Football Themed Elementary Music Lesson Activities

The Super Bowl is almost here and that means for many of our students, they have American football on the brain! Here are a few easy ways to tie in the theme of football in those days leading up to, or right after, the Super Bowl (or really any time during football season)!Rhythm Play-alongsThere are some really fun rhythm play-along videos with a...

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Who Has Seen the Wind?

There are some songs I use in my elementary music lessons that can be used for so many different music concepts that I end up using them in multiple lessons with multiple grade levels, and "Who Has Seen the Wind" is one of them! I can't say I use it in every grade every year- I think my older students' eyes would roll higher than the sky if I did that...

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Contemporary Palestinian Musicians

I'm always on the lookout for contemporary musicians from different cultures to share with my students, and I recently found myself down an online rabbit hole discovering several contemporary Palestinian musicians that are not only cool enough for my oldest students but have music videos and songs that are completely appropriate for elementary school...

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Music Teacher Planner

I love looking back through my planner over winter break before I take out the old weekly pages and add in the new ones starting in January, and as a music teacher who has found the perfect paper planner that works for me and uses it daily, I thought other teachers might like to see what it looks like when you truly use it for everything, every day!...

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