Ireland: Musical Traditions is perfect for exploring the music and traditions of Ireland. It makes a great, informative addition to a St. Patrick’s Day lesson, or as part of a unit exploring music from around the world. Presentation Features: Ireland - geography and fun facts St. Patrick’s Day Traditional Irish Music Traditional Irish Instruments Irish Dancing Included in the packet: Colorful Presentation Black and White version to make student booklets 4 connected worksheets Booklet template Suggested links for examples of music, dancing, and some related activities PPT and PDF files Want some St. Patrick’s Day activities for your elementary students? Check out the St. Patrick’s Day Music Activities. For a variety of themed music worksheets.

These sleek and simple posters are designed to help students learn about the Elements of Music. Featuring 12 different musical elements, so that you can chose what to emphasise in your classroom, from primary through to secondary school: Tempo Dynamics Pitch Form Melody Harmony Pulse Texture Timbre Tonality Rhythm Duration This product file features: Zip File Landscape posters A4 size original document (8.3 x 11.7 inches) B&W and Color versions US and British spellings PNG and PDF formats

Musician of the Month - Diverse Musicians - featuring 22 musicians, is perfect for displaying and discussing diversity within the music industries. We’re passionate about reflecting all musicians, and this packet features a range of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and female contemporary musicians, among others, across classical, popular, and jazz music. Musicians featured in this resource packet: Adam Lambert Alex Newell Alma Deutscher Andrew Lloyd Webber Beyoncé Caroline Shaw Dolly Parton Elton John Esperanza Spalding Hans Zimmer Koji Kondo Lin-Manuel Miranda Lizzo Lucie Horsch Ludovico Einaudi Marin Alsop Nandi Bushell Nicola Benedetti Twoset Violin Wendy Carlos Wynton Marsalis Yo Yo Ma Perfect to be used as posters, or as a discussion point in a lesson. Included in the packet: 22 Musician Posters Listening suggestions with links PDF files Please note, while the listening suggestions might be OK to use in our classrooms, we always recommend you listen to them first, to make sure they are suitable for your classroom and school.

Winter Rhythm Composition Flashcards. Perfect for a Winter/Christmas rhythm activity. Featuring 18 different words/phrases, this pack is perfect for rhythm assessments of quarter and eighth notes, a center activity, or a fun composition lesson that is suitable for English Language Learners too. This pack includes cards with: Pictures only Pictures with words Words only Pictures with rhythms Words with rhythms Rhythms alone Students can match the rhythm to the picture or words, or create compositions using the rhythms. There is the option of having 6 cards per page, or 12, and features American and British terms where applicable. If you like our products, please follow our store, and don’t forget to leave a review. Happy music making!

Steel Pan 101 - a method specifically created for the popular Jumbie Jam one octave steel pans. This product includes 5 warm-ups, and some beginner tips for getting started. They are all based off of what I found successful in my classroom, with students aged 6-11. This is the first in a string of resources I’ll be creating for Jumbie Jam Pans, which will extend to a range of pieces (some with backing tracks), for differing levels of ability. This product comes in Power Point format, and PDF format, so you can present it, or print it out. It is also available in colour, or greyscale. Please, if you purchase and enjoy this product, rate my store. Thank you, and happy panning!

An original, upbeat Calypso-style piece for Jumbie Pan or Steel Pan players, using the notes G-D. This pack includes a colour and print-friendly version of Jolly Old Pans, in 5 differently notated options (including coloured notes in boomwhacker colours, and letters). It also includes 2 backing tracks with different tempos, which can be used during rehearsal and performance. File formats are MP3, PPT, and PDF. If interested in other pieces for Jumbie or Steel Pan, there are more pieces in the ‘Winter Festival’ collection. Please, support our store and product by purchasing directly from us, subscribing, and leaving a rating, thank you!

