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This collection of songs is perfect for young musicians, with all notes color-coded and displayed on a large, easy-to-read sheet of music. The songs are also accompanied by lyrics, so kids can sing along as they play. Whether you're using piano, xylophone, or bells, this product has something for everyone! This eBook makes learning notes, rhythms and melodies easy - perfect for students of all ages. With graphic diagrams accompanying each song, kids can use this resource as a review tool before playing the tunes themselves. Plus, all songs come with MP3 files for easy listening. Get ready to experience music education like never before with the Peanut Butter and Jelly for Piano Songbook! Book Design Features: The interactive eBook includes a variety of features to make learning notes, rhythms, and melodies easy and fun for students of all ages. Some of the interactive features include: ⭐ Easy-to-read 50 popular children's songs ⭐ Color-coded notes and big notation make learning fun and easy ⭐ Piano diagrams accompany each song for a richer learning experience ⭐ Comes with MP3 files for easy practice sessions Songs Included in the Songbook This collection includes 50 popular songs that are perfect for young learners. Here are just a few of the songs you'll find in this eBook: ⭐ Daisy Chain ⭐ Engine, Engine, Number Nine ⭐ Hot Cross Buns ⭐ Ring Around the Rosy ⭐ Jingle Bells (Christmas) ⭐ King’s Land ⭐ Ode to Joy ⭐ Acka Backa ⭐ Bye, Baby Bunting ⭐ The Farmer in the Dell ⭐ The Mill Song ⭐ Go Tell Aunt Rhody ⭐ Doggie, Doggie ⭐ The Celebrated Chop Waltz ⭐ All Around the Buttercup ⭐ It’s Raining! It’s Pouring! ⭐ Sammy Sackett ⭐ Old Mister Rabbit ⭐ Trick or Treat (Halloween) ⭐ Au Clair de la Lune ⭐ When the Saints Go Marching In ⭐ Row, Row, Row Your Boat ⭐ Morning Bells ⭐ In and Out ⭐ Mr. Frog ⭐ Ten Little Indians ⭐ Animal Song ⭐ Pease Porridge Hot ⭐ Bell Horses ⭐ Star Light, Start Bright ⭐ Jack and Jill ⭐ Paddy Doyle’s Boots ⭐ London Bridge Is Falling Down ⭐ Mouse, Mousie ⭐ Dog and Cat ⭐ Turkey Gobbler ⭐ Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty ⭐ Poor Little Kitty Puss ⭐ Lucy Locket ⭐ Kitty White ⭐ Great Big House ⭐ Down Came A Lady ⭐ Cotton Eye Joe ⭐ Closet Key ⭐ Apple Tree ⭐ Sea Shell ⭐ Turkey Time ⭐ Frosty Weather ⭐ Burnie Bee ⭐ Bee, Bee, Bumblebee Included in the Product When you purchase the Peanut Butter and Jelly for Piano songbook, you'll receive the following: ✅ eBook (PDF) ✅ Audio Files Whether they're using it for plucking a piano or banging on a boomwhacker, our product is suitable for any treble clef instrument – recorder, flute, glockenspiel, handbells, hand chimes or Orff instruments are just some of them! ╰┈➤ Perfect for classrooms or homeschooling students of every age group – join us on a journey full of lively energy and music education built to last a lifetime. Make the most out of your music lessons today with Music Peanut Butter and Jelly for Piano!
