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Music Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- Using rhythm instruments with a story!
- Valentine Rap game
- Listen, Listen for a clue
- A reinforcer between lessons
- Hokey Pokey with Shapes
- Music Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- Drama Class {Halloween night}
- Alphabet Soup
- "We're Just Like Crayons" by Stephen Fite is the centerpiece for this diversity lesson
- This lesson teaches accents using The Russian Dance from "The Nutcracker"
- This lesson involves squishy balls, keeping a steady beat and Edvard Grieg'sPeer Gynt Suite
- Here's a Back To School activity to learn each others' Names to Music
- In this "Teacher May I" game, students take steps relating to note value, beat, rhythm, etc.
- This lesson compares money and note values
- This language arts/music lesson uses instruments to add tone color to literature (features the "og" sound)
- These are multidisciplinary election lesson ideas
- Using the "B-I-N-G-O" tune, students learn "A-E-I-O-U" here
- Put your students in the driver's seat with this 'Bus Driver' flashcard idea
- This is an Ode to Thanksgiving Poem Song which can be expanded as a writing activity
- This Vivaldi's "Spring" lesson correlates music with weather and history
- "On the first day of Christmas, my parents gave to me __" involves spelling, ordinal numbers, and memory practice
- This is a cute song or fingerplay about apples
- In this idea the class plays Hide and Seek to "Where is Thumbkin?"
- Here's a good idea to get students to "Sing themselves into Group Time"
- This lesson is on distinguishing between Same or Different Sounds
- Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
- Here are several Multidisciplinary ideas for teaching about Old Rock 'N Roll
- Here music symbols are turned into characters the kids will remember
- This is an excellent "draw what you hear" lesson
- A lesson on Rhythm called "Moving Like Waves"
- This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
- This is an active Four-Corners Musical Instrument Family game
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- Another Math lesson on patterns integrating Music
- Students play "Hot Potato" with a tempo and beat in this filler activity idea
- This is a lesson on meter
- Using a jump rope rhyme is an effective idea to teach note values
- This multidisciplinary lesson centers on cookies and the letter "C"
- Here is a review day or substitute teacher activity idea
- Here is a filler from a music teacher
- This outdoor idea combines sidewalk chalk with music symbols
- This is an African-American music history awareness lesson
- Here are some songs appropriate for Back To School time
- These percussion activities help dyslexic children identify rhythm patterns in written text
- "Where in the World is Mr. Maraca?" is a quarter-long exploration of world music
- This is a music rhythm filler activity
- Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
- Here are some simple songs for learning about and celebrating Cinco de Mayo
- This musical idea uses popsicle sticks to create a piece and keep the peace
- This is a fun way to learn math using the song, "Who Stole the Cookies"
- In this musical chairs idea, students sit when they hear the "magical" pattern rhythm
- "Peter and the Wolf" introduces orchestra instruments in this lesson
- Here is a Veteran's Day Thank You Song plus other activities
- Here is a fun Thanksgiving lesson plan called Musical Turkeys
- Here's an idea for Shape "Hokey Pokey"
- Click here to read, write, sing, estimate, graph, and eat apples
- This lesson connects melody, pitch, and rhyming words "Down by the Bay"
- Although not a lesson plan, this collection of Halloween Songs are great for teaching Halloween Safety
- This 4/4 rhythm activity is a good introduction to canon and part-singing
- This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"
- Students have a "Musical Easter" by playing notes marked on eggs
- Dance your way into learning about Earth Day with the book "Earth Dance"
- This tasteful idea uses Kit-Kats to teach 8th notes
- Here's a lesson idea to use for teaching shapes (and colors) to music
- Young students will love this "Clap Your Hands, Make a Pretty Motion" to an ABA beat activity
- To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"
- Here is an idea to use songsheets to display student artwork as well as singing skills
- This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
- Here is a little musical introduction song game idea
- This brief idea suggests teaching Beethoven'sOde to Joyduring the Olympics
- "I'm a Little Cupid" is the centerpiece of this Valentine's Day musical activity
- Engine, Engine, Number 9, this "Tempo Train" lesson helps you keep time
- This is a music lesson on dynamics
- This is a great staccato lesson
- In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
- The dynamics in the William Tell Overture are the focus of this lesson plan
- This lesson is on Musical Rhythm and Patterns
- Here is a music lesson plan using games
- This lesson appropriately uses Lego blocks to illustrate note rhythms
- "Musical Twister" is game idea for reviewing the names and symbols of notes and rests
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- This lesson idea is called "Fly Butterfly, Fly" and involves Dramatic Student Movement to music by Chopin
- This idea involves Learning to Dress with Song
- Students create a rainstorm with this dynamics idea
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- This is a quick lining up song idea
- It's "Peanut Butter Jelly Rhythm Time" up in here...
- Teaching rhythms is a "cakewalk" with this activity
- This classroom instrument idea reinforces the use of auditory cues
- This Music Lesson/Game is on Body Rhythm
- "Let's Give a Medal to Mama" is a medal presentation idea complete with a song
- You can use these adapted song lyrics for a Veteran's Day March
- Young students make and decorate bean-filled coffee can shaker instruments here
- This is a Rain Forest song
- This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right...
