Treble Clef Kaboom // Centers Game for Primary Music

I always love to hear about other people’s best lessons and games. Mine? Kaboom. This is the game that students BEG me to play. We play Kaboom for every concept, including treble clef. This is such a fun game to practice treble clef notes in centers, for early finishers, teaching on a cart, and even during quiet music lessons. You could even leave it for a substitute as a sub plan for a non music sub.

How to play Kaboom!

Students take turns pulling out a card from a bucket or pile
Student reads the card or plays the pattern
If they are correct, they keep it. If they get it wrong, they put it back.
If a student gets kaboom, that student puts all of their cards back.
This means the game never ends, because eventually they get a Kaboom and put the cards back.

*Note: I have students close their eyes when they pull out a card so that they don’t cheat.

You can also listen and use it as an informal assessment for elementary music.

Includes natural, sharp, and flat cards. It also includes an answer key, which you can put into a folder to have students check their answers.

Includes:

Directions
12 treble clef cards (from middle C to high G)
12 sharp cards
12 flat cards
9 Kaboom cards
Answer key

Note: The answer key uses the American note names (A, B, etc), however the cards only have the notes on the staff, and can be used for absolute pitch as well.