Free Music Theory Lapbook I wanted to do a lapbook on instruments and their families, which is available already on-line here (LINK), thank goodness. We’re doing that today, as a recap of wh…
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Roll-A-Rhythm Music Game Your music students will have fun playing this rhythm reading dice game! Give students 1 of the 8 Roll-A-Rhythm game cards (laminate or put in a plastic pouch to make the cards reusable). Each player rolls two dice. Match the number on the dice with the number for each box on the card. Clap the rhythm in the box. If rhythm is clapped correctly, that player gets a point. This set includes 8 different Roll-A-Rhythm cards, for differentiation and so they can be used for multiple grade levels. The Roll-A-Rhythm cards range in difficulty from easy to challenging, and include specific rhythmic concepts on each card for scaffolding. A variety of rhythms and note durations are included, such as: quarter notes and rests half notes and rests whole notes and rests eighth notes sixteenth notes dotted quarter notes and rests dotted half notes and rests This is a fun, engaging and hands-on way for students to develop and strengthen their musical skills through play, collaboration and games! With differentiated levels and rhythmic concepts included, this is a must-have resource for any general music teacher! You may also be interested in: Rhythm Cards - The GROWING Bundle (includes ALL rhythm sets at a discounted price) Rhythm Cards – Set #1 (Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests) Rhythm Cards – Set #2 (Eighth Notes, Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests) Rhythm Cards – Set #3 (Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, Half Notes) Rhythm Cards - Set #4 (Eighth Notes, Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, Half Note) Rhythm Cards - Set #5 (Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, Eighth Notes, Sixteenth Notes) Want more classroom tips, tricks & ideas? Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram Follow me on TikTok Follow me on Pinterest Follow me on TPT If you like this product, please leave feedback! You will receive TPT credits that can be used on future purchases!
A music symbols chart with a design focus! The stylish checkered design will look great on your music classroom or music room wall. Music reference chart meets wall art! A great gift for any music educator or musician.
Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup beating the bongo here! Let's talk about drumming with Pre-K and K children! You don't have to be a...
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The elements of music can be seen as being the building blocks of music. Without them, music (of any style/age) would not exist because sound itself would
Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe Give your students a treat with Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe. Go head-to-head with your student or put two of your students against each other with this classic tic-tac-toe game. It is great for a quick lesson filler, a lesson incentive, or to pass along in group lessons for 2 students to take turns playing. What’s included in this Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe game- 1 wooden tic-tac-toe board- 10 acrylic tic-tac-toe game pieces (2 different rhythms) DimensionsWooden tic-tac-toe board: 4.5 x 5.5 inches. Notes are made from acrylic and approximately 1 inchRhythm Tic-Tac-Toe game piecesYou can select two different note values for your personal rhythm tic-tac-toe game. Choose from half notes, quarter notes, double eighth notes, single eight notes, and double sixteenth notes.How to play Rhythm Tic-Tac-ToeAlmost everyone knows how to play a classic tic-tac-toe game. In this Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe game, there is a special musical touch, but it is played the same as any tic-tac-toe game. Competing players will play eighth against quarter notes to see who can get three in a row first. Bring the Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe game into your weekly music lessons. Put on some music to play in the background while you and a student play a few rounds of Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe. Use Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe as a lesson incentive. Every time your student plays a scale, chord, or other exercise, allow them to play a token on the tic-tac-toe board. You can use the RhythmTic-Tac-Toe game as a reward for a practice challenge, sight-reading challenge, or other musical challenge. If your student loves rewards and games, then the Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe can aid you in motivating your student. Or, just have fun and play a round or two of Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe for a mental break! Additional Game Idea: Clap rhythms for three in a row (across, backwards and diagonal) and have students pick up the pieces in order of the rhythms they hear. Rhythm dictation will be so fun too! 🎹 Your students will love this musical edition of tic-tac-toe. It will give them something easy to play during lessons and they’ll be asking to play it!
DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
This year I created a small project for us to work on to continue work on high vs. low. I really enjoyed this project because the students...
DIY Composition Manipulatives. Organized Chaos. easy rhythm cards made from foam sheets. great way to get students composing because each card matches the length of the note or rest and each note is a different color.
A free printable checklist to make sure your elementary music classroom is prepared and organized for back to school.
What do you do when you cannot teach music in your room? Check out my tips for lesson ideas when you are traveling to other people's rooms.
This collection of ukulele chord diagrams is the third set of free images I've shared. You can use these chord diagrams in your worksheets, presentation-style documents, Word documents, and Google Docs.
This article explores the most common rhythm syllable systems used in elementary music classrooms today and works through pros and cons for each method.