- Here are some sound awareness activity ideas
- This idea uses a calming and personal approach to teach parts of the body, colors, shapes, and listening
- A Math lesson on patterns that integrates Music
- This sound story for "Danny and the Dinosaur" combines language arts with music
- A Class Management technique for getting students to Line Up appropriately and also teach the Staff
- A fun way to learn Shapes - sing Hokey Pokey with Shapes instead of body parts
- "Name Game with a Beat" is a musical version of a previous name learning activity
- This Bean Bag game idea deals with the Names of Musical Notes
- This is an idea for a game called Match The Sound
- Here's a filler idea for Music called "Freeze Dance"
- A giant keyboard is "key" to this "note" worthy idea
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- Here are song lyrics for a Veteran's Day assembly
- This lesson teaches finger movements for Spanish flamenco castanets
- Here are 2 brief ideas for teaching Note Values / Lengths
- "Go Fish" is used to help teach Musical Notes in this brief lesson
- After readingA Color of His Own, students act out who-what-where-when inslowdance moves in this delightful lesson
- "Onomatopoeia Rita" is an active percussion poem for kinesthetic and auditory learners
- Here's an outline of an introduction to band instruments lesson
- Here are a few good ideas using a floor staff to teach pitch/letter names
- This is a beginning ballet lesson idea
- This song idea helps with taking roll and learning classmate's names
- This is a game called Rhythm Baseball
- This Music lesson plan is on Easter Rhythms
- This is a "Jin - Gle - Bells" musical hot potato game
- This portion is on Rock Streaking
- Here students learn dynamic terminology and demonstrate the levels with their voices and bodies
- Here's an idea for Exploring Vocal Ranges using "Where Is Thumbkin?"
- A Music lesson on rhythm and rests
- Student art illustrates a patriotic song in this holiday slide show idea
- Here is an end-of-year music class idea: Sing around the Campfire
- A fun circle music game
- Here's an idea for creating Stuffed Musical Plates
- In this 2-session lesson, young children play percussion instruments softly and loudly while learning that pictures can represent sounds
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- This multimedia lesson teaches how to use key images and music to convey a theme in a personal photo story narrative
- "Nutty Notes," sequel to "Musical Munchies," is another notable and eatable lesson
- In "Munchy Music and Musical Money", students compose with M&Ms; and pennies
- Here is a fun instrument game to the song Baa Baa Black Sheep
- This is simply a song to use in your class for Flag Day, 4th of July, or other Patriotic times
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- This lesson helps young children match pitch
- These songs are good to use at the end of the school year
- This idea uses Slinky toys to identify long and short notes
- This lesson idea uses the Alphabet song to teach Scale
- This is a 4 Part Unit on Music and Emotions
- A lesson on opposites taught through Music
- Singing this song turns lining-up into a joyful activity
- This "Rhythm Pattern Game" uses M&Ms to help teach Notes and Rests
- This game idea is called "Find The Sound"
- A lesson on sound that incorporates music and literature (The Magic School Bus)
- This learning music concepts idea is called "Getting Warmer"
- "The Ebeneezer Scrooge Music Experience" is a delightfully clever idea for presenting Christmas music past, present, and future
- "Musical Math" deals with the Values of Musical Notes
- This lesson explores music and color and our feelings about each
- In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- This is lesson idea is for teaching the names of the Fingers using "Where Is Thumbkin?"
- A short Christmas activity on the song "Up On The Housetop"
- This is a transportation themed dramatic play activity centers plan
- This is a good art filler activity - Musical Chairs with Art at each chair
- "Scribble Music" is a great early year, break time or substitute plan
- Abstract art as a visual metaphor for modern music is the hypothesis explored here
- This "Math through Music" lesson encourages mental math and quantity analysis while educating students musically
- Speaking of "Bang-Splat-Ring," are they sounds or music? Click here to find out
- This is a multi-disciplinary lesson on "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and sequencing of events
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- This idea is called "Guess What the Song Is" and focuses on Rhythm and Beat
- This idea uses several twister games to teach notes or rhythm patterns
- This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
- This lesson is on Music Reading and is called "Ducky Rhythms"
- This is an integrated Aboriginal Dot Painting lesson plan
- A Language Arts lesson using Music on beginning, middle, & end
- Children "skate" to the meter of waltz music in this cold weather idea
- Here students create and draw onomatopoeia sounds with instruments and "The Listening Walk"
- A great lesson idea on teaching the Staff, using Twister
- Here is a collection of about 10 brief music lesson plans
- This idea uses hide-and-seek to teach dynamics
- This lesson is on Ascending and Descending Scale and is great for use around Halloween
- Here is an instrument activity with an apple theme
- This note value idea is called "Whole Note Pizza"
- Topic: Sound... 3 lessons
- Human Composition
- Cookie Jar
