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Listening Cards (Printables and Powerpoint Images)
By Jason Litt
If you're working on melodic contours, high and low, and direction, this may be for you!
Included are 16 printable cards you can reproduce, cut out, and issue to your students.
Play these melodies on a piano, clarinet, slide whistle, however you wish! Then, ask the students to place the card which they think best resembled the melody you played.
Although there are 16 cards, you can ask students to do 4 cards a time (by telling them which cards they are to us), play the melody, and then they can choose from the multiple choice answers you allotted to them.
The image files can be put into a powerpoint as well and you can us it as an answer key after you play the melodic example.
Have fun with this on your quest to discover melodious melodies
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All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
Big Heart Puzzles for Ukulele TAB Identification
By ZS Music Publishing
Do you students LOVE to learn about and play Ukulele? Give them a good review of the keys with our Valentine's-themed Big Heart Ukulele TAB Puzzles.
These puzzles feature 1 heart on a page which you cut down the middle and shuffle the pages up for students to identify the correct TAB names by matching each side of the heart.
Pages in this resource also include both sharp and flat TAB names so you can use these puzzles with your older students working on the enharmonics.
The key names you'll find in this resource are:
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Catalog: MTP-BHP2-DG
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By Jason Litt
Get ready to Boom it up with your Boomwhackers in this new game that will get your kids engaged from minute 0!
In BoomBastic Rhythm Remix, students will all receive Boomwhackers (either 1 or 2, at the teachers discretion). They will see a series of notes on the bottom of the staff (F space) and the top of the staff (E space).
The notes on the bottom of the staff are designed to be played on the ground (either at an angle, perpendicular, however you choose). The notes on the top of the staff are designed to be played on their hand in the air.
If the entire class plays the rhythm correctly (on the correct area, air or ground), they receive 50 points as you advance the slide onto the next rhythm!
There are 6 rounds
Round 1 - Quarter Notes with Air and Ground signs
Round 2 - Quarter Notes
Round 3 - Eighth Note Pairs
Round 4 - Quarter Note Rests
Round 5 - Adding in playing on the knee on lap (A space with the "Knee" sign)
Round 6 - Continuation
The game is over at 3000 points -- congrats!
I like to play this with background music at around 90-100bpm for some of my older grades and give them a 4 count cue to play the rhythm. The teacher decides the level of mastery before advancing onto the next slide.
Have a great time with this and BOOM IT UP!
By ZS Music Publishing
SET 7: Two Measure cards in 4/4 time using Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rests.
These flashcards are a great compliment to your resource library! Each set is 1 to 2 measures of a vast variety of rhythms to build sight reading, fluency, and rhythmic skills in the music classroom. The flashcards can be used in both the classroom and private studio setting. They are small enough for you to slip into a binder, or envelop if you are a traveling teacher! You can also slip these under a document camera, or stick them on a music stand for rapid fire reading with your kiddos!
For optimal durability, I recommend printing on heavier paper, cutting each section out, and laminating the cards. Binding is up to you, but you can hole punch and put them on binder rings, or have each set coil bound.
Among Rhythm ("Among Us" themed Rhythm Practice)
By Jason Litt
A wild request from a Facebook group, here's Among Rhythm, a game where students will perform rhythm "tasks" before advancing through the game to the end.
Students will play this as the "Crewmates" and view a rhythm. Teachers will ask the students to perform the rhythm (spoken, clapped, or performed) and then advance the slide to the next task
There are 20 different tasks with Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, Quarter Rests, Half Notes, and Dynamics (also reading rhythms up and down!)
You can play this with mysterious music in the background to set an ambient game mood.
Enjoy!
By ZS Music Publishing
SET 2: One Measure cards in 4/4 time using Quarter and Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rests.
These flashcards are a great compliment to your resource library! Each set is 1 to 2 measures of a vast variety of rhythms to build sight reading, fluency, and rhythmic skills in the music classroom. The flashcards can be used in both the classroom and private studio setting. They are small enough for you to slip into a binder, or envelop if you are a traveling teacher! You can also slip these under a document camera, or stick them on a music stand for rapid fire reading with your kiddos!
For optimal durability, I recommend printing on heavier paper, cutting each section out, and laminating the cards. Binding is up to you, but you can hole punch and put them on binder rings, or have each set coil bound.
Whack-a-Note (Whack-a-Mole game!)
By Jason Litt
Channel your inner Chuck E. Cheese with this new way of learning the lines and spaces of the treble clef staff!
In “Whack-a-Note”, students will see a note shown by the farmer on the treble clef staff (either a line or a space). Then a mole or two, or three or more, will pop up with several note names (letters A through G). Students will take their trusty mallet and WHACK that mole that is showing the letter that matches the note shown.
