Pre-K Music Activities

Print & Play! Do you need engaging music appreciation activities? Listening Dot Boards combine classical music, mindful listening, and social-emotional learning!

While listening to the selected music, students color or use a dot/bingo marker to choose colors, emotions, seasons, and more that best describe their mindful listening experience.

These super low-prep activities are great for adding to your composer studies or serving as fun brain breaks and bell ringers.

There are no wrong answers! These mindful listening activities give students meaningful keywords to use in further class discussions about each piece of music.

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
• 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

Vivaldi's Four Seasons Listening Dot Boards

1. The Four Seasons
2. Spring
3. Summer
4. Autumn
5. Winter

The music can easily be found through your favorite streaming services. Just print and play!

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!

Felt-boards (or flannel 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 felt-board to its fullest potential. This set includes 30 songs and poems that are appropriate for preschool and kindergarten, and are perfect for circle time, group time or music class. I have included lots of old favorites, but some are new and fun songs and fingerplays that will enhance your curriculum.

The set includes more than a hundred adorable graphics which have recently been updated. All you have to do is print out the set and cut out the graphics. (You can laminate the images and attach felt or Velcro to the back if you want to use them on a flannel board or felt board.) Words to each song or poem are included and can be printed and glued onto 3x5 inch index cards.

This set includes the following songs and poems:

"Ants Go Marching"

“Apples and Bananas”

"The Big Train"

“Big Bugs, Small Bugs”

“Butterfly Poem”

"Color Poem"

“Cows on the Farm”

“Did You Ever See a Fishy?”

“Elephants on a Spider Web”

“Farmer Plants a Seed”

"Five Busy Bees"

“Five Eggs and Five Eggs”

“Five Enormous Dinosaurs”

“Five Feathered Birds”

"Five Green and Speckled Frogs"

“Five Little Cookies”

“Five Little Ducks”

“Five Little Fishies”

“Five Little Mice”

"Five Little Monkeys and the Crocodile"

"Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"

“Five Little Pumpkins”

“Freddy the Frog”

“Here We Go ‘Round the Big Red Barn”

“I’m a Little Penguin”

“I’m an Airplane”

“Old MacDonald”

“Rags”

“Riding in the Car”

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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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.

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

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A great way to work on expressive movement with your kids is through HAPPY FEET!

In this lesson, students will hear a 4 minute and 32 second compilation of classical music, Edvard Grieg, John Philip Sousa, Dmitri Shostakovich, and more! Each piece will be played for a segment of time and while being played students will mimic the tempo by showing expressive body movement

• If students hear FAST music, they run as fast as you can in place!
• If students hear SLOW music, try a slo-mo movement in place!
• If students hear MODERATE speed, try marching in place

Of course, as the music teacher you can tailor this however you like, but with social distancing in our classroom at this juncture, the motions are preferable the way they are built :)

In between each segment there may be a slight pause which students will "freeze" in time. Keep the kids' attention by saying if they moving during the silence, they're OUT! ;)

Have a great time and perform this however you wish!

This lesson combines both books to demonstrate loud and soft sounds. Begin by talking about various sounds that can be made and then introduce "Quiet as a Mouse". Have the students quietly chant along as the mouse grows more frustrated that no one will play with it. Then go on to "Suki The Very Loud Bunny" to demonstrate loud sounds. Have the children move and play along with the chant. Use the rhythm and beat chart for the first book to explain rhythm vs. steady beat, as well as show that rests get a beat as well. Use the worksheet attached as a paper or digital activity through Easel. Also great to decode chants for rhythm syllables. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.

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No Prep Christmas Literacy! Boost word recognition and fine motor skills with this engaging cut-and-paste shape activity! This hands-on resource is a fun way to learn and review the names of nine seasonal images.

Theme:

Christmas Tiles

Students cut out the dashed line boxes and paste each label with the correct picture. There are nine in all. Choose from color or black & white for students to color! The answer key can also teach and reinforce the words to help students match the correct answers.

Resource Benefits:

• Fine motor skill development: Strengthening small muscles in the hands and fingers, essential for writing and other tasks.
• Hand-eye coordination: Improving the ability to coordinate visual perception with motor actions.
• Problem-solving skills: Developing the ability to plan and execute tasks.
• Following directions: Strengthening listening and comprehension skills.
• Building confidence: Fostering a sense of accomplishment as students complete tasks.
• Academic skill development: Reinforcing multiple learning concepts.

Cut-and-paste activities offer a multitude of benefits for young learners!

❄️ 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!