Let me preface this post by saying that I have a son. And let me also say that I have a husband. Now, I'm sure you're all familiar with the phrase "men are from Mars, women are from Venus?" Yep, I agree. With having a son and a daughter I am more and more aware of this. My school is also spending some of professional development time on the difference between girl and boys learners. Really interesting, fascinating and will change the way you teach. We've had Kelley King in for P.D. this year. Really great stuff, if you get a chance look it up! But back to the post. I'm sure you have kids in your classrooms that either have access to iPads/iPods and/or own one at home. We have two. Joy. Really, they are amazing tools but I have to say that my son and husband are over-the-top with them. I've had to do many an intervention on them. It's not fun and it's not pretty. It's kind of the one thing that I'm dreading about summer. But I digress. One of the games you've all heared about is Angry Birds. In fact, I created a vocal exploration ppt for it. (download here!!). Well, since I created that powerpoint I was trying to wrap my brain around how I could bring Angry Birds to life in my classroom. See, I have a special needs students (one in particular with Asphergers) who LOVES Angry Birds and that little bit of buy in from him can SAVE me in a class period if he's "off." Well, like all of us do (or not), I was laying in bed the other night, unable to sleep, and it dawned on me how to make this "real". First of all, I bought these really AWESOME balls on a whim from Oriental Trading (which, sad to report, I can't find any more. I bought them right before Easter so they must have been seasonal). I will update this blog post tomorrow with a picture of them. Basically, they are the size of a handball and have "bird" faces on them. They came as a set os 6 with two green, two blue & two purple. The kids loved them and we also used them for vocal exploration (tossing them up and following them as they "flew" and bounced in the room). Next, I had purchased foam squares for an activity that I saw at a workshop (and that I also have used for music hopscotch, a blog post that's yet to happent). Using four blocks, I created cubes that were open on two sides. Then, using my rhythm blocks, my first graders reviewed the rhythm to "All Around the Buttercup": Then, I would let two kiddos come up at a time. Just like the Angry Birds game, they had a set number of birds to use: 3. If, after tossing (UNDERHAND) three birds, they did not knock a block off I let them use their hands to knock one down. So, as a result, two beats were taken away each time. You can see the progression of the blocks being hit off: This continued until all blocks, including the two below, were knocked off. It did take a while, but it was a VERY active and engaging activity and with just under 3 weeks of school left anything that is engaging, active and still practicing/reviewing our grade level concepts is GREAT! My second graders had a different take on it. My first graders were very careful to only hit the blocks down. Now, second graders, have more experience and know that in the "real" Angry Birds game the structures can also be knocked down. See how they "embraced" that concept below:
In the past, I have posted about my Boomwhacker storage, but have acquire many more sets since then. Here is a look at my prev...
15 Fun Videos for Music Class. Organized Chaos Music. Engaging music-related school-appropriate short YouTube videos to show in elementary and middle school music class.
I am soooooo excited about the music staff in my hallway at school. The caption is "Each of us a single note, together we create a mast...
This set comes with SEVEN beautifully crafted pages of different environments with many animals in each picture. This set is designed so that instructors/teachers/music therapists/music teachers can have a fun "I-spy" activity. This set is IDEAL for telehealth as the images can be screenshared, but can also be used in person. Also included in this set is instructions for just ONE of the many ways you utilize these images. ADDITIONALLY a melody and chords that can be harnessed if using in music class or a music session is included along with a MP3 recording of a way to sing and present the music.
A Music Fortune Teller is a great way to review musical concepts learned. If you have forgotten how to play, here is a link that describes in detail how ..
