Classical Music for Kids

 

BELOW IS A 3 HOUR VIDEO OF 

RELAXING MUSIC BY MOZART

September 2nd Grade

GOALS FOR TODAY'S LESSON

👉REVIEW DO RE MI AND SOLDIERS 

AND IF TIME MY FAVORITE THINGS

LESSON #2

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND

THE IMPORTANCE OF SINGING THIS SONG

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO

ON THE HISTORY OF OUR 

NATIONAL ANTHEM OF....

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

THE FOLLOWING IS A HANDOUT I CREATED

TO HELP THE STUDENTS PRACTICE 

"The Star Spangled Banner"

TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW RESPECT

TO OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

REMEMBER BACK STRAIGHT 

WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND ON YOUR HEART

TO SHOW RESPECT AND HONOR TO THE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TO PROTECT 

THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN

THE TRUMPET 

7 YEAR OLD PLAYS THE SONG

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

REMEMBER, WHEN YOU COME TO MUSIC

I WANT YOU TO BE A

ROCK STAR 

(ON THE FRONT BOARD IT SHOWS WHAT A ROCK STAR MEANS IN MUSIC.) IT BASICALLY MEANS TO BE

RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, AND SAFE

INSTRUMENT: GUITAR

GO AHEAD AND STOP VIDEO RIGHT AFTER THE SONG ENDS. 

10 YEAR OLD ROCK STAR

FIRST AUDITION

ROCK STAR

OLLY PEARSON

september friendship

INSTRUMENT UKULELE

a song about getting bullied

do you think a bully is a good friend?

what is a bully?

Instruments for week: 

TRUMPET and TROMBONE

TROMBONE EXAMPLE

TROMBONE OR TRUMPET?

Timmy Trumpet joins Oven Boy 

for a TODAY Show jam in Australia

FOR ALL GRADES

LET'S SEE WHO CAN 

KEEP UP SINGING ALONG

DO YOU REMEMBER

SINGING SOLDIERS

The following video is of a...

11 year old girl and a 14 year old boy

dancing a Contemporary Dance

about a  SOLDIER going to war

and needing to leave his sister behind.

His sister didn't want him to go, 

and it was real hard for the boy

to leave her.

KEEP IN MIND THAT AS YOU WATCH,

YOU ARE WATCHING THE STORY 

COME ALIVE THROUGH THE

POWER OF DANCING WITH MUSIC.

LISTEN TO THE WORDS BEING SAID

IN THE SONGAS THEY DANCE

I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN NOW TO PRACTICE

BEING YANKEE DOODLE SOLDIERS

WITH ME 

WHEN I HAD DARK HAIR

SIT UP STRAIGHT 

AND GET READY TO PLAY A DRUM

END OF CLASS BRAIN BREAK

FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

LET'S DO THE SID SHUFFLE

September Kindergarten and 1st grades

 

REMEMBER, WHEN YOU COME TO MUSIC

I WANT YOU TO BE A

ROCK STAR 

(ON THE FRONT BOARD IT SHOWS WHAT A ROCK STAR MEANS IN MUSIC.) IT BASICALLY MEANS TO BE

RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, AND SAFE

INSTRUMENT: GUITAR

KINDERGARTEN AND 1ST GRADE

TIME TO LEARN TO DANCE LIKE A

ROCK STAR

LAST WEEK WE WATCHED

THIS WEEK

10 YEAR OLD ROCK STAR

FIRST AUDITION

ROCK STAR

OLLY PEARSON

SEPTEMBER CHARACTER TRAIT

FRIENDSHIP

september friendship

LET'S BE FRIENDS SONG

I HAVE A FRIEND SONG

U

FOR ALL GRADES

LET'S SEE WHO CAN 

KEEP UP SINGING ALONG

WEEK 4 

Intruments for week: 

TRUMPET and TROMBONE

THE TRUMPET 

5 YEAR OLD PLAYS THE SONG

OLD MACDONALD

AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER PLAYS THE TRUMPET

TROMBONE EXAMPLE

TROMBONE OR TRUMPET?

