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 #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.

MTCT #146: Icing and Sprinkles: Recipes for Success Pt. 4

1h 7m · Published 19 Nov 13:00

The fourth of a 4-part series: Recipes for Success in the Elementary Music Classroom. Carrie and Tanya talk about "icing and sprinkles" that make your lessons engaging and cohesive for students.

MTCT #145: Transitions: Recipes for Success Pt. 3

1h 0m · Published 05 Nov 19:22

The third of a 4-part series: Recipes for Success in the Elementary Music Classroom. Carrie and Tanya talk about transitions for the music classroom.

MTCT #144: Intermediate Lesson Segments: Recipes for Success Pt. 2

1h 7m · Published 23 Oct 00:27

The second of 4 part series: Recipes for Success in the Elementary Music Classroom. Carrie and Tanya talk about lesson segments for intermediate grades in the music classroom.

MTCT #143: Primary Lesson Segments: Recipes for Sucess Pt. 1

1h 4m · Published 08 Oct 22:56

The first of 4 part series: Recipes for Success in the Elementary Music Classroom. Carrie and Tanya talk about lesson segments in a K-2nd grade music classroom.

MTCT #142: 🔥Hot Topics pt. 2

1h 9m · Published 25 Sep 15:20

In Hot Topics part 2, Carrie and Tanya discuss: -Music literacy skills balanced with Project Based Learning -Sound systems: are you the resident expert? -Balancing diversity, equity, and inclusion values in the music room within a conservative school community and more!

MTCT #141: Classroom Instruments

1h 12m · Published 10 Sep 22:44

Rhythm sticks, tambourines, and triangles, oh my! Tanya and Carrie talk about using classroom instruments in the elementary music classroom.

MTCT #140: 🔥Hot Topics!

1h 7m · Published 28 Aug 00:12

In this episode, Tanya and Carrie discuss Learning Targets, Data Tracking, and Turn Taking in the elementary music room.

MTCT #139: Back to School: Tried and True vs. Mixing It Up

1h 7m · Published 13 Aug 23:01

Tanya and Carrie discuss plans for the beginning of the school year.

MTCT #138: 2023 Summer Book Club, Part 4

1h 12m · Published 23 Jul 20:25

Carrie and Tanya discuss chapters 7 and 8 of Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education by Karen Howard along with some final thoughts and plans for implementation.

Music Teacher Coffee Talk has 157 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 155:51:46. 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 25th, 2024 20:41.