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Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune•musicteachercoffeetalkpodcast.com
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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/
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Episodes

MTCT #180: 2025 Summer Book Club, Part 1

Tanya and Carrie discuss Part 1 of "Music as a Vehicle" by Ashley Cuthbertson as part of the 2025 Music Teacher Coffee Talk summer book club.

Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min

MTCT #179: Summer Learning Plans

Tanya and Carrie discuss the importance of summer learning and their plans for professional development over the summer.

May 19, 2025•53 min

MTCT #175: 2025 OAKE Conference Reflection

Carrie and Tanya talk about their takeaways and favorite moments from the 2025 Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) national conference that was held in Chicago in March, 2025.

Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 2 min

MTCT #173: Simple Sub Plans

Carrie and Tanya share some ideas and tips for when you need to leave sub plans in the music room.

Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 1 min

MTCT #172: Brewing Up Fresh Ideas with Music Teacher Coffee Talk

This episode is a replay from live a Facebook/Instagram video with Carrie and Tanya. We share some of our favorite Valentine's Day songs and activities, answer a few listener questions, and give some updates on what's new with Music Teacher Coffee Talk.

Feb 09, 2025•56 min

MTCT #167: A Chat With Tom Michalek

Carrie and Tanya chat with Tom Michalek, music educator and current president of the Organization of American Kodály Educators. We talk about the Kodály philosophy, the benefits of joining OAKE, and about the 2024 OAKE National Conference that will be held in Chicago March 6-9.

Dec 01, 2024•40 min

MTCT #160: Peek at Our Week: Kindergarten

Tanya and Carrie share songs and activities they are doing with their Kindergarten students this week, including ideas for establishing routines and procedures with young musicians entering the music room for the first time.

Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min

MTCT #158: Summer Learning

Carrie and Tanya share ideas for summer learning such as classes, podcasts, and book recommendations.

May 30, 2024•44 min

MTCT #157: Movin' and Groovin'

#kodályinspired #musicteacher #elementarymusic #elementarymusicclass #musiced #generalmusicteacher #elementarymusicteacher #orff #kodaly #orffposse #musiceducator #teachingmusic

May 13, 2024•53 min

MTCT #156: End of the Year Plans

Tanya and Carrie discuss their end of the year plans including what content we are still going to teach and some of the extra fun things we do this time of year to keep kids engaged.

Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min

MTCT #155: Realizing Diversity Check-In

Carrie and Tanya check in on how they have implemented things they learned during the 2023 Summer Book Club while reading "Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education" by Karen Howard.

Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 11 min

MTCT #154: 2024 OAKE Recap and Cowboy Carter Kodály

In this episode, Tanya and Carrie discuss our takeaways from the 2024 OAKE National Conference as well as our general thoughts on Kodály-inspired teaching as we see it today. Of course we talk about Beyoncé too! It all makes sense when you listen.

Apr 01, 2024•42 min
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