THE BUM NOTE

Lesson#1

Lesson#2

TIME TO REVIEW SOLDIERS

DO YOU REMEMBER THE

"MY FAVORITE THINGS" AND THE "DO RE MI" SONGS

FROM THE MOVIE "THE SOUND OF MUSIC"?

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS OF CHILDREN

BEING INTRODUCED LIKE LITTLE SOLDIERS.

PRACTICE TO BE PAYETTE PIRATES

WITH ME,

MRS. MOORE

TIME TO TRY MARCHING WITH THE ANTS

younger students.

skip for older students

HOP ON BOARD THE 

PIRATE SHIP WITH CAPTAIN ANDY

September 3rd and 4th Grades

GOALS FOR TODAY'S LESSON

👉REVIEW DO RE MI AND SOLDIERS 

AND IF TIME MY FAVORITE THINGS

REMEMBER, WHEN YOU COME TO MUSIC

I WANT YOU TO BE A

ROCK STAR 

(ON THE FRONT BOARD IT SHOWS WHAT A ROCK STAR MEANS IN MUSIC.) IT BASICALLY MEANS TO BE

RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, AND SAFE

INSTRUMENT: GUITAR

GO AHEAD AND STOP VIDEO RIGHT AFTER THE SONG ENDS. 

10 YEAR OLD ROCK STAR

FIRST AUDITION

ROCK STAR

OLLY PEARSON

SEPTEMBER FRIENDSHIP

WEEKS 2-4

WEEK 3 and 4

FRIENDSHIP SONG BY BRUNO MARS

WEEK 4 

INSTRUMENT UKULELE

a song about getting bullied

do you think a bully is a good friend?

what is a bully?

Instruments for week: 

TRUMPET and TROMBONE

THE TRUMPET KID 

GABRIEL ANGELO

TROMBONE EXAMPLE

TROMBONE OR TRUMPET?

Timmy Trumpet joins Oven Boy 

for a TODAY Show jam in Australia

FOR ALL GRADES

LET'S SEE WHO CAN 

KEEP UP SINGING ALONG

WHAT IS A 

MILITARY CADENCE?

EXAMPLE CALL AND RESPONSE SONG

(JUST WATCH TO MIDDLE AND NOT THE WHOLE VIDEO)

SING THE FOLLOWING CADANCE

BY REPEATING AFTER THE CALLER (LEADER)

LOUD LIKE A SOLDIER

SINGING SOLDIERS

The following video is of a...

11 year old girl and a 14 year old boy

dancing a Contemporary Dance

about a  SOLDIER going to war

and needing to leave his sister behind.

His sister didn't want him to go, 

and it was real hard for the boy

to leave her.

KEEP IN MIND THAT AS YOU WATCH,

YOU ARE WATCHING THE STORY 

COME ALIVE THROUGH THE

POWER OF DANCING WITH MUSIC.

LISTEN TO THE WORDS BEING SAID

IN THE SONGAS THEY DANCE

END OF CLASS BRAIN BREAK

FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

THIS IS WHERE WE LEARNED TO SING OUR 

DO RE MI'S

WITH MARIA FROM THE MOVIE 

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

WARM UP VOICES WITH DO RE MI

WHENEVER YOU ARE SAD, LONELY, SCARED, 

YOU SHOULD THINK OF:

MY FAVORITE THINGS

TIME TO REVIEW SOLDIERS

DO YOU REMEMBER THE

"MY FAVORITE THINGS" AND THE "DO RE MI" SONGS

FROM THE MOVIE "THE SOUND OF MUSIC"?

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS OF CHILDREN

BEING INTRODUCED LIKE LITTLE SOLDIERS.

WHAT IS A 

MILITARY CADENCE?

EXAMPLE CALL AND RESPONSE SONG

(JUST WATCH TO MIDDLE AND NOT THE WHOLE VIDEO)

SING THE FOLLOWING CADANCE

BY REPEATING AFTER THE CALLER (LEADER)

LOUD LIKE A SOLDIER

Extra

CLAPPING TO THE BEAT

ORIGINAL SEA SHANTY

August k-4 Welcome Back

 

WHAT ARE THINGS YOU WOULD DO,

WHEN YOU ARE BEING SUNNY TO OTHERS?

