Kindergarten Music Resources

Do you need engaging brain breaks or bell ringers for Easter? These mindful listening activities are an easy way to include music appreciation in any classroom or homeschool.

Just print and cue the music! Students begin listening and interpreting what they hear and feel. The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services. There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required. (great for sub plans!) There are five differentiated listening sheets included for each piece of music.

Featured Music

1. St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of popular composers
• familiarity with a variety of musical periods
• 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

Differentiated Listening Sheets

• Mindful Listening - students draw a scene inspired by the music and select meaningful keywords that describe their listening experience
• Emotions & Weather - lots of emotions and weather to choose from and color
• Checkboxes - an easy-to-follow checklist page that features emojis, instruments, colors, and more
• Color A Carnival - which ride or activity best matches the music? Don't forget to choose a snack and a prize!
• Listen and Color - lots of drawing/journaling space with meaningful keywords to choose from

Need more Easter Sacred Classical Music Activities?

Grand Mass, Amy Beach

Great is the Lord, Edward Elgar

Hymn of the Cherubim, Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Resurrexit, Hector Berlioz

Russian Easter Festival Overture, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The Seven Last Words of Christ, Joseph Haydn

Easter Symphony no. 2, Gustav Mahler

Sunday Symphony, William Grant Still

Stabat Mater, Giovanni Pergolesi

St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach

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!

This set of 15 Christmas songs is the perfect way to celebrate the season. Each song comes with adorable graphics which can be used on a flannel board. (Simply cut out the graphics, laminate them and attach felt to the backs of the pictures.)

Flannel boards (or felt boards) are a fabulous method of sharing music and rhythm with children by using visual props along with songs. My collection of songs and poems will help you to use your flannel board to its fullest potential.

The following songs and poems are included:

⁂"10 Little Elves"

⁂ "Guess Who"

⁂ "Five Little Bells"

⁂ "Santa's Workshop"

⁂ "I'm a Little Pine Tree"

⁂ "8 Little Reindeer"

⁂ "Sing a Song of Christmas"

⁂ "I am Santa"

⁂ "2 Little Candy Canes"

⁂ "5 Little Gingerbread Men"

⁂ "Candy Cane"

⁂ "Presents by the Christmas Tree"

⁂ "5 Little Christmas Trees"

⁂ "Where has the Little Elf Gone?"

⁂ "Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Lights"

Need a way to introduce or reinforce color words for back to school? This resource plans it with daily activities to use for your kindergarten learners. Students will:

• Learn to recognize all the major color words
• Work on fine motor skills with coloring, tearing, cutting, etc.
• Work on gross motor skills as they sing and dance when singing the songs

You can even have students wear the color of the day for a fun bonus!

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these multilingual musical instruments' names.

Each label takes up 1/4 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 42 words for a total of 11 pages. Check out the preview of some pages in the pictures. They each feature the English name in big, bold black letters while the other languages are in a smaller font and in different colors. Languages included are Chinese (simplified/Red), Arabic (Violet), Russian (Green), and Spanish (Brown). To help aid meaning, I've included colored pictures and illustrations.

The 42 instruments included are:

Use these 42 fun and colorful cards to explore musical instruments' names in 5 languages - use them as flashcards, a bulletin board or wall display, a memory matching game, or the foundation for the more difficult practice of your choice like recognizing words that and many more.

Complementary resources:

➡ Multilingual ESL Animals & Colors Labels English Chinese Arabic Russian Spanish

➡ Multilingual ESL Numbers Labels English Chinese Arabic Russian Spanish

➡ Multilingual Days Months Seasons Labels English Chinese Arabic Russian Spanish

➡ Multilingual ESL Kitchen Objects Labels English Chinese Arabic Russian Spanish

➡ Multilingual ESL Human Body Parts Labels English Chinese Arabic Russian Spanish

➡ Multilingual ESL Familly Members Flashcards Labels English Chinese Arabic Russia

➡ Multilingual ESL Action Verbs in English Spanish Arabic Chinese Russian

➡ Animals' Common & Scientific Names Flashcards - Biology resource

➡ Multilingual ESL Clothes Flashcard Labels English Spanish Arabic Russian Chinese

➡ Multilingual ESL Geometric Shapes in English Arabic Spanish Chinese Russian

➡ Multilingual ESL Math Symbols in English Spanish Arabic Russian & Chinese

➡ Multilingual ESL Vegetables Vocabulary English Arabic Spanish Russian Chinese

➡ Multilingual ESL Fruits Vocabulary English Arabic Spanish Russian Chinese

➡ Multilingual ESL Classroom vocabulary in English Arabic Spanish Chinese Russian

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➡ Bilingual ESL Animals & ColorsLabels English - Russian (Colors & Animals)

➡ English - Arabic Phonetic Pronunciation Classroom Objects Flashcards - Teacher

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

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This is a PowerPoint that includes colorful materials to sing the Where is Thumpkin song and learn the finger names. It includes the song, finger name chart, movable finger name labels if you go out of the PowerPoint view, a cut and past worksheet to label the fingers and a family finger puppet worksheet to sing the family version.

