Tag Archives: instruments

peripole recorder

We Love Instruments!

Each year in the spring I teach a unit about the Instrument Families. It is the perfect time of year to introduce the instruments, especially since the fifth grade is preparing to transition into band or orchestra at middle school in the Fall. Our local band and orchestra teachers visit my fifth grade classes during […]

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And The Beat Goes On!

In the spring of this year, 2016, I received a call from Bill and Reba Butler, friends from our church, Sherwood Oaks Christian Church. They informed me that a dear lady named Phyllis Combs, a former music teacher in Bedford had passed away in March. She was a member of their Sunday School class and […]