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Funding Your Ukulele Program through Donors Choose Part 1

by Michelle Rose | Elementary Music, Music Room, Ukulele

So you want to start a ukulele program. Then you look at your music classroom budget, the cost of a class set of ukuleles and teaching materials, and wonder how you’ll ever put ukuleles in students’ hands. Don’t despair – funding your ukulele...

Cleaning and Sanitizing Classroom Ukuleles

by Michelle Rose | Class Procedures, Elementary Music, Music Room, Ukulele

With most schools returning in person this fall, questions surrounding cleaning and sanitizing are still swirling around many music teacher’s minds, especially when it comes to cleaning shared classroom instruments like ukuleles. Understanding how to clean and...

Ukulele Storage for the General Music Classroom

by Pitch Publications | Featured, Music Room, Ukulele

One of the biggest questions I repeatedly see in Facebook music groups is “How do you store your ukuleles?” It’s a tough question with many different great answers! What works for me may not work for you – we all have different rooms, equipment, and budgets! Take...

What’s on Your Desk?

by Pitch Publications | Linky Parties, Music Room

I am so excited to be linking up today with my friend, Rachel Tanenblatt for her linky party, “What’s on Your Desk?” ….ok, well no, I am scared to death to actually show you my desk. You will stop following me and call the TLC hoarders show! Yikes! I...

Back to School Bulletin Boards

by Pitch Publications | Bulletin Boards, Freebies, Music Room

Every year I have great plans for our pre-planning week. I plan to set up my room, put up bulletin boards, plan out lessons for the next 6 weeks, map out the yearly curriculum, plan a musical, collaborate with my specials team, all while settling back into a...

The Simple Stuff!

by Pitch Publications | Music Room, Random Tips

Thanks to Jennifer over at The Yellow Brick Road for hosting the linky party I am participating in today! In this blog post I’ll share one simple thing I use in my classroom all the time! My simple item is electrical tape! (In a variety of colors). I am REALLY...