Public Domain Pictures and song

These Toddler to Preschool Singing Letter Sounds and Numbers are perfect for teaching letter sounds and number recognition. The options for use are bountiful! Included is a list of game suggestions and songs. The students will learn the sounds from the letter and the image that goes with it. All image pages are in Color and B/W.

What you get: (see the samples on the following pages)

TWO Letter and Number sets (one is bold font and the other is fun font)

COLOR AND B/W

EACH SET INCLUDES:

• A-Z uppercase cards with images

• Ten frames filled in and with numeral1 1-10

• a-z lowercase cards with images

• Ten frames with number words

• Ten frames w/o fill in with numerals 1-10

• Ten frames w/o fill in with number words 1-10

• Uppercase letters only cards

• Lowercase letters only cards

• Both cases letter only cards

• Images only

• Game ideas and songs

• Letter Images are:

• A-apple

• B-backpack

• C-crayons

• D-dog

• -elephant

• F-fish

• G-glue

• H-heart

• I-igloo

• J-jam

• K-kangaroo

• L-lion

• M-mitten

• N-notebook

• O-owl

• P-pear

• Q-quarter

• R-rose

• T-tree

• U-unicorn

• V-vest

• W-whale

• X-x-ray

• Y-yarn

• Z-zoo

ENJOY!

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These ADORABLE song cards are a FUN & EASY way to incorporate active movement songs into your classroom! I put these cards on the wall in my classroom near my circle carpet and let the children take turns picking out their favorite songs during our music & movement (dance party) time. These versatile cards can also be used in a pocket chart, laminated and placed on a metal binder ring, or used to make song sticks.

The songs included in this product and been tried & tested in an actual preschool classroom and are well-loved by my students. I introduce a handful of songs at the beginning of the year and gradually add more songs as the children begin to gain familiarity with the playlist.

This product includes one banner and 42 active movement song cards that can be rotated out throughout the school year.

PLEASE NOTE: The songs included in this product are located in Spotify. Artists may need to be modified if you are using a different streaming service or YouTube for your music & movement time.

This resource is great for:

⭐ Music & Movement Time

⭐ Transitions

⭐ Indoor Recess

⭐ Outdoor Recess

⭐ Brain Breaks

⭐ Movement Breaks

⭐ Rainy Day or Inclement Weather Days

⭐ Classroom Decor

⭐ Large-Group Activities

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Learning about Woodwinds but don't have a lot of music examples to test the kids? Here's your answer! After a short introduction video about woodwinds, students will learn about the 5 main woodwind instruments, flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, and the bassoon. After they hear the timbre of each instruments, they will have to identify each instrument after hearing it played. You can do this a few ways! You can print a blank template from the powerpoint, laminate it, distribute to students, and have them mark as they go along and erase after they answer is revealed Alternatively, you can run the entire powerpoint (or PDF) and have them guess after the example is played. When their answer is ready, you will advance in the slide and the answer will be revealed! Included in the ZIP folder: All 15 mp3 files with woodwind examples are included (with 4 introduction examples) Font and instructions (there are very important so you don't have crazy characters all over!) Woodwind introduction video If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me! jasonlitt@gmail.com

Is your young drummer hungry for more solos and activities outside of the Rock'n'Rollin Level 1 Book?

Have no fear! Introducing...the Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 ENCORE Book!

The ENCORE Book includes 20 MORE SOLOS and 18 MORE ACTIVITIES to tide your drummer over until they get into Level 2.

Solos in Level 1 ENCORE use the simplified 3 line staff found in Unit 6 of the Level 1 method book and incorporate all the instruments on a drumset.

Rock'n'Rollin 1 ENCORE can be used in tandem with the Level 1 method book, or as a transition from Level 1 into Level 2.

You can also use this book as a stand-alone method book for young drummers who are starting off their lessons.

Be sure to check out our other Rock'n'Rollin method books:

• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 (Single User Licence)
• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 (Studio/School Licence)
• Rockn'Rollin' Level 2 (Single User Licence)
• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 2 (Studio/School Licence)

This version of the book IS reproducible, so you can make as many copies of the book as you need for your school or studio.

This is a series of chants for various books in the Little Old Lady Series Books. Use these with your students from PreK-2nd grade to chant at various repetitive points in each story. Use the chants with the following books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Truck.

