Bow Tie Music is a lesson sharing platform built to inspire elementary school music teachers through an authentic, practical, and creative approach to music education. Everything you see here is intended to emphasize the belief that kids are awesome, music should be fun, and building a life-long appreciation of music within our students is the pinnacle of this great profession.
William C. Doublestein
Will Doublestein is an elementary school music teacher and clinician from Zionsville, IN. He has twelve years of experience in the K-4 classroom and currently teaches kindergarten through fourth grade at Boone Meadow Elementary. Will’s YouTube channel Bow Tie Music houses about 750 teaching videos with over 20,000,000 views across the globe.
“Will Doublestein, as much as any music teacher I’ve seen, embodies joyful dancing with his students. His library of YouTube videos of his students’ dancing is a great gift to music teachers and elementary school students across the country and beyond.”
-Peter Amidon, music & dance educator, New England Dancing Masters founding member
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- Dancing With Ghosts!Dance parties are always fun, and especially during Halloween. Learn how ghost props under black lights can add a spooky element to your music class, and create a dance party your kids won’t soon forget! All movement props in this video came from Bear Paw Creek. You can find their…
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Veterans Are Not Veterinarians
NOTE: This is one of only a handful of resources that I’m not able to give away freely. You can however purchase it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store by following this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Veterans-Are-Not-Veterinarians-8807824 Description The adorable children’s song Veterans Are Not Veterinarians was written as a funny way to introduce Veterans Day to kindergartners. It’s sure…
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