We’ve all heard the saying, “use it or lose it,” especially when it comes to learning and teaching.  And you know what they say?!?… If you want to succeed with teaching music, you need more variety, more skills, more time, more ideas, more lessons, more personality, more qualifications, more training, more instruments, more services, more youtube videos, more information, more money, more meetings, more admin, more prep, more concerts …. more, more, more!  But what if I told you that these widely held beliefs might be misguided? What if, in fact, the key to growth, success, learning ..read more

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I can’t do this” or “I’m not expert enough at this” or “I don’t deserve to be doing this” and then proceeded to melt into a puddle of self-doubt …You’re not alone!  ‍Many music teachers question whether they are prepared to do the work they do. Here’s how to overcome that feeling, recognize your strengths and take that awful feeling and turn it into a positive motivating force. In today’s Spark Podcast you’ll learn two simple techniques to turn self doubt into your secret superpower. If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a five-star rating and rev ..read more

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I can’t do this” or “I’m not expert enough at this” or “I don’t deserve to be doing this” and then proceeded to melt into a puddle of self-doubt …You’re not alone!  ‍Many music teachers question whether they are prepared to do the work they do. Here’s how to overcome that feeling, recognize your strengths and take that awful feeling and turn it into a positive motivating force. In today’s Spark Podcast you’ll learn two simple techniques to turn self doubt into your secret superpower. If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a five-star rating and rev ..read more

Great music teaching ideas. The ideas we use in our lessons have a real impact on our teaching lives. Firstly, the music teaching ideas we choose affect the rapport we have with students. They also affect engagement levels, fun, and class behaviour. The music teaching ideas we choose affect our ability to retain students. The music teaching ideas we choose can make or break a lesson. We don’t want bad music teaching ideas, do we? We don’t want average music teaching ideas either! We don’t even want GOOD music teaching ideas! We want amazing, GREAT music teaching ideas to in order to engage a ..read more

Teaching grade 1 music lessons? This article gives an overview of a typical grade 1 music lesson plan. Then it shows you how it can be implemented. Creating a lesson plan to teach grade 1 music lessons Creating a music lesson plan is difficult enough! Getting a lesson to fit curriculum requirements is even harder! Firstly, you need a clear sense of the curriculum requirements. Then you need to turn it into an enjoyable lesson for your students. What is the purpose of a lesson Plan? Any lesson plan is a simple list of activities. It should also have an idea of where it fits into your pro ..read more

Teaching grade 1 music lessons? This article gives an overview of a typical grade 1 music lesson plan. Then it shows you how it can be implemented. Creating a lesson plan to teach grade 1 music lessons Creating a music lesson plan is difficult enough! Getting a lesson to fit curriculum requirements is even harder! Firstly, you need a clear sense of the curriculum requirements. Then you need to turn it into an enjoyable lesson for your students. What is the purpose of a lesson Plan? Any lesson plan is a simple list of activities. It should also have an idea of where it fits into your pro ..read more

As music teachers, we all tend to get “too busy” doing things . But being busy doesn’t actually mean we’re being productive. The most successful music teachers I know have figured out how to use their time and make it as productive as possible. We all get the same 24 hours in a day, and YOU get to decide how you want to use those hours.You can fill your time with lots of after hours preparation…Or you can be productive with your time, and use small amounts of time to get the best results! Enjoy & Let me know your thoughts!   Get nine FREE most effective work-every-time ideas for musi ..read more

Are you teaching grade 3 music lessons? This article gives you an overview of a typical grade 3 music lesson plan, and shows you how you can implement it, no matter how much experience you have teaching music! What you need to teach Grade 3 Music Lessons You don’t need massive amounts of musical skill for teaching a grade 3 music lesson, and you don’t need hours of specialized training or conferences. However you do need one thing! Organization is the most important skill that you need if you want to teach music to grade 3. Why? Maybe you have the best ideas in the world but if you don’t ..read more

A few days ago, I stumbled into a show called comedians in cars getting coffee. It didn’t take long while watching it to realize that even though comedians look effortless on stage, they actually have to work really hard behind the scenes to come up with new material that people will laugh at! What I didn’t know was that there is a specific process comedians use to get the best jokes and materials to their audiences via testing. While music teaching isn’t quite like a comedian’s performance where every component needs to be original and funny, in music teaching we can “stand on the shoulders ..read more

Here at the Fun Music Company, we really value the interactions with our customers and clients. We’ve just put together a brand new ebook with a collection of nine of what we feel are “work every time” ideas for Music Education. These are tried and tested ideas which we’ve learned from the best in the world and adapted, tested and used ourselves as we teach and conduct seminars. This collection will be available shortly on the internet. Something came up during the creation of this resource, and members of our team just could not agree – so we decided to put it to a world-wide vote! We have a ..read more