by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
This lesson shows the way to teach songs without background...
by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
Young children love songs! This lesson teaches how to use different songs to get your children’s attention during...
by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
This is a lesson in which multiple ways of saying ABC songs are demonstrated. Make Learning fun by singing them...
by Teach for Life | Apr 13, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This activity introduces students to the ideas of “timbre;” (sound qualities produced by different instruments), and volume. The teacher and students use sticks as percussion instruments, rubbing...
by Teach for Life | Apr 5, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Uses music to teach with pattern and sequencing while encouraging memorization and movement. The lesson uses familiar elements from the children’s environment, which broadens their social knowledge about...
by Teach for Life | Mar 10, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Here is a way to get each student to sing on their own so you can hear them. Young children can be shy or fearful about singing in front of others, but using a puppet can help overcome that. In this lesson,...
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas How to teach kids a new song or review an older song using visual aids and physical motions. Read Transcript A very good way to teach kids a new song, especially new, or to review one that you’ve done...
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Teaches kids a song using a simple pattern, repetition, color, and pictures. Students also take turns conducting, or leading the...
by Teach for Life | Feb 9, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas In this lesson the teacher uses a song to teach numbers, rhyming and moving to music. Read Transcript This is a, a song that we did for pirate day, and it just gets the kids kind of moving, but it also means...
by Teach for Life | Feb 8, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This lesson shows how a teacher teaches students to play a simple song on the xylophone. Using a song the students already know and have sung many times, the teacher explains and demonstrates how to play it,...
by Teach for Life | Jan 19, 2017
Steve Elmore | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This activity introduces children to classical music through movement and stories. Read Transcript This is an activity to, “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Grieg. It’s a way to introduce...
by Educator Partner | Jun 10, 2016
This video for children and toddlers teaches about different musical instrument sounds. The children see an image of each instrument and hear an example of the sound it makes. Instruments: Tuba, French Horn, Electric Guitar, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bell,...
by Educator Partner | Sep 16, 2014
This fun song about Beet and Cherry gives children a chance to practice simple rhythms by tapping and clapping along to the words and music . Read Transcript You made it! Great! I’m here having lunch with my friend beet, and my other friend cherry. Beet and cherry and...
by Educator Partner | Feb 4, 2014
“Clap Your Hands” is a fun action song that helps children learn to follow directions. It also teaches them the parts of the body. CONTACT: littlestorybug@gmail.com Read Transcript Hi. This is Miss. Tracey, and we are going to do an action song called:...
by Educator Partner | Oct 12, 2013
This fun sing-along song combines singing and movement and helps students learn about opposites. Read Transcript Class: “Open, shut them, open, shut them. Give a little clap, clap, clap. Open, shut them, open, shut them. Put them in your lap, lap, lap. Big then small,...
by Educator Partner | Oct 17, 2012
Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble work with a simple rhythm game. Read Transcript Listening, understanding, and responding to what is said is crucial to a child’s success in school. Songs that give...
by Educator Partner | Oct 2, 2012
This video discusses the benefits of music and movement for young children. Songs that feature actions and parts of the body not only help children learn left and right and develop fine motor skills, but also promote literacy...
