This website offers music theory worksheets that are friendly for musicians and "normal people". These would be a great addition to an interactive notebook at the upper elementary and middle school general music level.

Ideas for professional development, lesson plans, teaching tips, and videos for Orff teachers.

DonorsChoose is a way for any teachers to request materials for their classrooms through specified vendors. Many celebrities participate in flash funding of certain projects and Title I schools are given top billing when the projects are listed. The smaller the projects, the easier is it to get them funded. I got $6,700 funded in one project by Stephen Colbert and countless other projects funded through the generosity of others.

Why re-invent the wheel when someone has already created the resource you need? TeachersPayTeachers is that resource for everything from classroom decor to lesson manipulatives and presentations.

This blog is written by Lindsay Jervis, a Kodaly trained elementary music teacher. She shares her classroom ideas, successes and failures, and so much more. Each blog post is also linked to her TeachersPayTeachers website so that you can purchase the resources needed for a very affordable price.

A great interactive way for students to learn the instruments of the orchestra, as well as fretted strings, without sitting through a lecture. What fun this would be as a scavenger hunt for the students with QR codes.

Great resources on the NAfME website on the "My Classroom" tab. Great ideas for every special month, advocacy, professional development, lesson planes, grants, and magazines.

Low cost music education resources with a "free stuff" section to try out the ideas before purchasing the books. Small company with quick turnaround!

Home to all things AOSA. Lesson plans, performance ideas, publications, resources, and professional development links are included for all AOSA members. Great resources to enhance your Orff classroom, as well as your Orff education.

Orff-Schulwerk blog written by Eric Young, one of the AOSA Division IV representatives. Great ideas on enhancing your Orff lessons in a whole new way.

Quaver's Marvelous World of Music is an interactive music education curriculum and program that integrates, what students love: technology and fun! The host of the video episodes, "Quaver" makes music learning fun and memorable. There are free parts of the program as well as extensive paid sections. If you teach in SC, this is a service paid for by the state. Contact Buz at Quaver Music for your log-in information.

Percussive Arts Society is home to all things percussion, from resources to publications, and information about chapters around the US.

Orff-Schulwerk blog by Eric Young