About Mrs. Finch
It's important to me that children are engaged and creating in the music classroom. Music can enrich everyone's life and can offer each child a mode of expression. It is important to me that the children in my music classroom learn how to listen, read, and play music of various styles and cultures. I want them to leave my room with an appreciation of music and the confidence to express music in their own unique way.
I have over twenty years of experience in the elementary general music classroom. Recently, I joined the team at Activate! Magazine as a contributing author of general music lesson plans. A published work, Creating Adaptive Instruments with a Makey Makey can be found in the Fall 2019 issue of the Illinois Music Educator Journal as I am also passionate about an inclusive music experience for all my students. I have co-authored three books, Full STEAM Ahead: Lessons to shift instruction, empower students, and transform your music classroom, Everyone Loves a Story: Bringing books to life through music, and Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students.
