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Conquering Decision Fatigue as a TpT Seller
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Are you suffering from decision fatigue? Every single day, we make hundreds of decisions. According to research, teachers make 1500 decisions a day. But every one of those decisions we make, drains us just a little bit more. And that can be a huge problem when you’re trying to run a business after a full…
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Music Lesson Plans Grade 1 Teacher’s Guide
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Music Lesson Plans Grade 1 The grade 1 music curriculum is all about setting up a strong foundation in basic concepts. Repetition is extremely important, especially with core concepts in beat, rhythm, and pitch. I strongly recommend teaching the concepts in the following order, as it is easy to build each skill on the back…
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Easy Instruments of the Orchestra Lesson Plans
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Elementary students love learning about different instruments! Whether you’re teaching in person, hybrid, or online, here are some great resources for teaching timbre and the instruments families of the orchestra. If you’re planning a teaching unit on the instrument families, be sure to bookmark this page for quick access to all the links and ideas!…
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How to turn off customers with your writing
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Recently I got an email from a list I was subscribed to. In that email, the author repeatedly used an acronym. I don’t remember what the actual acronym was, so I’ll use “ABC” as a substitute. “Do you use ABC in your teaching?” “How often do you use ABC?” “It’s easy to use ABC.” And…
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Kindergarten Drama Activities: Guided Role Play
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Drama lesson plans for Kindergarten to Grade 2 Teaching drama to very young children can be a huge challenge, especially if you don’t have prior drama experience. Students in Kindergarten and grade 1 generally aren’t able to read well enough to follow a script. Some teachers try to use reader’s theatre at this age, but…
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Top 5 TpT Seller Mistakes That Are Slowing Your Sales
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These TpT seller mistakes keep you from growing your store to its full potential Most people who start a TpT store are teachers, NOT business people. So it’s easy, especially at the beginning, to get caught up on the wrong things. There are some mistakes that can really limit your sales – but the good…
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Starting A TpT Store: The Complete Beginners Guide in 9 Easy Steps
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How to start a TpT store There are a lot of reasons for starting a TpT store – maybe you want to supplement your income, save for retirement – or maybe you have dreams of leaving the classroom altogether. Whatever your goals, it is possible to make money on TpT – but getting started can…
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Quick Black History Month Music Lessons: Louis Armstrong & Scatting
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Black History Month Music Lessons: Louis Armstrong & Scatting Looking for some quick Black History Month music lessons for your classes? Here’s a quick jazz music lesson based on Louis Armstrong and scatting. Introduction to Louis Armstrong Teaching Points: Links: Introduction to Scatting Scatting Teaching Points: Scatting Links: Music Lesson Plans for Black History Month
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Teachers Pay Teachers SEO Tips for TpT Sellers
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Trying to get your products to come up in search results? You need to understand Teachers Pay Teachers SEO. While there are many factors in how TpT’s search results are calculated, TpT SEO (search engine optimization) in your product description is the most important. Whether you are trying to build more traffic to your TpT…
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Teachers Pay Teachers Seller Tips: An Easy Guide To Your First Marketing Funnel
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Imagine setting up a system that guides your best customers right to your products… on autopilot TpT Sellers are SO. BUSY. Most of us are still teaching full time, while trying to build a side hustle and dreaming of building a business so that we can stop teaching and have more time… but have no…
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Is Pinterest Still Worth It For TpT Sellers in 2023?
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I tested all the *Updated* advice I could find about Pinterest for TpT Sellers. Here’s what I learned. There has been a ton of discussion in the last two years or so about how Pinterest’s changes have made it much more difficult for TpT sellers. But since I’m a particularly stubborn person, I wanted to…
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Teaching Music Online – Tips & Ideas
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Although any subject is difficult to teach online, teaching music online has to be one of the most difficult. When so many of the curriculum expectations require not only interaction but also performance, having students on the other side of a screen can seem like an impossible hurdle. Tips for Teaching Music Online Focus on…
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