Carols for All Perfect for Winter/Christmas concerts. Carols for all features a selection of 8 pieces in the Key of F (or G or Eb), arranged to include any and all common school instruments, including brass, woodwind, strings, percussion, guitar, piano, recorder and ukulele. So, no matter which instrumentalists you have in your school or ensemble, they can all be included. The download includes the scores, and parts for all instruments. If you like this, please subscribe to our store, as we will have more music coming out for beginning and intermediate flexible ensembles. Enjoy!

Perfect for Winter, Christmas, or Seasonal concerts and performances! Winter Festival contains a selection of traditional holiday songs, and original compositions, for recorders. These pieces would also work for boomwhackers or hand bells. Pieces include: Jolly Old Pans Winter Chills Winter Calypso Jingle Swing Each piece comes with 2 backing tracks at different tempos, has the option of unison melody or 2-part, and is notated in several different ways to help different learners. File includes PDF, PPT and MP3. Please, if you like our products, purchase directly from us, and subscribe and review. Thank you for visiting our store!

Autumn/Fall Squirrel themed vocal explorations. Syril the Squirrel is trying to find acorns to store for the winter. Help Syril find them by following the arrow with your voice! Perfect for Primary and even Preschool children, these explorations are perfect to start a lesson, and are sure to bring some joy into exploring pitch in the autumn. Includes: 10 themed explorations 5 themed blank slides, for students to create their own (great when projected to a smart board/whiteboard/screen) 3 black and white worksheets for students to draw their own squirrel vocal explorations This product contains PDF and PPT documents.

Steel Pan 101 - an original curriculum for Jumbie Jam pans and Steel Pan. Whether you are new to pans, or in need of some fresh ideas, this curriculum is for you. After living and teaching in the Caribbean for several years, we have created Steel Pan 101- Level One, a complete guide to teaching the pans, with: 22 pieces, backing tracks, assessment rubrics, Learning Objective ‘I Can’ statements, Essential Questions, and Teacher Guidance Notes, to help other educators to teach the steel pan. With over 120 pages of material, this curriculum has a lot to offer. Written with the Jumbie Jam pans specifically in mind, Level One takes students through the first 5 notes of the pan, introducing a variety of rhythms and skills (including improvisation and harmony playing), through Caribbean inspired pieces. The Essential Questions and ‘I Can’ statements help to organize learning from the very beginning, while the rubric enables you to appropriately assess students at the end of the course. The teacher notes offer guidance on each piece, and on the concepts introduced during the curriculum, as well as further ideas on how to introduce them successfully. If you’re just getting started with the Jumbie Pans, this is a great place to begin. Check out the Jumbie Jam warm-ups for more ideas on getting started! This download contains PDF, PPTx, and MP3s. If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review!

Perfect for post-concert and end of term lessons! This Bingo sheet is the perfect accompaniment for Disney+ The Hip Hop Nutcracker, helping to keep students engaged throughout as they watch and look out for certain elements. If you like this, you may also like the Bingo sheet for the Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays. Please, follow our page to keep updated with our resources, and don’t forget to leave a review. Happy music-making!

Perfect for post-concert and end of term lessons! This Bingo sheet is the perfect accompaniment for Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays, helping to keep students engaged throughout as they watch and look out for certain elements. If you like this, you may also like the Bingo sheet for The Hip Hop Nutcracker. Please, follow our page to keep updated with our resources, and don’t forget to leave a review. Happy music-making!

St Patrick’s Day themed worksheets. Including: Rhythm assessment Rhythm composition Notation assessment St. Patrick’s themed composition manipulatives Connection between English and music with a traditional Irish song and poem 14 worksheets, in a variety of styles. Project idea: KS1: Create a composition using the St. Patrick’s Day manipulatives, and play it using body percussion/percussion instruments. KS2: After finding the words for the song or poem by filling in the missing letters, create music to help tell the story! This product contains a PDF document.