My kinders are starting to learn about long and short sounds. This is the last thing I need to teach for analysis this year. We have already learned about high vs. low, fast vs. slow, and loud vs. soft. To learn about long and short I like to use the patterns tiptoe, walk, and jump. Tip-toe represents the two shortest sounds as it gets two sounds in the beat. Walk represents the one beat sound, and jump represents the longest sound (two beats). Jump, jumps from one beat to another. In order to practice this I normally have students jumping, tiptoeing and walking by their chairs for several days. Then I give them symbols to represent the three actions: two small dots for tip-toe, one short line for walk, and an upside down U for jump. I have students create their own patterns on the board with these symbols and we perform the actions together as a class. This year I created a mini-composition for all the kids to work on, so EVERYONE gets a chance to create their own long and short patterns. There are only a few rules to their compositions. They have to create two lines of four beat patterns. (This means that the two dots of tip-toe must go together in a beat. You cannot separate them!) Jump has to take up two beats and you can only put a jump to beats 1 and 2, 2 and 3, or 3 and 4. (Otherwise you jump off the edge!) It is much easier to explain all of this visually to my kinders and they had no problem understanding what they needed to do. Today, all my kinders created their own compositions and performed them for their classmates. Here are some pictures of finished compositions! If you would like to use this composition in your own classroom, this is a forever freebie in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store and you can find it HERE. Please leave a rating and feedback if you use it, but please remember that it is free and nothing fancy by any means. Just something cute and simple! (Click the follow me link, if you haven't already, to be updated on all my future products and told about my special followers only deals.) That's all for now!
This color coded set of rhythm cards sorts them into different note values. Cards include quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes, sixteenth notes, quarter rests, half rests, and whole rests. I use these everyday in my classroom for warm ups. String them together to make more complex rhythms, or let students compose with them. Just print them out and laminate and you're ready to go! If you like these you might like these beginning sight reading cards too! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Cards-Beginning-Sight-Reading-Sol-La-Mi-2179146 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Music-Cards-Beginning-Sight-Reading-Sol-Mi-Do-2179184
Lauren teaches piano lessons to students of any age. She also created the comprehensive music workbooks series, Ready for Theory.
2 sheets of sight reading exercises for beginner grade piano students. The exercises use C Major 5 finger position and Middle C position. The sheet of C Major 5 finger position exercises are comparable to the standard required in a TCL Initial grade piano exam. TERMS OF USE: © Yvonne Johnson Music. All Rights Reserved Free downloads are intended for your own personal, non-commercial use or for use with students in your private studio or classroom. You may not sell, resell, distribute as your own, share or upload to the internet any sheet music either purchased or available as a free download. The copyright of all music, paid or free is owned by Yvonne Johnson Music
So we’ve decided what we want to teach . We’ve chosen our musical materials . Now it’s time to plug it all in. Today I’m sharing how I’ve planned the first month of Kindergarten.
I’ve always loved music and played piano from a very young age. I’m also excited to have enrolled Possum in a Mini Maestro program for the first term of 2013. I can’t wait to see what instruments they have the kids play. Here is a great activity you can do with your school aged children. The great […]
We all know that we should be hearing our students play individually as frequently as possible. Learn how to use lanyards in band to accomplish this!
This teacher resource and lesson guide is geared for new music teachers in Ontario, or those without a music education. Learn exactly what the element of Duration covers, what rhythm is, how to read it in music, and how to teach students to copy, read, and write rhythms. Designed by an Ontario music teacher for the Ontario Music Curriculum, grades 4-8, examples are diverse and relevant to students Included: 20+ pages PDF teacher guide lesson ideas and activities 10+ Google Slides with listening and video examples over 20 pages of printables This is the second resource in my "New Music Teacher Survival" line to help teachers (especially those with no music experience) be able to deliver quality lessons on the six required elements of music for each grade. Each element will be broken down into the different aspects listed in the Ontario Music Curriculum and will also be available as a growing bundle: 1. Duration beat rhythm tempo 2. Pitch pitch melody scale/interval 3. Expression dynamics articulation 4. Timbre instrument families ensembles 5. Texture monophony/homophony/polyphony chords & progressions 6. Form all form types As well, there are other resources in my store on specifically teaching the elements: Elements Dictionary Analyze a Song from the Year I was Born Grades 4-6 Elements Game Grades 7-8 "Jeopardy" style Game Need to learn more about what the elements of music are? Check out my blog post! Want to receive a free resource to help with long range planning of the elements of music in Ontario? Please send me free stuff!
