How to Make Music Relevant to Your Students

Ask your students what song do you think I could have used instead or what did you not like about this song ask them get their opinion now it doesn't mean every opinion coming out of their mouth is shaping what you're doing in your classroom. You can use discernment you are an expert in your field you are also the music teacher so take the opinions and you will be able to see through the lens of your teacher brain what opinions are just you know coming across. Although you may get some pushback from students of this is old this is boring we don't want to do this, sometimes they will get that song stuck in their head which is a good thing. They'll go home and