by widy | Apr 24, 2022 | Music
Looking for Solfege Lesson Plans? Solfege is an important building block in elementary music, but if you’re not a specialist it may seem overwhelming. Luckily, solfege isn’t actually that hard to learn and it can make your music lesson plans more...
by widy | Apr 23, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
Deciding on a niche on TpT doesn’t lock you down… it actually sets you free. If you’ve been learning more about building a business on Teachers Pay Teachers for any length of time, then you’ve probably heard the phrase “find your...
by widy | Apr 10, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
When Checking TpT Search Algorithm Results, Don’t Forget The Other View If you’ve spent any time at all working on your search engine optimization for the TpT search algorithm (which you should if you want to make any money) then you’ve probably...
by widy | Apr 9, 2022 | Drama
Improv activities will make your drama lessons better There is a very common misconception that teaching elementary drama is all about kids reading from a script. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen pre-made rubrics that focus on things like...
by widy | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s often hard to decide what to work on first as a TpT seller. This guide helps you stay focused by listing skills in the most efficient order for growing your store. Stage 1 – Product – Making Products Don’t put the cart before the horse...
by widy | Mar 25, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
TpT Pricing that Works One of the things that often leaves new TpT sellers scratching their heads is how to price their products. Having a solid pricing strategy is essential, because it is one of the three main ingredients needed to increase your profits. So how do...
by widy | Mar 11, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
Once you have worked out the kinks with a product and it is performing well organically, then it is the time to scale up. Scaling up takes something that is already working and magnifying the result. Usually, this means adding more push marketing to your strategy....
by widy | Mar 11, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
Tip #1: Be ok with the fact that they may not sell right away. Even if you post a seasonal product several weeks ahead of time, it still might not gain enough traction in the search algorithm to show up. When I post a seasonal product I pretty much assume I...
by widy | Mar 11, 2022 | Teacher Marketing
How to create TpT product descriptions that sell Often, teacher sellers spend so much time working on their products that by the time it’s time to post them, they’re feeling pretty burnt out. The problem is that if you don’t put the same effort into...
by widy | Mar 6, 2022 | Drama
“Tableau” is a drama term that you may have heard before, even if you aren’t an experienced drama teacher. But what is it really, and how can you use it effectively in your drama lessons? What is tableau? Tableau is essentially a freeze-frame of a...
by widy | Mar 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by widy | Mar 3, 2022 | Music
Music Lessons for Grade 1 The grade 1 music curriculum is all about setting up a strong foundation in basic concepts. Duration (Rhythm) in Grade 1 Beat vs RhythmFast & slow tempo2/4 and 4/4 metresquarter note, eighth note, quarter restrhythmic ostinato Melody /...