If you are over constant assessments but little retention, squeaking on the low end, overblowing, and kids saying they "don't know how it goes", then this is for you! This recorder method will not only eliminate some of the biggest issues in recorder teaching, but it will incorporate the knowledge your kids already have. Don't start at the beginning. Start with what they KNOW. Using solfege and rhythm syllables, your kids will apply their knowledge to reading music faster. Teaching letters first is completely abstract. They aren't 'alphabetical' -- do we really ever go BAG in real life? No! So when you try to learn a fingering and with a letter that isn't in order, that can be very frustrating! Teach by previous knowledge and add the note name after the fingering is comfortable! Download the preview to see the full teacher and student books. Check out the The Kodaly-Aspiring Recorder Method Mega Bundle! ******************* REVIEWS ARE IN! The Kodaly-Aspiring Recorder is just what you need to get out of the recorder blues! "LOVE this resource!! I used it last year with my beginning recorder students and they easily picked up on reading and playing music." "I am so excited to start using this resource with my fourth graders this year! I think this method will fit my teaching style much better than Recorder Karate was, and I love that there are so many songs to practice each concept!" "I've been looking for something to push the students further than Recorder Karate!! Thank you!" ******************* How this recorder method works: It seems like there is always one. There is that one student that can’t play the recorder pieces because they can’t hear how it is ‘supposed to sound’. They are frustrated, and you are frustrated with them. This method uses what they already know: solfege and rhythm syllables. Focusing on the introduction of the fingering instead of the note name helps students understand by using a known concept instead of the idea of note names which can be very abstract for some kids. This system lends itself well to a ‘belt’ system too if you wish. Each belt would be at the completion of a concept/set of concepts. Some concepts are grouped together, others appear separate. The rhythmic concepts are not emphasized in this system, however, the first few are introduced with the solfege to review. Some rhythmic elements are not introduced in sequence to ensure that folk songs deal with only the solfege elements that have been introduced already. All solfege elements are practiced with 5 songs, rhythmic elements do not always have 5. Before students play each song, make sure they have been introduced to every concept in the song. I’ve included other musical elements such as repeats, anacrusis, ties, rounds, and time signature changes. Many of these do not happen until the later concepts when the children are more comfortable with the mechanics. Some rhythm elements are also meant to be returned to due to difficulty of solfege concept. In addition to being relatable concepts, this system also relies on widely known folk songs. This is also to help those kids that just need to hear it to play it as a beginner. Students can still practice at home once they have sung the songs in class but this must occur before they bring it home to practice. This method doesn’t deal with moveable do, or key signatures so that students can truly relate the solfege they know to the notes they are playing. Due to Do being fixed at C, low la and low sol do not appear but will be introduced in level 2 of the series when key changes and chromatics are introduced. If you’ve prepped them that do moves with other activities, it won’t be an issue later on if you don’t get to level 2. Also, if you work in a district that utilizes fixed do in upper choral classes, they’ll have an advantage! Fingering charts do not include the letter names, but rather, a line for kids to write it in once they have learned it. Includes: Teacher Manual Student Book Classroom Posters for recorder fingerings with solfege. (3 print options with and without letter names) See them here: Solfege Recorder Fingering Posters Does not include Practice Set Slideshows Worksheets ****Read more about the curriculum here: Kodaly Recorder Blog Post Download the preview to see the Teacher Manual and the Student Book. Kodaly Concepts Covered in the following order: Sol/Mi & Ta/Ti-Ti (So/Mi option included) La & Ta Rest Do & Half Note Re Tika-Tika Ti Rest & Ti-Tika Tika-Ti Ti (Single Eighth Note) High Do & Split Ti-Ti Fa Syncopa Tam Ti Ti Tam Ti Half Rest & Tim-ka More for The Kodaly Aspiring Recorder Check out the sample pack of the Kodály-Aspiring Recorder Kodaly Recorder Mega Bundle All Kodaly-Aspiring Recorder Files ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Melissa Stouffer, Mrs. Stouffer's Music Room Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product. ___________________________________________________________________ Love the Kodaly recorder? Kodaly Method Folk Song Files ___________________________________________________________________ Check out some of my bestsellers Music Or Not 32 Weeks of Listening Kodaly Aspiring Recorder Method Mt. 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