

January 05, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MB

Show Notes: Soundtrap Blog That's a Rap Lesson Plan by Meredith Allen Brainstorming and Writing Google Slides (you'll be asked to make a copy) Google Doc Recording Tracking   Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica Intro/Outro Music - Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Yearly Goals: Reviewing 2020 and Setting 2021

January 02, 2021 01:18 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MB

Show Notes: The Happier Podcast with Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Three Things 2020 Taught Me That I Didn't Want to Learn

December 30, 2020 17:35 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti

Rest in the Chaos

December 22, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 12 MB

Show Notes: Jennie Allen Podcast John Mark Comer Website   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram- @highafternoonti

Sequencing Rhythmic Concepts

December 15, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Carol of the Bells

December 08, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MB

Show Notes: Free Carol of the Bells Resource HERE   Afternoon Ti: Website:  www.jessicagrant.org Instagram- @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Carol of the Bells

December 08, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MB

Show Notes: Carol of the Bells Pear Deck  Carol of the Bells Arrangement   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram- @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Pear Deck and Rhythm Writing

December 01, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MB

Show Notes: *You'll be able to view each presentation.  Make copies of the Pear Deck Slides Presentations for use in your classroom* Winter Rhythm Writing Pear Deck Gingerbread Word Chain Rhythm Writing Pear Deck Waldorf School Songs Website Snow is Crisp'ring Song Snow is Crisp'ring Pear Deck Bonus: Halloween Word Chain Rhythm Writing Pear Deck Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Rhythm Systems: Ways to Speak and Count

November 24, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MB

Show Notes: 1e&a Counting System Eastman Counting System Kodály Counting System Gordon Counting System TAKADIMI Counting System   Afternoon Ti Blog Instagram: @highafternoonti Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Can We Just Be Honest and Say It's Hard

November 17, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Mini Project

November 04, 2020 01:50 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MB

Show Notes: Soundtrap Mini Project Rubric   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Project #4: Student Podcast Project

October 27, 2020 09:00 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MB

Show Notes: Student Packet Canva for Education Song Exploder    Afternoon Ti Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti Intro/Outro Music - Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Lesson #3: Found Sounds Project

October 20, 2020 09:00 - 8 minutes - 12 MB

Show Notes: Found Sounds Project Outline   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Project #2: Fictional Character Theme

October 13, 2020 09:00 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MB

Show Notes: Purchase the project at my shop HERE. Website - www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithJessica   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Soundtrap Lesson #1: Poem

October 06, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MB

Show Notes: Betty Botter Poem Poem Rubric YouTube Video   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram- @highafternoonti   Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

What's on Your Cart?

September 22, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MB

Afternoon Ti Blog with Links Instagram - @highafternoonti Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Teaching Virtual & In-Person Simultaneously

September 15, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram: @highafternoonti Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Worry and Anxiety with a mix of Faith and Encouragement with Jessica Peresta

September 08, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MB

Show Notes: Jessica Peresta Bio: Jessica Peresta is passionate about mentoring elementary music teachers.  Jessica earned the Top Music Education Major award for her graduating class, and upon earning her Bachelors in Music Education from Oral Roberts University, she started her first teaching position in the middle of the school year at a low income elementary school in Tulsa, OK.   Having few resources and teaching materials, Jessica was asked to restart the music program which had b...

The Ten Things Saving My Life Right Now

September 02, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MB

Show Notes: The Lazy Genius Episode #171 All links to items mentioned in the show can be found in the blog link below!   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes  

No Teacher Tired Like Covid Teaching Tired

September 01, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog  Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music:  Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Making Music with Bill Henry and Bruce Fite

August 25, 2020 09:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MB

Show Notes: Bill Henry:  Bill Henry has been teaching elementary music for over a decade and recent Teacher of the Year nominee for Cecil County Public Schools. Bill also provides instruction privately and is the creator of the Online Piano Program for Kids called Rockin' the Keys. Bruce Fite:  Award-winning singer/songwriter, author, and podcaster Bruce Fite lives in Nottingham, PA with his beautiful wife and four children. He has been writing music and performing concerts for kids and ...

First Day Back

August 18, 2020 09:15 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

No Singing or Instruments. So Now What?

August 18, 2020 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MB

Show Notes: Rhythmische Ubung Chrome Music Lab Pear Deck Soundtrap   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti Intro and Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Nine Tech Tools I Plan to Use This Year

August 04, 2020 20:16 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MB

Show Notes: 1 -Screencastify/Screencastomatic: https://www.screencastify.com/ 2 - Pear Deck: https://www.peardeck.com/ 3 - Flat.io: https://flat.io/ 4 - Hyperdocs: https://hyperdocs.co/ 5 - Flipgrid: https://info.flipgrid.com/  6 - Soundtrap: https://www.soundtrap.com/ 7 - WeVideo: https://www.wevideo.com/ 8 - Chrome Music Lab: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com 9 - Mural: https://www.mural.co/   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti Music "Our Big A...

