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Decolonizing the Music Room

How to F.I.N.D. the Brilliance in our Students

By Franklin Willis / February 10, 2021
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Franklin Willis encourages us to “Take off our Brilliance Blockers”. When we do we are able to see the skills and talents each one of the children we are privileged to serve brings to our learning environments every day.

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Lesson: What’s Your Name? Speech and Body Percussion Piece

By Franklin Willis / September 4, 2019
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What’s Your Name? Speech and Body Percussion Piece Every year, new students enter our classrooms from all walks of life. The one commonality with all of them is a NAME. As an elementary music teacher, learning all of our students’ names can be a daunting task and we sometimes forget that the children are in…

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