For the mallet choice, you can use a soft stick, a boomwhacker, or purchase one or two of these here.
After you show the note, advance the slide and the moles will pop up. As soon as the student hits the right answer, you advance the slide and the correct mole will disappear. The game is controlled solely by the teacher by operating the powerpoint slides
You can do this individually, team vs team, or even student vs teacher!
Have a blast with this!
Rainbow Connection Matching Game - Grand Staff Edition. 30 Pairs of Cards
By ZS Music Publishing
Do your students need to make some connections with the names of notes on the grand staff? Connections as great as a Rainbow?
Check out our latest set of Rainbow Connection cards, the Grand Staff edition!
This grand staff edition includes 30 sets of cards going from Low C in the Bass Celf all the way up to High C in the Treble Clef! The set also includes both Middle C's in the Treble and the Bass Clef.
Each page, you will see four cards for two matching pairs. Every pair is a connecting rainbow with clouds on each side. One side of the cloud has the name of the note, and the right side of the cloud has the note on the staff.
All students have to do is match the note with it's proper name (or vise versa!)
Assembly is EASY. All you have to do is print, cut, and go! You can print on cardstock or even laminate cards for durability and longevity if you plan to use these over and over again.
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Catalog: MTP-RCMGGS-DG
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Body Percussion Warmups (40 exercises!)
By Jason Litt
No need to have drums, recorders, or even auxiliary instruments for this one! If you don't have access, are traveling to rooms, or want to give a change to your curriculum try "Body Percussion Warmups"!
There are 10 warmups in each level with CLAPS, SNAPS, STOMPS, and SNAPS, all indicated on the powerpoint slide. Count your kids off with a few prep beats and watch them go!
Also terrific for reading in some of the younger grades who are not familiar with standard notation and need a warmup to reading using these icons.
Use the included background tracks (90bpm to 110bpm) or put on your favorite music so the kids can jam along!
Here are the 4 levels:
Mini Heart Puzzles for Piano Key Identification
By ZS Music Publishing
Do your students LOVE their piano lessons? Do you LOVE to have fun and unique games and activities for your students that match each month and season?
Then you're going to LOVE this Valentine's-Themed freebie!
The Mini Heart Puzzles is a quick and easy game for your students to work on identifying the names of 8 keys on the piano. Each heart features a 3-white key or 4-white key keyboard on one side, and the key name on the other side. The keys included in this set are:
This game is much like our Big Heart Puzzles that includes all 12 keys, and their enharmonic names!
Assembly is easy! Just print, cut, and play! There are four hearts on a page, and a dotted line on each heart to cut them in half and have your students put them together.
This resource is reproducible so you can make multiple copies for students, classes, or a lending library! However, you may not share this with other colleagues or schools - you are encouraged to send them this link so they know where you got it from!
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© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
By Jason Litt
In 2nd Grade, we start learning about high and low notes and how they are represented in notation by being placed on the staff.
In stick it to the staff, we have students all sit on the floor with a pair of lummi sticks and sight read rhythms based on where they are put on the staff.
If they see a quarter note on the "E" line, they will click their stick above their head, if they see a quarter note on the bottom "F" line, they will hit their sticks on the ground.
This is a video game format, and includes 10 levels of sight reading rhythms (about 100 different rhythms!) starting out with basic quarter notes, adding in eighth notes, half notes, quarter rests, and rounding out with dynamics.
The class is awarded 50 points (you'll see the HI SCORE image embedded in the powerpoint) each time an example is playing correctly in unison. A fun and competitive way for your younger kids to practice sight reading rhythms!
I usually put a background track on (about 90-110bpm) so the kids can play along :)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!
By ZS Music Publishing
SET 8: Two Measure cards in 4/4 time using Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rests.
These flashcards are a great compliment to your resource library! Each set is 1 to 2 measures of a vast variety of rhythms to build sight reading, fluency, and rhythmic skills in the music classroom. The flashcards can be used in both the classroom and private studio setting. They are small enough for you to slip into a binder, or envelop if you are a traveling teacher! You can also slip these under a document camera, or stick them on a music stand for rapid fire reading with your kiddos!
For optimal durability, I recommend printing on heavier paper, cutting each section out, and laminating the cards. Binding is up to you, but you can hole punch and put them on binder rings, or have each set coil bound.
By Jason Litt
The all-encompassing Solfege mastermix!
Solfege Back-to-Basics includes 55 separate solfege etudes which range from 3 to 6 solfege syllables all arranged colorfully on a 5-lined staff!
Below each exercise has highlight syllable names so your students can focus on the syllables that will be displayed on the screen
Sing along with this ear training exercise, accompany the students on piano, or just perform it acapella!
There are 7 levels included in this powerpoint from 3 solfege syllables all the way to 7
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments -- ENJOY!
