Music Teacher Coffee Talk

by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

We are Kodály inspired elementary music teachers who love to share songs, activities, lessons, and ideas for the music room. Show notes at https://musicteachercoffeetalkpodcast.blogspot.com/

Episodes

MTCT #156: End of the Year Plans

1h 0m · Published 28 Apr 21:24

Tanya and Carrie discuss their end of the year plans including what content we are still going to teach and some of the extra fun things we do this time of year to keep kids engaged.

MTCT #155: Realizing Diversity Check-In

1h 10m · Published 14 Apr 23:42

Carrie and Tanya check in on how they have implemented things they learned during the 2023 Summer Book Club while reading "Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education" by Karen Howard.

MTCT #154: 2024 OAKE Recap and Cowboy Carter Kodály

42m · Published 01 Apr 03:54

In this episode, Tanya and Carrie discuss our takeaways from the 2024 OAKE National Conference as well as our general thoughts on Kodály-inspired teaching as we see it today. Of course we talk about Beyoncé too! It all makes sense when you listen.

MTCT #153: Marvelous Music Manipulatives ft. Debbie O'Shea

51m · Published 10 Mar 16:28

Carrie and Tanya welcome Debbie O'Shea from Crescendo Music Education to talk about manipulatives in the music room.

MTCT #152: Performances in a Pinch

55m · Published 26 Feb 03:13

Tanya and Carrie discuss strategies for putting together a musical performance when you are short on time.

MTCT #151: Tips from the Trenches

58m · Published 11 Feb 20:00

Tanya and Carrie share some of their favorite "work smarter, not harder" teacher tips.

MTCT #150: What To Do When You Have "That Class"

1h 13m · Published 28 Jan 20:00

Carrie and Tanya discuss strategies that help with classroom management and building relationships within a challenging group of students.

MTCT #149: New Year's Intentions

48m · Published 15 Jan 03:14

Carrie and Tanya talk about their intentions for the New Year, both at home and at school.

MTCT #148: Elementary Choir

1h 9m · Published 21 Dec 18:18

Carrie and Tanya discuss the logistic of having an elementary school choir along with favorite repertoire and resources.

MTCT #147: 6 Picture Books for the Music Room

58m · Published 03 Dec 20:55

In this episode, Carrie and Tanya celebrate their 6-year podcasting anniversary with an episode all about 6 of their favorite picture books for the music room.

Music Teacher Coffee Talk has 156 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 154:58:19. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 23rd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 11th, 2024 00:13.