Reentry

July 28, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MB

Articles: Spacecraft Reentry   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram- @highafternoonti Music - Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Accepting and Planning for the Unexpected

July 14, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MB

Show Notes: Choir Baton Podcast Top 20 Music Education Podcasts Blogpost Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Music by Scott Holmes

Have To: Get To (Thanks Andy Speer)

July 07, 2020 09:00 - 6 minutes - 9.12 MB

Show Notes Peloton App   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Cooking the Magnolia Table Cookbooks

June 30, 2020 09:00 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MB

Show Notes: Magnolia Table Volume I Magnolia Table Volume II   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music: Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

2020 Goal Review: Three Ways to Look at Your Yearly Goals

June 23, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MB

Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram: @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Listening In: Racism and Injustice

June 16, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MB

Show Notes: Documentaries- 13th When They See Us Just Mercy   Podcasts- The Score: An Urban Music Education Podcast: #34 White Fragility in Music Education Unlocking Us with Brené Brown: Interview with Ibram X. Kendi Be the Bridge with Latasha Morrison The Lazy Genius Episode #161: A Summer Reading Pledge 1619   Books: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and Eric Dyson How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison   Afterno...

Active Listening through Storytelling and Classical Music with Robert Franz

June 09, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MB

Show Notes: Robert Franz Website Stella's Magical Musical Balloon Ride Robert Franz Bio: Acclaimed conductor, Robert Franz, recognized as "an outstanding musician with profound intelligence," has held to three principles throughout his career: a commitment to the highest artistic standards, to creating alliances and building bridges in each community he serves, and a dedication to being a strong force in music education.  As Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Fairba...

What's Next

May 26, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

Afternoon Ti Blog Instagram: @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music  Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Reflection #5: Looking at the Fall

May 23, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MB

Show Notes: Fall Reflection PDF   Afternoon Ti: Website - www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica   Music by Scott Holmes Songs: 1) Our Big Adventure (intro) 2) Forces of Attraction 3) Beyond Dreams 4) Nostalgic Memories

Reflection #4: Today

May 22, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MB

Show Notes: Today Reflection PDF   Afternoon Ti: Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica   Music by Scott Holmes Songs: 1) Our Big Adventure (intro) 2) Awake 3) Nostalgic Memories 4) Postcards

Reflection #3: Mental, Emotional, and Physical Health

May 21, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MB

Show Notes: Mental, Emotional and Physical Health PDF   Afternoon Ti: Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica   Music by Scott Holmes 1) Our Big Adventure (intro music) 2) Forces of Attraction 3) Beyond Dreams 4) Nostalgic Memories  

Reflection #2: Summer

May 20, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MB

Show Notes: Summer Reflection PDF Afternoon Ti: Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica   Music by Scott Holmes Song List: 1) Our Big Adventure (Intro) 2) Green Fields 3) Epic_Cinematic 4) Happy Ukulele        

Reflection #1: Virtual Teaching

May 19, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MB

Show Notes: Virtual Teaching Reflection PDF   Afternoon Ti Website: www.jessicagrant.org Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica   Music: All music is by Scott Holmes Website Songs include: 1) Our Big Adventure (used in the intro) 2) Awake 3) Nostalgic Memories 4) Postcards

Three Things to Encourage You as You Finish The Year Well

May 12, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MB

Show Notes: Field Notes on Music Teaching and Learning Podcast with Ashley Danyew   Afternoon Ti: Blog Instagram: @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Shake the Dirt with Michael Arterberry

May 08, 2020 09:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MB

Show Notes: Michael Arterberry Website Youth Voice Center Website Shake the Dirt Experience   Michael's Bio: Michael Arterberry is the Executive Director of Youth Voices Center, Inc. and the creator of the Power of Peace Program.  Michael began his tenure working with youth by obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Iona College. In founding YVC in 2008, Michael drew heavily on his understanding and empathy for the pressures and difficulties of the teenage years. In ...

Music Genre Madness Lesson Plan

May 05, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes - 23 MB

Show Notes: Click on these links to access materials to use in your classroom! Music Madness Google Slides Presentation YouTube Playlist   Afternoon Ti Blog Instagram - @highafternoonti   Intro/Outro Music Our Big Adventure by Scott Holmes

Musical Literacy and Repertoire Selection in the Choral Setting with Dr. Carol Krueger

April 28, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Show Notes: Carol Krueger Website Progressive Sight Singing Learning Takadimi Short Guide   Dr. Carol Krueger Bio: Dr. Krueger formerly served as the Director of Choral Activities at Valdosta State University, Emporia State University, and Florida Southern.  She also served as the Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of South Carolina and the University of Montevallo. A native of Wisconsin, Krueger received her bachelor's degree in Music Education from the U...

Middle School Choir with Danielle Larrick

April 21, 2020 09:15 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB

Show Notes Danielle's Bio Danielle E. Larrick is a musician-educator in her 13th year of teaching who believes in the value of middle school music as a means of identity, expression, and connection. She focuses on designing practical, innovative, and engaging music curricula for middle school students. Danielle received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, with a concentration in Voice, from Temple University. Upon graduation, she served as the K-8 music teacher in an urban Philadel...

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