Mini Sun Puzzles for Piano Key Identification
By ZS Music Publishing
Do your students BRIGHTEN UP in their piano lessons? Do you have fun and BRIGHT games and activities for your students that match each month and season?
Then you're going to love this BRIGHT Summer-themed freebie!
The Mini Sun Puzzles is a quick and easy game for your students to work on identifying the names of 8 keys on the piano. Each heart features a 3-white key or 4-white key keyboard on one side, and the key name on the other side. The keys included in this set are:
This game is much like our Big Sun Puzzles that includes all 12 keys and their enharmonic names!
Assembly is easy! Just print, cut, and play! There are four hearts on a page, and a dotted line on each heart to cut them in half and have your students put them together.
This resource is reproducible so you can make multiple copies for students, classes, or a lending library! However, you may not share this with other colleagues or schools - you are encouraged to send them this link so they know where you got it from!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
By Jason Litt
For your printouts and powerpoints, this pack of notation has everything -- Wholes, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, and Sixteenths. The notation is vectorized and transparent, so it will fit alongside any background in powerpoint There are word files with notation templates included as well, if you'd like to print multiple of one note You can use these to make flash cards, rhythm building, and much more!
Big Sun Puzzles for Piano Key Identification - 42 Total Pages
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students love of learning the piano keys! Give them a good review of the keys with our Summer-themed Big Sun Keyboard Puzzles.
These puzzles feature 1 sun on a page which you cut down the middle and shuffle the pages up for students to identify the correct key names by matching each side of the sun.
Pages in this resource also include both sharp and flat key names so you can use these puzzles with your older students working on the enharmonics.
The key names you'll find in this resource are:
In total, there are 42 pages of puzzles for you to print, cut and play with your students! The first 21 pages have smaller 3 and 4 white key keyboards, and the other 21 pages have all 12 key keyboards.
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Catalog: MTP-BSP1-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
FAMILY FEUD - Identifying Instrument Families
By Jason Litt
Want to see if the kids know which instrument belongs in which family with an interactive way to do it? Try "FAMILY FEUD - Identifying Instrument Families"!
In FAMILY FEUD, students will see a TV screen with an instrument displayed on the screen. It could be anywhere from a Flute all the way to an Electric Guitar. After the instrument is showed, there will be four family boxes on the right hand side for the students to identify which family it belong into.
My method is competitive. Since I have an IWB, I load up the powerpoint through that and have the kids race up to the board and put a magnetic button on which family the instrument belongs in. I advance the slide and the box turns green on the correct answer -- I try to time it up perfectly with the kids so they see if they discover the correct answer right at the last second.
You can use this however you wish! No instrument names are given, just pictures, and kids can have a go at it.
This is a long one -- this series has over 200 pages (which means over 100 random order questions). Remember, you can always begin it from the first slide and start over
As always, let me know if you have any questions or comments in the comment field!
By ZS Music Publishing
SET 5: Two Measure cards in 4/4 time using Quarter and Eighth Notes.
These flashcards are a great compliment to your resource library! Each set is 1 to 2 measures of a vast variety of rhythms to build sight reading, fluency, and rhythmic skills in the music classroom. The flashcards can be used in both the classroom and private studio setting. They are small enough for you to slip into a binder, or envelop if you are a traveling teacher! You can also slip these under a document camera, or stick them on a music stand for rapid fire reading with your kiddos!
For optimal durability, I recommend printing on heavier paper, cutting each section out, and laminating the cards. Binding is up to you, but you can hole punch and put them on binder rings, or have each set coil bound.
The "Big Kid" Rhythm Bundle (Grades 3-6) **30% OFF!**
By Jason Litt
Included in these rhythm bundle are 25 resources that you can utilize in grades 3-6. Games, dictation, worksheets, races, and more are in this bundle as the resources discuss longer rhythmic patterns, sixteenth notes, triplets, and long durations of rests.
Definitely a semester filler in here, terrific for reinforcing your 2nd half of the year with some of your upper grades, and with 30% off when bundled together, it's a sale you can't beat!
By ZS Music Publishing
SET 3: Two Measure cards in 4/4 time using Quarter Notes, and Quarter Rests.
These flashcards are a great compliment to your resource library! Each set is 1 to 2 measures of a vast variety of rhythms to build sight reading, fluency, and rhythmic skills in the music classroom. The flashcards can be used in both the classroom and private studio setting. They are small enough for you to slip into a binder, or envelop if you are a traveling teacher! You can also slip these under a document camera, or stick them on a music stand for rapid fire reading with your kiddos!
For optimal durability, I recommend printing on heavier paper, cutting each section out, and laminating the cards. Binding is up to you, but you can hole punch and put them on binder rings, or have each set coil bound.