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

LEARN AND SING:

I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY POCKET

THAT BELONGS ACROSS MY FACE

I KEEP IT VERY CLOSE TO ME

IN THE MOST FAMILIAR PLACE

YOU'LL NEVER NEVER GUESS IT

IF YOU GUESSED A LONG LONG WHILE

SO I TAKE IT OUT AND PUT IT ON

IT'S A GREAT BIG LOVELY 

SMILE

NOW SING:

IF YOU CHANCE TO MEET A FROWN

DO NOT LET IT STAY

QUICKLY TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN

AND SMILE THAT FROWN AWAY

NO ONE LIKES A FROWNY FACE

SO CHANGE IT FOR A SMILE

MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

BY SMILING ALL THE WHILE

ONE MORE SMILE SONG TO SING:

IT ISN'T ANY TROUBLE 

JUST TO S M I L E (SMILE)

IT ISN'T ANY TROUBLE JUST TO

S M I L E (SMILE)

SO SMILE WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE

IT WILL VANISH LIKE A BUBBLE 

IF YOU ONLY TAKE THE TROUBLE

JUST TO S M I L E  (SMILE)

HA HA HA-HA HA-HA HA...HA...

HE HE-HE HE-HE HE HE... HE...

HO HO-HO HO-HO HO HO... HO..

HA-HA

HE-HE

HO-HE-HO....

May Kindergarten

I'M AN ACORN SMALL AND ROUND

LYING ON THE COLD HARD GROUND

EVERYONE WALKS OVER ME

THAT IS WHY I'M CRACKED YOU SEE

I'M A NUT XX  XX

I'M A NUT XX XX

I'M A NUT, I'M A NUT, I'M A NUT XX XX

TO LEARN THE MISS MARY MACK CLAPPING ACTIVITY

NOW READ THE DOWN BY THE BAY BOOK 

IN CLASSROOM

SEA SHANTY WITH RYTHM STICKS 

AND MAYBE DRUMS FOR THOSE WHO CAN STAY ON THE BEAT

SEA SHANTY BOOMWHACKERS

TIME TO FOLLOW CAPTAIN ANDY

AND DO WHAT HE DOES.

MAY MUSIC END OF SCHOOL MUSIC FUN

 

MASON RAMSEY SINGS 

TWANG

I'M AN ACORN SMALL AND ROUND

LYING ON THE COLD HARD GROUND

EVERYONE WALKS OVER ME

THAT IS WHY I'M CRACKED YOU SEE

I'M A NUT XX  XX

I'M A NUT XX XX

I'M A NUT, I'M A NUT, I'M A NUT XX XX

FOUND A PEANUT SONG

FUN TO SING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY

TO LEARN THE MISS MARY MACK CLAPPING ACTIVITY

SEA SHANTY WITH RYTHM STICKS 

AND MAYBE DRUMS FOR THOSE WHO CAN STAY ON THE BEAT

SEA SHANTY BOOMWHACKERS

SURFACE PRESSURE BOOMWHACKERS

DO NOT GET THE LIGHT GREEN TUBE

YOU CAN GET THE FOLLOWING PAIRS

TO ALTERNATE BEATS

ORANGE D and YELLOW E

PURPLE A and PINK B

WAKA WAKA BOOMWHACKERS

STAND UP AND DO THE

WAKA WAKA JUST DANCE

April Substitute

SAVE LAST 10 MINUTES FOR THE 

MOANA/FROZEN OLYMPICS ACTIVITY

THE FOLLOWING IS 11 MINUTES LONG

LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS SEA SHANTY

PLEASE HAVE STUDENTS SEE IF THEY CAN CLAP TO THE BEAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 

ALL GRADES LOVE WATCHING THE FOLLOWING

THIS IS THE ABC SONG FROM MOTOWN

NOW WATCH A MOTOWN EPISODE 

ON DISNEY PLUS

SEASON 1

WHO REMEMBERS DANCE MONKEY

THIS LITTLE GIRL IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

TIME TO STAND UP 

DANCE TIME

DANCE MONKEY DANCE

JUST HAVE STUDENTS DANCE TO HALF WAY

DANCE WITH DJ RALPH TO THE 

WATCH ME NAE NAE SONG

SEE IF THEY LIKE THIS ONE

IF NOT, TRY THE NEXT ONE

HAVE STUDENTS 

TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE PATTERN

AND DANCE WITH DJ RALPH TO THE 

WATCH ME NAE NAE SONG

TIME TO DO OUR 

END OF CLASS MUSIC RUNS

ONLY FOR THE KIDS WHO 

DID NOT GET ON THE RED

IF YOU GOT MOVED TO THE RED YOU SHOULD BE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND YOU WILL NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE

