First grade music

Grab these free printable music worksheets for elementary age kids to learn the musical symbols, instruments, and introduction theory.

Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of

What if I told you Boomwhackers were the perfect instrument to teach your kindergarten and first grade students how to compose?! Beginning with only sol mi, students will use instruments and matching color dots to experiement with composing their first musical masterpieces! This post provides insights on how to scale this acitivity up and down, as well! Whether you use this as a center acitivity or small group work, your students will love pracitcing high/low pitch independently!

Looking for lesson ideas for the first day of music with Kindergarten through 2nd grade? This blog post is it!

Children need to move and as music teachers we can channel that energy to help them learn. In this post I’m sharing how to teach music concepts through movement activities for kindergarten and first grade. “Movement Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade” READ MORE

I've created a bundle of kindergarten and first grade lessons into PDF formats and made these available in my TeachersPayTeachers ...

Looking for a fun, simple introduction to music for kids? This free printable music booklet is a playful way to learn music theory.

Lots of craziness and excitment this week! We started our end of the year Ocean Animals unit, and I have been having so much fun! Hopefully the kids have been, too (oh, and learning some things as well, haha!)! We started the week off by learning about the five oceans--I feel old since I was only taught about four main oceans, you know, way back when there were nine planets...Anyways, I found this song on Proteacher last year and fancied it up a bit for our song book...I do not know the…

Complement your elementary music lessons, music centers and early finisher activities with these no prep worksheets! Perfect for first grade, second grade, third grade and sub plans, this elementary music packet consists of two weeks of work! A must have for your music classroom, music lesson plans and music teachers, these printable music activities are suitable also for music assessment. Music classroom activities for 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade music lesson for kids

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Teaching beat and rhythm begins in kindergarten, but teaching music notation can begin in first grade when they are learning more about what quarter and eighth notes look and sound like. In this post, I'll break down an effective, fun, and hands-on way to teach basic rhythms to your first graders in music class. (If you want to back up a few steps and begin with teaching rhythm in kindergarten, you can pop over to this blog post.)I'd been using a method like what I'm going to teach you for a…

Need a song for the first day of school in elementary music for second or third grade? I've got you covered with singing games they'll love!

@mrs.fraser.music on Instagram: "Another amazing first grade soloist! In Ms. Juliano's class, a singer leads the class in our poem about our singing voice and shows off some awesome rhythmic clapping. I love hearing their precious voices, don't you? #mrsfrasermusic #lynnfieldma #musicteacher #heroesamongus #elementarymusic #lynnfieldpublicschools #musiceducation #firstgrademusic #soloist"

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This is agreat activity for kindergarten to first grade, to introduce them to making music! This game allows you to encourage your child’s interest in music in a fun and entertaining way. How to: create symbols and denote the sounds they mean. For example, a star symbol means clap, a circle means stomp your feet, a triangle means hit the desk, and a square means snap your fingers. Then let the children display their music on the board while the others follow the notes to create the music!

Not sure what to do on the first day of school in elementary music for kindergarten and first grade? Try these 4 lesson ideas!

Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.

Are you feeling a bit lost on where to start with your first-grade music lesson? Let's make things super simple with some fun and easy-to-follow guides, along with detailed lesson plans for music grade 1. The grade 1 music lesson plans curriculum explores core concepts like rhythm and beat lessons, pitch music lessons, and repetition. So get ready to make your music class fun, even if you don't have training and experience!