Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.
Check out this post for creative and exciting ways to add scarves into your music activities. Also, find some specific scarf music examples.
This free printable “I Spy” music-themed picture activity features guitars, harps, keyboards, drums, saxophones, and more. Have your child count each item and record the count below the picture…
DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Simple DIY water xylophone takes a couple minutes to make and is a great sound activity, experiment, and music activity for kids too!
Use our free printable music activity as a boredom buster with kids stuck at home or as a fun part of music education in a classroom.
Fun and educational activities to engage kids with music! 40 DIY musical instruments and music crafts plus activities for kids of all ages!
Want a creative way to practice rhythms and incorporate movement activities into your classroom? These activities are full of drama, movement and rhythm activities for your PreK through 2nd grade s…
My 15-Minute Music Lesson Freebies are some of the most popular here at Music in Our Homeschool. See links to all of them here.
Use our free printable music activity as a boredom buster with kids stuck at home or as a fun part of music education in a classroom.
I love using body percussion activities, so I am sharing some teacher tips and ways to use them in your classes.
Pool noodle rhythm spinners are a cheap and easy DIY hands-on resource to add to your elementary music classroom!
Kids love balls and I use them to teach concepts, in team building, during rehearsals and more! Here's my ten ways to use balls in the music class room.
These fun Musical Games with ping pongs are great for music classes, they're fun, cheap and easy to set up and always very popular!
What are your top 5 best hits? Here's a fun way for any music lover to analyze their favorite songs.
...enhanced learning through tactile means. Here are a few of the most frequently used music manipulatives in my elementary classroom...
Lego is such a brilliant toy! Teachers often use it to teach maths and so it’s also an excellent way to teach rhythm and notation with these lego beats music manipulatives. How To Use Lego Music Manipulatives Younger children find the chunky ‘Duplo’ easier to manage so it’s best to start off […]
The Montessori method of education teaches reading and writing by isolating each sound/symbol and allowing the child to manipulate them herself through the movable alphabet. So why would we teach …
Five fun and action-filled circle games to practice rhythm, pitch, and more with your elementary music students.
LOADS of Dr. Seuss activities inspired by Dr. Seuss books! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and even older kids!! Includes math, science, language, crafts, and food!! Use it to plan a unit, lesson, or party!!
Try using rhythm games in your music classroom with these sets of rhythmic notation cards
Here's a list of fun activities you can do with preschool and kindergarten using rhythm sticks!
Here's a list of fun activities you can do with preschool and kindergarten using rhythm sticks!
This musical scale activity is easy to provide with mason jars. The activity will engage listening skills and fine motor skills, while providing sensory play.
These Halloween rhythm color by notes are perfect for the general music classroom! With multiple options for differentiation these can be used by all grade levels! Set 1: Quarter Note, Eighth Note Pairs, Half Note and Quarter Rest Set 2: Quarter Notes, Eighth Note Pairs, Sixteenth Note Sets, Half Note and Quarter Rest Set 3: Quarter Note, Eighth Note Pairs, Whole Note, Whole Rest and Quarter Rest Uses: Early Finishers Assessment Review The Sub Tub Centers
In this STEM activity, kids make their own musical instrument- a straw pan flute! They can even create their own songs and record them on the free printable recording sheet!
DIY Rhythm Dice: how I made the dice, how I use them in my classroom, and the FREE resources that I've made to go with them.
Here are some fun and simple music games for kids, that are also educational. Play them at home or in class.
Do you know what is perfect for a rainy day? A playdate? Any sick day? Or a just-about-an-anything day? Homemade musical instruments! If you're not sure what to do with those little ones, making a homemade musical instrument band is the answer! There is so much fun to be had and amazing memories to be
By now you know how much I love to use props in the music room. Lately I’ve been experimenting with the parachute. I’m sure I’ll discover lot’s of new ways to use it in my classroom as I “kid” test the activities. So, I came up with ten musical parachute activities for the music classroom. […]
Make your own homemade musical instrument with this easy wayter xylophone. This is the easiest instrument you can make with kids. Make it rainbow, too!
If you're starting centers in elementary music class, then you may need some ideas. These are my favorite rhythm centers for general music!
Kids will have fun learning about musical instruments with this fun, hands-on activity using FREE Playdough Mats. Play doh Mats for kids!
Free printable Bible lesson for kids on the book of Psalms. Ideal for home or church use. Coloring pages, worksheets, Bible crafts, games, study guide and much more.
Movement lessons your fourth and fifth grade music students will want to do. These are simple & easy lessons for elementary music class.
Try these fun music and movement songs and activities for preschoolers at home or in the classroom. Fall, Spring and other activities themed to the season
Easy guide to making paper cup drums in 5 minutes or less. This is an ideal and fun craft for toddlers and preschoolers.
Pass the Shoe is a fantastic song for practicing steady beat in the elementary music classroom. It's a short song with a catchy tune, making it easy for students to internalize. The accompanying game can be modified in multiple ways to fit nearly any age group and skill level.
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Learn how to practice rhythms with this budget-friendly and fun rhythm game in your elementary music classroom.
Unique Free Music Worksheets Stock. Free interactive exercises to practice online or download as pdf
Kindergarten students love using instruments! Here are 5 tried and true rhythm activities to get your little ones engaged in music class.
...enhanced learning through tactile means. Here are a few of the most frequently used music manipulatives in my elementary classroom...
