Nickie French

Elementary music specialist (Ashland, KY), WV resident (💙💛), & alum of Mentor HS, Heidelberg College (BME, ΕΥΓ) and Capital University (MME) 🌈

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Behind every great band, choral, and orchestral program is a proud elementary general music teacher who first helped those students fall in love with making music. ❤️ #ittakesavillage #verticalalignment #knowyourworth #elmused

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

One last kindergarten assessment before I leave @ElementaryPoage for the year! So proud of their progress on beat, high/low, fast/slow, and loud/quiet! See you in first grade, littles! 💛💙

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

This is also probably why I hate making decisions in my personal life.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Why Are Teachers So Tired All The Time? 😴

Research shows we make about 1,500 decisions a day! The constant requirement to ‘be on’ becomes DRAINING to our brains and bodies. It is called ‘Decision Fatigue’.

This explains a lot!

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@PresidentPat @MrKitMath Can I be in your class?! 🥺

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@MsNystedtMusic Maybe teachers get enough flack from outsiders that we *maybe* shouldn’t also give it to each other? Each human is going through life trying to do the best they can. Maybe we should uplift/help each other instead of putting people on blast? If you can’t say something nice...

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@HaleyClingman I remember crying my eyes out when Carlie turned two weeks old. Dont blink.

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@missbrown162 Yes. I did. My masters program was 3 summer terms.

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

My kids are cleanly switching between C, F, and Am on ukulele and well, this is just a celebration post. Woohoo! 😁 🎉 🥳

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

And with that, I’m fully vaccinated—both done! 😁 KY has taken great care to get teachers vaccinated quickly. ❤️

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Teaching in the north: “Please sit flat on your bottom.” Teaching in the south: “No ma’am, I need you to please sit on your hiney tail.” #truestory

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Hey #mused and #elmused folks: anyone have a suggestion for the buzzing E string on this uke?

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@sheilax1449 The best!

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

I’ve been playing a string instrument since I was 12. How come every time I tune one and a string is flat, I say in my head, “Lazy,” and when it’s sharp I say in my head, “Extra.” How long had my brain been doing this?!

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@TriToneJones I saw my kindergarten students without masks for a 4 second water break and freaked out. I literally didn’t recognize them.

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

One of my sweet 5th graders @ElementaryPoage brought me a Valentine’s Day gift today! What a thoughtful little human! I am blessed and grateful. #AppreciationPost #ValentinesDay

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Me: “Remember to hold your ukulele with one hand around the neck and one arm under the body.” 5th Grader: “Great ukulele advice, but don’t try it on your friends or pets.” 😂😂😂

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

My first snow day since working down in KY! ❄️ ���️

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@EnglishTeach07 Mmhmm, yep. My fiancé who has no schooling beyond a HS degree, makes more $/year as a Sergeant in the Army National Guard than I do as a public school educator with a bachelors and masters degree.

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

@KayNicole_12 You’re fired.

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Not going to say I’m like, THE coolest music teacher, but I did create an entire lesson based on comparing Dvorak to Darth Vader, so... ��🏻‍♀️😂 #elmused

[Nickie French @Frenchie414]

Music people:
Anyone have a great listening example for dotted quarter eighth (tam-ti) patterns?