This episode is an essay I wrote as I am struggling with teaching elementary general music via live stream on the internet. It is a call to focus more on student connection and less on state standards.

Feeling run down? Feeling uninspired? Feeling stressed? This short episode contains a framework for guided meditation in the hopes you can incorporate self-care in your teaching.

In this episode, I have provided two major segments:

• My top 10 suggestions for synchronously streaming elementary music classes
• Some selected passages from my Kindergarten Lunch and Recess Duty Journal

I feature a lot of websites in this episode. Here are the links:

• Synesthesia Listen and Draw Lesson from Teach Rock
  • https://teachrock.org/lesson/drawing-music-hearing-colors-seeing-sounds
• Go Noodle - Guided Dances
  • https://app.gonoodle.com/
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Make Your Own In
  • https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/activities/make-your-own-instrument
• "Sorida" from Mrs. Ankrum's Music Room
  • https://youtu.be/JwpGibkBsD0
• "Double This Double That" from the Responsive Classroom
  • https://youtu.be/g4ea2GmBqFo
• Dan Brown and 'Wild Symphony'
  • https://youtu.be/cuIDgTUkhlw
• Mo Willems and 'Because'
  • https://youtu.be/lh7S5r78tS0
• Incredibox
  • https://www.incredibox.com/
• Isle of Tune
  • https://thefwa.com/cases/isle-of-tune
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• Chrome Music Lab: Melody Maker and Rhythm
  • https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Melody-Maker/
  • https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Rhythm/
• Tone Matrix Redux
  • https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/
• Groove Pizza
  • https://apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/?museid=pS1APISRU&
• Virtual Instruments
  • https://www.virtualmusicalinstruments.com/
  • https://femurdesign.com/theremin/
  • https://www.musick8kids.com/html/play_bw.php?bwswitch=TRUE
  • https://www.google.com/logos/2020/mbira/r4/mbira20.html?hl=en&ddllb=1&doodle=122734981&gl=zw
  • https://apps.makeymakey.com/bongos/
  • https://www.musictheory.net/piano
• Virtual Field Trips at Google Arts and Culture
  • https://artsandculture.google.com/
• Google JamBoard
  • https://jamboard.google.com/

In this episode, there’ll be two segments. The first is a brief biography telling how I ended up living an elementary music life and a bit of credibility building for those who don’t know me. The second part is an encouragement for all of us as we struggle to teach in this time of pandemic.