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LearnLAP – With a Musical Twist

ByTheresa Hoover August 2, 2018September 9, 2018

It’s no secret that I love to read. I usually have several books going at once, and even blogged about some of my favorite books here: What am I Reading? One of the books on my “to-read this summer” list was Learn Like a Pirate by Paul Solarz. The author was conducting a book study on…

Empowered Music Students

Inquiry & Mozart Minutes

ByTheresa Hoover July 12, 2018February 28, 2019

In May I wrote about a project I was doing with the 5th-grade band and orchestra students that we called “Mozart Minutes.” Mozart Minutes was essentially our version of a Genius Hour, where students could create their own projects relating to music. I neglected to do a follow-up post, which I realized this week while…