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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Ok #EduSky, here’s a fun question: Do you live where you teach, or not? What are your pros and cons of both? I bet it also makes a difference what age level you teach! I’ll start with my answer below. Looking forward to your thoughts on this!

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Oh, and I now understand why my dad spent so much time in the garage. The kids were playing inside and it was peaceful… And nobody asked how many bottles of Miller Lite I had drank so far.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Guys I cleaned out the workshop side of my garage today. I don’t use it for anything, but someday I will. Probably.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I will give $10 to whoever brings me a $9 bottle of wine from the store down the road.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Behold the house of the lord (aka the house my son made out of magnet tiles for his little Jesus to sit in. This picture was taken moments before it was destroyed in one swift movement. #parenting #dadlife #toddler

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I remember when social media was for selfies and food pics! … I’m getting 30 minutes of me time, taking a break from a crazy June. Right now I have this grill, this chair, this brew, these tunes, and this weather. #summervibes #dadlife #relax #metime #stardewandchill

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I got a lot of new followers lately, are you guys getting me from the music ed list? I’m working on following people back! I’ve been absent from this platform for a while, but I still check in! I am still up for good convos about music ed and education in general!

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Someday, my children will be old enough that we can bring them to a water park and just say “go, be free.” On that day it is I will who will truly be free. And that is when I will rest.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The steaks were done a couple minutes ago. But it’s quiet, my beer’s not gone, and this song isn’t over yet…so I’ll sit here a little longer 😌

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Pushing a toddler on a swing for an hour two days in a row might be the most boring, uncool way to get a sunburn on the back of your neck.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Ugh… today someone asked me why my AirPods have cords. 😕

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Nobody: My 3yo son at bedtime: GO WEBS GO! Woah-oh-oh-uh-oh! SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This is your reminder that Minecraft is fun! This zombie is having the time of his life.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

One day, your toddler will say “lellow” for the last time and you won’t even know it.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I do not enjoy water levels in Donkey Kong Country games. Is that a popular or unpopular opinion?

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

If this post doesn’t get any likes, I will be making a strongly worded journal entry.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I know I have a social media problem because I just wrote in my journaling app, and then a while later almost checked to see if I got any likes yet.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I was willing to let my son play with some of my old Pokémon figurines in the bath, but I draw the line at the fire types.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This Daylight Saving Time day, spare a moment of thought for all the parents of small children, whose nights just got an hour longer 🙏

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I just realized that the screen on a smartphone is the same size as a whole Game Boy Color. I don’t know what to do with that information.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I have returned to work after the stomach bug. My stomach doesn’t want coffee, but my brain wants caffeine! 😭

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I’m down and out with a tummy bug, but did I let my Duolingo streak die? No-sir-ee!

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Guess who has 135 students with a performance next week, and just went home early with a stomach bug? This guy… 😬

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Today’s nostalgia trip: remember bringing your Game Boy to school so you could play Pokémon Silver with your friends at recess? If yes, live in that nostalgia for a minute 😊 Also, you are my people.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Every time I notice I’m spending too much time on my phone wasting my time away, I download a book on Libby or Hoopla. Give it a try, instead of endlessly scrolling through social media, you could be scrolling through a book and learning something!

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 02/03/2025

Want to level up literacy lessons? Bring in the arts! 🎶🎨 Elementary teachers, here’s how integrating music and art with ELA can boost reading comprehension and storytelling skills. #ElementaryTeacher #literacy #MusicEducation

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Integrating Music and Art in Elementary School ELA

These strategies help upper elementary students strengthen their visualization skills and understanding of story elements.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The other day my watch sent me an email to tell me it needed to charge. This is the kind of shit we used to make jokes about 20 years ago.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Is anyone else mildly bothered by the fact that Not Like Us is in the key of B-minor? It was RIGHT THERE.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I sure am glad I still have some of my friends from when I was younger, because it seems impossible to make new ones after 30!

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m just trying to channel my inner Ted Lasso.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

So, real talk… #musicteachers and arts/electives teachers in the U.S., is it time to start fearing for our jobs? I’m not one to raise alarms, but…I do feel like my livelihood is being threatened, in addition to all the other bad stuff that is happening. #EduSky

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Also, how many times did it work before they started just following you into the bathroom?

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

How long were you a parent before the first time you hid in the bathroom pretending to poop so the kids would stop following you around?

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Not to brag, but the kids are off to grandma’s while we go away for the night. Actually nevermind, I am bragging.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hell hath no fury like a 7-year-old who doesn’t want to take her freakin’ cough medicine.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

So uh, anybody know how exactly this Discover tab works? No matter how many times I tell it “show me less of this” it still seems to keep showing me more of similar stuff. I know there’s a lot less “algorithm” here, but it’s a bit puzzling.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 12/02/2025

Why integrate the arts into your high school science classroom? It can help students better understand abstract concepts *and* foster collaboration and creativity. 🎨🔬

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Bringing Art to High School Science Lessons

Combining art and science can help students better understand abstract concepts and promote collaboration and creativity.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This hits on one of my favorite things to harp on (pun intended) about the concept of Arts Integration: Music & art are a fantastic learning tool for other subject areas, but Arts Integration is at its best when students learn about both disciplines simultaneously. #MusicEd #EduSky

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Rule 3: Together we will learn how you can express specific reasons for your likes and dislikes. That’s called music appreciation, folks, and you’ll learn something about yourself in the process! #MusicEd

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Shoutout to local libraries, because I ain’t got anywhere to keep all these 800+ page books when I’m done reading them!

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Two big rules in my #generalmusic classroom: 1. You’re allowed to like, or not like, a genre or piece of music. 2. So is everyone else. #MusicEd

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This morning, we took down the baby gate from the kitchen. This evening, I am searching the living room for all the refrigerator magnets. #toddler #parenting

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#TheWheelofTime update: Just got through chapter 40 in The Great Hunt and… WHAT?! I don’t think I’ve been this genuinely angry at a character in a book since Dolores Umbridge 😡😡😡

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Shoutout to Patrick Mahomes for making me lose my Super Bowl bet two years in a row.

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Justin 🎵 Mr. Music @rifeymusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Nothing prepared me for the frustration of having to watch my kids being very bad at video games.

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