The Music Crew

A fantastic speech piece you can use to differentiate beat and rhythm using a basketball.

Doggie, Doggie is a fun guessing game that you can use with younger students to practice pitch (mi, so, la) or rhythm (quarter and barred eighth notes). You could also use it to sneakily asses your students’ pitch-matching skills.

Use this free listening map of Astor Piazzolla's Libertango to teach timbre to your elementary music students.

FREE concert band transposition chart. Use it as a cheat sheet or give to students as an aid when teaching concert pitch vs. key!

A fantastic lesson idea that encourages student choice for your next distance learning lesson.

A fun circle game for lower elementary music students using the song Bluebird Through My Window.

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Learn how to teach ternary form in elementary music using Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

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A fun FREE web-based mi-sol melodic dictation activity for kids! So easy a 1st grader can play! TV Tunes takes solfege review and turns it into a game for your music class. These Boom Cards work with Google Classroom and other educational platforms. They can also be printed as worksheets for a no-tech centers game for your lesson plans or for music sub plans. This solfa freebie is a great tool for online distance learning, and you can play on any device just by sending a link! #sillyomusic

I Wonder Where Maria's Gone is an easy folk dance for the elementary music classroom, with free digital visuals for students to follow along.

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Musical Instruments: 48 beautifully presented World Musical Instruments Posters. These bright and colorful Music Posters would be an excellent resource for your listening lessons and World Music unit.

A canon for the elementary music classroom called Who'll Buy My Roses. A short and catchy song for 3rd grade and above.

An easy partner song with Three Blind Mice and Frere Jacques in your elementary music classroom; full of movement ideas.