It’s Springtime…let’s sing songs about rain for kids. Springtime is for rain, thunderstorms, flowers blooming, and even more rain. There are so many fun songs and activities that kids will enjoy learning. In this post, I am sharing some of my absolute favorites. As well as learning the songs with the motions, kids can add […]
Category: ELEMENTARY MUSIC BLOG
This elementary music education blog will give you ideas to implement in your classroom. Whether you’re just starting out in your teaching career or you’ve been teaching several years, you’ll find many ideas to inspire you each week.
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Music and Science Integration Ideas for Kids
These are ways you can go about integrating music into science. These ideas for kids are simple yet effective. Student’s are using music in science every day without even realizing it. Music helps student’s retain what they are learning and makes science come to life. In this blog post (and this podcast episode 98), I’ll […]
3 Songs to Celebrate Mardi Gras with Kids
Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, is a big celebration where there are parades, music, tons of eating, and costumes. I wanted to share 3 songs to celebrate Mardi Gras with kids that are so fun to learn. These songs are not only perfect to use during a Mardi Gras celebration, but are great […]
Music and Math Integration Ideas for Kids
There are so many great ideas for integrating music into math for elementary students. Music helps children retain math concepts and with memorizing math facts. In this blog post (and podcast episode 96) I’ll show you how you can easily integrate math with music. Math Facts When children learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, […]
“To Meet Mr. Lincoln” President’s Day Music and Speech Activity
President’s Day is in February, so to celebrate I wanted to teach one of my all time favorite poems. “To Meet Mr. Lincoln” is a President’s Day activity that sets a great poem to music. Any poem or speech piece can be made musical by simply saying it as a rap, adding body percussion or […]
5 Fun Loving Valentine’s Day Songs for Kids
These 5 fun loving Valentine’s Day songs for kids are enjoyable to sing along to. Not only are they fun to sing, but the activities, body motions, and instrument parts that go along with each song help children learn about music while having a great time doing it! Children will listen to the song and […]
Music Speaks Autism
For some autistic children, participating in a music class can be overwhelming. Every child is a unique individual and will have different learning styles, but all children can benefit greatly from learning music. Music definitely speaks to my high functioning autistic son, which I wrote about here, and watching how quickly he learns music […]
How to Encourage Learning in the Child who Hates Music Class
You may have wondered how to encourage learning in the unmotivated child in music. Have you asked this question many times? There is always that one child. The child who acts out or disrupts, says “I hate this”, or who just doesn’t try. It’s so frustrating when you just want to teach music and want […]
How to Integrate Music and Reading for Kids
Have you ever wondered how to go about integrating music into language arts or reading? Believe it or not, there are several ways to integrate music with reading. There are books about composers, famous singers and dancers, rhyming books, books about different genres and books about music from around the world. Reading to and with […]
5 Kidtastic Christmas Spotify Playlists
We love listening to and dancing along to music. There are so many great music stations to listen to, and our favorites are Christmas Spotify playlists. Your kids will love to dance and sing along to these festive and fun stations. I cannot tell you the number of times I push play, turn the music […]