Start with steady beat and then, if you wish, have students decode them for various rhythms. Add instruments such as hand drums, frame drums, etc. to add a musical element to these books.

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Do you need engaging brain breaks? This single-page listening activity is great for celebrating summer, Arbor Day, or for adding to your June sub plans. Just print and play! The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services.

While listening, students color the scene and choose the keywords/elements that resonate with their listening experience. There are also blank lines for writing in additional keywords. Students often engage in discussions about what they've heard or felt. Great for displaying!

Featured Music

The Five Sacred Trees - John Williams

Learning Objectives

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

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!

The Science Kids curriculum is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This year long bundle includes 16 Science Units:

• “What do Scientists Do?”

• “Floating and Sinking”

• “Color Mixing”

• “Magnets”

• “Kitchen Chemistry”

• “Ramps”

• “Mirrors”

• “Gingerbread Science”

• “Freezing and Melting”

• “My Human Body”

• “Music and Vibration”

• “Shadows and Light”

• “Weather and Temperature”

• “Taking Care of the Earth”

• “Taking Care of Pets”

• “Taking Care of Plants”

This packet includes enough lessons for 32 weeks of hands-on learning. While 32 weeks is a bit shorter than a typical school year, this curriculum is designed to be flexible in order to give children the time they need to learn, so extra days are allowed for each unit. Additional, optional activities are also included for many of the units, and these can be used to help fill your days if needed.

This curriculum supports the Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten.

Please see my other Science products if you want to supplement this curriculum.

Kids love songs! Use these original rhyming songs/poems to sing and move as you learn about color words. Students will learn to spell color words and focus on easy to read, decodable CVC words as they locate and circle the color word for the day.

Over two weeks of daily activities to use at the beginning of school t introduce your young learners to color words.

This activity is easy to pair with my Color Word Craft Book and Color Word Daily Sheets to round out your perfect intro to teaching color words to your kindergarten or first grade class.

Color Word Craft Book

Color Word Sheets

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Teaching vocabulary by using these flashcards can make the students excited and understand the English vocabulary. Instructional media such as flashcards also give a clear concept of the information given. Flashcards can give variations in the teaching-learning process. It is used according to the theme of the lesson.

What is included?

• Animals & Colors (14 pages - 56 Card)
• Human Body Parts (9 pages - 34 Card)
• kitchen objects (20 pages - 77 Card)
• Days Months Seasons (8 pages - 29 Card)
• Numbers (10 pages - 40 Card)
• Fruits (10 pages - 37 Card)
• Vegetables (8 pages - 32 Card)
• Family Members (7 pages - 28 Card)
• Clothes (11 pages - 43 Card)
• Geometric Shapes (7 pages - 28 Card)
• Math Symbols (9 pages - 36 Card)
• Action Verbs (18 pages - 70 Card)
• 118 Animals (30 pages - 118 Card)
• Classroom Vocabulary (23 pages - 92 Card)
• Jobs & Occupations (19 pages - 74 Card)
• Music Instruments (12 pages - 42 Card)
• Transportation Means (13 pages - 45 Card)
• Sports List (15 pages - 53 Card)
• 95 Dolch Nouns (25 pages - 95 Card)

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➡ Bilingual ESL Animals & Colors Labels English - Chinese (Colors & Animals)

➡ Bilingual ESL Animals & Colors Labels English - Russian (Colors & Animals)

➡ English - Arabic Phonetic Pronunciation Classroom Objects Flashcards - Teacher

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note: All clipart is sourced from free clipart sites that state they are commercial-friendly.

HOURS OF LEARNING FUN ARE IN THIS BUNDLE!

Check out Toddler to Preschool NO PREP Letters and Numbers Playdough Activities Mats for developing fine motor skills. Singing Letter Sounds and Numbers teach letter sounds and number recognition**.** Letter Sounds and Number Detective Notebooks are perfect for finding letters and numbers in a fun, creative way.. NO PREP Letter Sounds and Number Coloring Pages were developed to teach the alphabet and math skills in a fun and simple way. Toddler Letter and Number Puzzles are a great addition to any classroom! Print, laminate and cut out for use year after year. Look for the 10-foot alphabet and an 8-foot number puzzle! These products are great for teaching lessons, free time, Literacy Centers., and even outdoors! ENJOY!

Most pages are in COLOR AND B/W.

In this charming resource for your little ones, your students will see a bumblebee navigate his way through the powerpoint presentation, up... and down... and UUUUUUUUUUP, and downnnnnnnn, and all around!

Have your students mimic the movement of the bee (autonomously animated) throughout 10 different slides and assess their vocal exploration!