WHILE EVERYONE ELSE DOES THE FUN RUN OF CHOICE

NOW LET'S SEE IF THE KIDS CAN CLAP TO THE FOLLOWING.

WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD RAIN, CLAP 1 TIME

WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD SUNSHINE, CLAP 2 TIMES

WHEN YOU SEE THE NEST WITH THE REST SYMBOL

HANDS ARE OPEN AND YOU DO NOT CLAP

 THIS IS A REST,

DO NOT CLAP ON THE REST

I WONDER WHO CAN DO THIS?

WHO CAN DO THIS CLAPPING ACTIVITY WITH ME?

April 3rd Grade

 

APRIL  

THIS IS THE ABC SONG FROM MOTOWN

IF THEY DON'T WANT TO WATCH THIS AGAIN,

GO TO MOTOWN ON NETFLIX AND WATCH 

SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 & 5

GO TO NETFLIX AND WATCH MOTOWN

SEASON 1: EPISODES 4 & 5

FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS

GO DO THE DANCE AND RUN OF CHOICE 

AFTER THE HAMBONE CLAPPING ACTIVITY WITH ME

MEANWHILE, DO THE FOLLOWING

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS SEA SHANTY

PLEASE HAVE STUDENTS SEE IF THEY CAN CLAP TO THE BEAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 

NOW LET'S SEE IF THE KIDS CAN CLAP TO THE FOLLOWING.

WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD RAIN, CLAP 1 TIME

WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD SUNSHINE, CLAP 2 TIMES

WHEN YOU SEE THE NEST WITH THE REST SYMBOL

HANDS ARE OPEN AND YOU DO NOT CLAP

 THIS IS A REST,

DO NOT CLAP ON THE REST

I WONDER WHO CAN DO THIS?

WHO CAN DO THIS CLAPPING ACTIVITY WITH ME?

TIME TO STAND UP 

AND DANCE WITH DJ RALPH TO THE 

WATCH ME NAE NAE SONG

TIME TO DO OUR 

END OF CLASS MUSIC RUNS

ONLY FOR THE KIDS WHO 

DID NOT GET ON THE RED

IF YOU GOT MOVED TO THE RED YOU SHOULD BE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND YOU WILL NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE

WHILE EVERYONE ELSE DOES THE FUN RUN OF CHOICE

REVIEW RHYTHM

WHOLE, HALF, QUARTER, AND QUARTER REST

💓 REVIEW 

    WHOLE, HALF, QUARTER, & REST

💓REVIEW FIRST 3 RYTHM CARDS

    USE STICKS WITH CARDS

💓 PRACTICE RHYTHM

SO LET US NOW LEARN AND REVIEW THE

LOWER GRADE HALF ONLY

RECORDER TIME

LETTER B

LETTER A

BAG NOTES

WATCH A MOTOWN EPISODE

THE FOLLOWING SONG IS SUNG BY A SINGING GROUP 

CALLED HOME FREE

AND THEY SING WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS

BECAUSE THEIR VOICES ARE THE INSTRUMENTS

THEY ARE SINGING A SONG CALLED

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS (SOUNDS LIKE BASE)

DON'T SHOW WHOLE VIDEO

DUET SISTER ACT SINGING WITH A

 SOPRANO (HIGH SOUND) AND AN ALTO (LOW SOUND)

TO THE TUNE

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS (SOUNDS LIKE BASE)

DON'T SHOW WHOLE VIDEO

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS FOR LOW (SOUNDS LIKE BASE)

NO TREBLE FOR SONG

TO MEGHAN TRAINER'S SONG 

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS (SOUNDS LIKE BASE)