Preschool music activities

Itty Bitty Summer Tots & Tykes Rhyme: Wave in the Sea

This end-of-the-year "Classroom Camp Out" is a fun and engaging week-long unit that integrates reading, writing, word study, math, science, and social studies... so you can feel good about having fun (in really smart ways) right up to the end of the school year! It's 110 pages packed with ideas for...

How to make the most of boomwhackers in the elementary music classroom.

Students analyze the form of the Star Wars musical theme and illustrate it with Parachute movements. I used the Reader's Digest Music: The Best of Henry Manc...

Last week I talked about using scarves and bells during my baby time with Mother Goose on the Loose. I like the activities listed in the handbook, but I have recently been looking for something ne…

Recognizing Patterns in Music and Children�s Literature: Music Education Lesson Plan

http://www.fairmontschools.comIn this music activity, students experience 16th note rhythms in 4/4 meter, they sing in tune to a wide-range melody, and they ...

As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street. A friend of mine I happened to meet. Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho. A rig a jig jig and away we go,...

Books in the music classroom can be used for singing, dancing, composing, history and more! Check out this huge list of children's literature that should be on the shelves of your music classroom.

Pursuit of Joyfulness: Folk Song Friday {Let Us Chase the Squirrel}

Raise a hand if you’ve ever had to take a reading course as part of your music education program? Yep, me too! I remember having a hard time connecting

During a brainstorming session for an upcoming early childhood class, my partner Katey mentioned that she had written a song about monkey sounds. She suggested picking up some cute stuffed monkeys to use as props, which sparked the idea for this song. I’ve been a longtime fan of the book Eight Silly Monkeys ever since […]

Part II: Piggybacking Melodies A portion of the material presented is adapted from posts on In Harmony – A music education blog from Heri...

Intellidance® Presents Swimming In My Swimming Pool: A Summer Action Son...

Walking Through the Jungle Song Unit 4 (Big Surprise 1)