Lesson Plans
Lesson: Aliens and Cows and Questions – Oh My!
LeslieAnne Bird shares ways to add silly fun to your music classroom while experimenting with vocal improvisation and musical questions and answers.
Read MoreLesson: Body Percussion
Ollie Tunmer has some fun ideas using body percussion that can be used for virtual or in person learning.
Read MoreWebinar Replay: Distance Learning in a District
Roger Sams and music educators from St. Louis, Missouri share their process of planning as a team for the possibility of distance learning.
Read MoreWebinar Replay: Orff in an Online Format
Charissa Duncanson and BethAnn Hepburn share ideas to keep students actively creating music in an online format using Orff Schulwerk teaching process.
Read MoreElemental ‘Ukulele Lesson: Lavender’s Blue
Free preview lesson from Elemental ‘Ukulele by Roger Sams and Lorelei Batislaong
Read MoreLesson: Henry the Hungry Hound
Inspired by her children’s book Henry the Hungry Hound, Theresa Cocci shares a lesson plan designed to pair the message of kindness with the creation of an interactive musical experience.
Read MoreLesson: Coppernickel Goes Mondrian
Aimee Curtis Pfitzner shares a colorful lesson plan from her book, Painted Music, which uses children’s literature to explore connections between art and music.
Read MoreLesson: Straighten Up and Fly Right
Jennie Rozsa shares this fun movement activity designed to expose your young students to more jazz using a popular song by the Nat King Cole Trio.
Read MoreLesson Plan: Haru Ga Kita
Janice Boychuk shares a lesson from her childhood, Haru Ga Kita (Spring Has Come), which is a Japanese shôka (“school song” used to introduce Western music).
Read MoreLesson: Apples
Matthew Stensrud shows how you can use the theme of apples to guide children to experience, create, and compose a bushel of musical experiences for all of your K-5 general music classes.
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