For extensions and variations, have them try it with

• Dynamics (loud and soft)
• Rhythm Sticks (fast and slow)

Is your young drummer hungry for more solos and activities outside of the Rock'n'Rollin Level 1 Book?

Have no fear! Introducing...the Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 ENCORE Book!

The ENCORE Book includes 20 MORE SOLOS and 18 MORE ACTIVITIES to tide your drummer over until they get into Level 2.

Solos in Level 1 ENCORE use the simplified 3 line staff found in Unit 6 of the Level 1 method book and incorporate all the instruments on a drumset.

Rock'n'Rollin 1 ENCORE can be used in tandem with the Level 1 method book, or as a transition from Level 1 into Level 2.

You can also use this book as a stand-alone method book for young drummers who are starting off their lessons.

Be sure to check out our other Rock'n'Rollin method books:

• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 (Single User Licence)
• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 1 (Studio/School Licence)
• Rockn'Rollin' Level 2 (Single User Licence)
• Rock'n'Rollin' Level 2 (Studio/School Licence)

This classic book by Harriet Ziefert lends itself perfectly to a rhythm vs. steady beat lesson! Using the chant provided, the children can chant/sing to each other, each time that the rooster asks a new animal if they said moo. Use the beat chart and worksheet provided to distinguish and explain the difference between rhythm and steady beat as well as learn about rests in music. Use the decoding sheet to teach children how to write quarter notes and have them fill in the boxes with the appropriate beats and rests. Can be used as a paper copy or digitally through the Easel function. Adaptable for grades PreK-2.

REMINDERS

1. If you have any questions about this product or any of my products, feel free to email me at creatingmusicalliterature@gmail.com

2. Your purchase of this product is for SINGLE USE ONLY. Please purchase additional licenses to share with other teachers. Copyright © 2022 Creating Musical Literature. All rights reserved.

3. Leave a comment down below in order to earn TeachShare credits! I would love to hear how you and your students have been enjoying my products!

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LET'S CONNECT ON SOCIALS!

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PINTEREST: @creatingmusicalliterature

FACEBOOK: @creatingmusicalliterature

Do you need engaging brain breaks or bell ringers? These mindful listening activities are an easy way to include music appreciation in any classroom or homeschool.

Just cue the music! Students begin listening and interpreting what they hear and feel. The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services. There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required (also great for sub plans!)

Featured Music

1. Rathausball-Tänze [Waltz,] Johann Strauss II

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of popular composers
• familiarity with a variety of musical periods
• 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

Differentiated Listening Sheets

• Mindful Listening - students draw a scene inspired by the music and select meaningful keywords that describe their listening experience
• Emotions & Weather - lots of emotions and weather to choose from and color

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!

The “Science Kids” series of packets is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

(*Save money by purchasing the entire Year Long Science Curriculum in one bundle.)

This bundle contains enough science activities to fill the third quarter of the school year (About 8 weeks)

Freezing and Melting:

Investigations in this unit include:

★ "Ice Treasures"

★ "Light or Dark?"

★ "Adding Salt and Color"

★"Ice Cube Race"

★ "Which is Heavier?"

★ "Oil and Ice"

★ "Painting with Ice"

The final investigation in this unit is a student-designed investigation that will test how certain ingredients affect the time it takes an ice cube to melt.

The packet also includes a fun recipe for Ice Cream in a Bag! (And the scientific explanation for how this recipe works.)

My Human Body

As we make the life size body model, the students will learn about:

★ The skeletal system (bones)

★ The respiratory system (lungs)

★ The muscular system (muscles)

★ The cardiovascular system (heart, veins and arteries)

★ The digestive system (stomach and intestines)

★ The nervous system (spine and brain)

This packet also includes a printable book: “My Amazing Body” (black and white)

Suggestions for additional activities are included (including printable activities)

Music and Vibration

As they learn about vibrations and sound, the students will explore the following hands-on topics:

★ "Balloon Drums"

★ "Seeing Sound Vibrations"

★ "Cardboard Kazoos"

★ "Spoon Sounds"

★ "Rubber Band Guitars"

★ "Buzzing Balloons"

The two-week unit will conclude with the students creating their own unique instruments.

This unit also includes pocket chart word cards for many common percussion instruments.

Shadows and Light

Ten hands-on lessons about shadows are included:

★ Discovering Shadows

★ Outdoor Shadows

★ Is a Shadow Always Black?

★ A Moving Shadow

★ Big and Small Shadows

★ Shadow Detectives

★ Multiple Shadows

★ Shadow Tracings

★ Shadow Charades

★ A Shadow Show (Reflecting on What We've Learned)

This unit also includes extension activities and printables.

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