Music classroom activities

These holiday music games and activities include everything you need for a successful holiday party or group lesson. Free games and resources included!

Check out this post for creative and exciting ways to add scarves into your music activities. Also, find some specific scarf music examples.

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I love when we have an Olympic year in music class. This is the second one we've celebrated since I began teaching, and we went all out! I started off by selecting 8 countries and then dividing each of my classes into 4 teams (I have 4 risers, so each riser was a team). Students in grades 4-6 participated, so there ended up being one grade level each on every team. Each day, students competed in a different Olympic event. The events we competed in were the ski jump, speed skating, curling…

Hannah Zimmermann on Instagram: "A Mouse Lives in a Little Whole - movement activity I’ve just discovered this song by Lynn Kleiner this year and absolutely love it! In kindergarten, we do a lot with movement exploration and a lot of animal themed days - so this is a perfect addition. The movement in this video was largely inspired by ThatMusicMakers on YouTube. Would you do this with your students? #elementarymusiceducation #elementarymusic #elementarymusicteacher #elementary music rocks…

Here’s 10 ways to use a parachute in the music classroom. Activities will help students learn and practice music concepts. Parachutes can be used for so many fun activities in the music room. I’ve discovered that they are especially helpful during the latter part of the school year when students are more “squiggly” than ever! […]

I love using body percussion in my music classroom. It's an effective way to TEACH Beat too. So, here are my easy body percussion activities.