Heart Beat rhythm composition set. Referencing the beat/pulse of the music with hearts throughout, this set is perfect for use all year round, or for Valentine themed lessons. Including 3 different styles of worksheets, this is perfect for: Beginning composition Rhythm assessment Rhythm and beat manipulatives The cut-out manipulatives help students compose in a hands-on way. They are ideal for centres, and for exploring different rhythms that can be created. Have students create rhythms in small groups and practise playing them, then create a new rhythm! This product contains a PDF document of all of the elements included in the pack. If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review to get some Teachers Pay Teachers credits, and help others find our resources too!

Student-Centred Music Rubrics. Perfect for displaying on the walls of your classroom, or using in class as a tool to help learners understand where they are, and what they can do to achieve their next steps. It can be used as a tool for student self-assessment, or for teacher assessment. Comes with pre-created rubrics for Performance and Composition (K-2 and Grades 3-5), as well as completely editable Powerpoints for you to re-word or create new rubrics, to suit your classroom and teaching. Using these in lessons, I found students had a really good understanding of how they could move from ‘Beginning’, through to ‘Intermediate’ and ‘Advanced’. Students, particularly in Grades 3-5, were able to take further control of their learning and work, to help themselves achieve their goals. This document comes in PDF and PPT formats, with a color version, and a printer-friendly version.

These posters are designed to encourage students to self-regulate their behaviour in class. ‘We have a good time, but we don’t cross the line’ into silliness, disrespect, or whatever else is applicable in your room. Helping students to focus more on their responsibility in the classroom. This product file features: 5 designs Portrait and Landscape options A4 or A3 size (8.3 x 11.7 and 11.7 x 16.5 inches) PNG and PDF formats If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review to help others find our resources too!

Music Lessons for Nursery through to EYFS children, aged 18 months - 5 years. Whether just starting out, or looking for more resources, these themes, activities and lessons are perfect for either parent and child classes, or music classes in a nursery/preschool setting. The 90+ different activities will last you an entire term, or even more, alongside the 12 sample lessons, meaning less time spent planning. This packet focuses on the following themes: Farmyard Forest/Nature Ocean Food The approach in these nursery and preschool classes is to help develop the whole child in a musical way, developing an inner sense of steady beat, taking part in group activities, exploring their voices and using their bodies etc. The structure of the lessons and types of activities are inspired by my work teaching the Feierabend First Steps in Music curriculum. Not sure what to aim for in delivering nursery and preschool music classes? Have a look at my Nursery and Preschool Music Guidance Statements. Happy music-making!

Easter Rhythm Match - this chicken and eggs rhythm match game is a perfect addition to Easter lessons. Print and cut out the chicken and egg manipulatives, and you’ve got a hands-on rhythm game. Put different egg notes together to add up to the number of beats on the hen! Or, you can use the eggs to create compositions. Ideal for a class rhythm activity, or for centers. Extension idea: students try and play the rhythms using body percussion, or untuned percussion. Product Features: Black and white, or color versions of the hen Note value, note symbol, or time signature options 16 different musical note eggs - whole note, half note, dotted half-note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note, dotted eighth notes, triplets, and corresponding rests Product contains PDF files If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review to help others find our resources too!

A simple and clean poster to visually demonstrate basic music note values, in 2 different styles. The watermark is not present in the downloadable versions.

Offering an alternative, and hopefully more diverse holiday/winter/Christmas/December music playlist, for teachers and students, with a healthy inclusion of female composers, and composers/performers from diverse backgrounds and countries. Great for exposing students to some new music, with something for everyone of any age. Pieces are of a winter/Christmas/peace/religious/festivals/celebrations theme, so please note it isn’t all specifically ‘winter/Christmas’. Hopefully there will be some new pieces that you haven’t heard before! Can be used to listen to for pleasure, or as a guided listening or cultural activity. Includes some suggested ‘Guided Listening’ questions. Includes youtube links to suggested versions of the pieces - all links were working at time of posting, please let me know if this is no longer the case when you use it, and I will update. Please, follow our store, and don’t forget to leave a review! Happy music-making!