$5 - $10 For Any Grade Arts & Music Handouts

Music Appreciation Made Easy! Do you need engaging print-and-go activities and brain breaks for The Nutcracker? These activities will save you hours of planning time this holiday season. Just print and cue the music! Great for the period leading to winter break and are even great for your send-home packets!

The selections are available on YouTube or your favorite streaming service. There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required, so add a few to your sub plans, too!

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of composers from different backgrounds
• observe seasonal/holiday influences within a composition
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within the music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Featured Music (4 pages per piece)

Overture • The Christmas Tree • March • Gallop And Dance Of The Parents • The Presents Of Drosselmeyer • Grandfather Dance • Clara And The Nutcracker • Battle with the Mouse King • In The Christmas Tree • Waltz Of The Snowflakes • The Magic Castle On The Mountain Of Sweets • Clara And Prince Charming • Chocolate (Spanish Dance) • Coffee (Arabian Dance) • Tea (Chinese Dance) • Trepak (Russian Dance) • Dance Of The Reed Pipes • Polichinelle (The Clown) • Waltz Of The Flowers • Pas De Deux (3rd Movement contains "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy") • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy • Grand Finale

Social-Emotional Learning

Listening to classical music has been shown to help with self-awareness, empathy, and self-regulation. Since social-emotional learning is essential for children, incorporating classical music into your classroom or homeschool is a great way to support their development.

Talk about the emotions evoked by the selected music. What does the music make them feel? Happy? Sad? Anxious? Peaceful? Help students identify and label their feelings. Ask open-ended questions about the music and encourage students to share their thoughts and feelings.

Discuss the different instruments used in the piece of music. What does each instrument contribute to the overall sound? Encourage students to make up a story based on the music. What is happening in the story? Who are the characters? Where does it take place?

While listening, students can draw a picture or scene that comes to mind. What colors are used? What shapes? Why?

What's Included

1. Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
2. Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
3. Carnival Coloring - Which carnival rides and activities would best fit a piece of music? Does the tempo feel like a roller coaster or a peaceful swing ride in the sky? Choose a tasty treat from the snack bar, then stop at the prize booth before finishing. There are no wrong answers!
4. Listen and Color - While listening, students color the scene and choose the keywords/elements that resonate with their listening experience. There is lots of room for drawing, coloring, and journaling in the box! Students often engage in discussions about what they've heard or felt. Great for displaying!

❄️ You're invited to the Winter Wonderland category! ❄️ Do you want to create lots of festive winter memories with your students this year? You'll find a growing collection of seasonal printables like music, writing, and fun activities for your classroom or homeschool in one shop section - and we're always adding more!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Recognize and reward your student's hard work, efforts, skills, and abilities in art class with our editable student art awards. These awards also include a certificate of completion should you wish to give these awards after every term or end of the year.

Awards include art helper, art star, painting award, drawing award, distinguished artist, artistic attitude, and more.

The zip file includes:

* 24 Art awards girl version

* 24 Art awards boy version

* 10 Blank templates to create your own award ( boy and girl version)

* 7 Certificate of Completion ( Kindergarten-Grade 6)

* 3 Blank certificates of completion

The file is in Powerpoint. Text boxes are already included so you can just edit quickly.

Editable means only the text can be edited.

Looking for a fun Memorial Day activities, Crafts or Decorations? This set has everything you need, It will keep your students engaged and learning with these Patriotic activities!

Activities included in this printable Bundle:

- Memorial Day Banners

- Patriotic Paper Hats

- Memorial Day Gift Tags

- Memorial Day Handprint Art

- Memorial Day Cards

- American Symbols Memory Game

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Print & Post! Do you need fun and colorful visuals for your classroom or homeschool? These composer fact sheet posters are a quick reference guide for students to learn more about a composer.

Each fact sheet includes the composer's full name, birthdate, birthplace, musical period, and instruments. A portrait and famous composition help nurture students' familiarity with each composer.

Featuring 70 Iconic Composers

Carl P.E. Bach • Johann Sebastian Bach • Johann Christian Bach • Wilhelm F Bach • Amy Beach • Ludwig Van Beethoven • Leonard Bernstein • Johannes Brahms • Joseph Bologne • Margaret Bonds • Benjamin Britten • Frédéric Chopin • Nat King Cole • Aaron Copland • Miles Davis • Claude Debussy • Antonín Dvořák • Edward Elgar • John Field • George Gershwin • Dizzy Gillespie • Edvard Grieg • Duke Ellington • George Handel • Hamilton Harty • Joseph Haydn • Gustav Holst • Charles Ives • Scott Joplin • Aram Khachaturian • Zoltán Kodály • Franz Liszt • Gustav Mahler • Fanny Mendelssohn • Felix Mendelssohn • Thelonious Monk • Claudio Monteverdi • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Modest Mussorgsky • Niccolò Paganini • Charlie Parker • Astor Piazzolla • Florence Price • Sergei Prokofiev • Giacomo Puccini • Henry Purcell • Sergei Rachmaninoff • Gioachino Rossini • Camille Saint-Saëns • Antonio Salieri • Erik Satie • Alessandro Scarlatti • Domenico Scarlatti • Dmitri Shostakovich • Franz Schubert • Clara Schumann • Robert Schumann • William Grant Still • John Philip Sousa • Johann Strauss II • Igor Stravinsky • Art Tatum • Pyotr Tchaikovsky • Giuseppe Verdi • Antonio Vivaldi • George Walker • Richard Wagner • John Williams • Ralph Vaughan Williams • Mary Lou Williams

Benefits of Composer Fact Sheet Posters

• Increased knowledge of classical music. These composer fact sheet posters provide students with information about the lives and music of famous classical composers. This helps students learn more about the history of classical music and to appreciate the work of these composers.
• Encouraged interest in classical music. Posters can help to spark students' interest in classical music by making it more visible and accessible. When students see posters of famous composers and their works, they may be more likely to listen to classical music and learn more about it.
• Promotes critical thinking skills. These classical music posters can help students to develop critical thinking skills by encouraging them to ask questions about the composers and their work. For example, students might ask questions such as "Why was this composer so famous?" or "What makes this piece of music so special?" This can help students to think more deeply about classical music and to develop their own understanding of it.
• Provides a visual learning aid. These colorful rainbow-themed posters are a helpful visual learning aid for students. They can help students remember information about composers and their work, and they can also provide a starting point for further research.

These composer fact sheets are also great as handouts or size them down in the print settings for flashcards. This calming rainbow theme is great for any time of the year and will coordinate well with your colorful classroom or homeschool!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!