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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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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A terrific way to work on soft and loud is with a quick review with our dynamic duo in music, Piano and Forte.

Students will review dynamics in music and watch a short video from Music K8 called "Forte Piano" with the Barnyard Orchestra!

They will then listen to 10 different examples of music (clips that range from 15-30 seconds long) and choose whether they think the music played best fits the term "Piano" or "Forte" by clicking on the screen.

The right answer will illuminate green the next slide.

Great practice for your young ones to begin the year (if you're distance learning) or good general review

Using Go, Train, Go! teach your class about ti-ti rhythms. Have students chant along with the book, as well as play along with words like "screech" and "clickety-click, clickety-click". Use rhythm sticks to demonstrate those sounds, or pick other instruments to use. Great for students in grades PreK-2nd grade.

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"This is a great resource! I used it in a lesson on our Composer of the Month of January! Thanks for creating!" - The Farns

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities or music sub plans? Celebrate the birthday and achievements of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

What’s Inside:

Composer Fact Sheet: Each composer fact sheet in this series includes fun, basic information – full name, birthplace, birth date and more. One of the composer’s most popular compositions is also included. The fact sheet also lists one or more of the composer’s known associates.

Birthplace Fact Sheet: Introduce the composer’s birthplace with a very light research paper. Use your favorite geographical resource to find the country’s capital city, size, language, and traditional foods. The historical name of some territories may have changed, but the most modern country is used for easy reference.

Birthday Coloring Page: A fun coloring page repeats the composer’s birthday, and invites the artist to color in a special cupcake to celebrate the occasion.

Birth Month Vocabulary This small list of six vocabulary words will contain terms related to the composer’s birthday season. Ranging from Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter – to rain, flowers, snow, and everything in between.

Composer Vocabulary Another six-word vocabulary list that typically includes the composer’s name, birthplace, instrument, or other related terms. Space is provided to trace each term and the included handwriting paper can be used for additional practice.

Numbers & Letter Tracing The numbers and letter tracing sheet offers additional handwriting practice.

Handwriting & Story Pages Two types of blank paper are included, either for continued practice of vocabulary words or for story writing.

Listening Activity Sheets (4) Listening sheets include the title of a popular piece, the composer, a black & white composer to color in, and a space for drawing any scene that may come to mind when listening. There are also additional options to identify the mood of a piece and indicate which instruments are playing.

Listening Sheets Included:

1. Rondo Alla Turca
2. Clarinet Concerto
3. Piano Concerto No. 20
4. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!

Steady Beat is one of the cornerstones of early childhood music whether you are playing with your Pre-K, Kindergarten, or even First Graders. Have them rise up to the challenge of “Steady as you go!” an amalgamation of classical music designed to have students become steady beat MASTERS!

You will assign students to play either body percussion to show steady beat (head, shoulder, lap, feet, etc) or even a drum, auxiliary percussion instrument, or anything else you can find.

You will then play the audio example of various pieces of classical music by clicking on the “heart” and watch the kids try to find the steady beat – only to be interrupted as the music abruptly changes every 20 to 30 seconds!

Students will have to start over and find the steady beat again as they transition into the next piece.

Have a terrific time finding that beat!

Use this song tale about the little red hen to sing about what happens in the story! Explain the holiday of Passover as well as some of the Yiddish terms in the book. Discuss with the students what kindness means and how friends can show this kindness to each other and how the hen shows kindness. Read the book and then sing along. As an added extension, use the main motif to practice so, mi, do and re solfege syllables. Can be used with grades PreK-3.

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Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to add classical music to your classroom or homeschool? Classical music has been shown to provide numerous benefits for children, including reducing stress, improving focus and concentration, and increasing creativity. These activities are great for music appreciation and also help build social-emotional skills! Each activity is easy to set up (no glue required!) and a great way to engage students for Thanksgiving.

Listening Buddies sheets feature a piece of classical music with the composer’s name. While the music plays, students draw a scene in the box inspired by the music. They can also explore the feelings and mood of a piece by coloring the emojis that match their listening experience. Students color the listening buddy at the top of the page or you can print the color version.

There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required. Just print and play! Music is available on YouTube or your preferred streaming service.

This Thanksgiving activity pack features five music selections from November Mindful Listening! Students can color their black & white listening buddy page topper or you can print the color version.

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of composers from different backgrounds
• observe emotional 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

Thanksgiving Listening Buddies Included:

1. Quiet City, Copland
2. Song for Harvest Season, Ives
3. Cello Concerto No. 1, Haydn
4. English Horn Concerto, Rorem
5. Autumn Legend, Alwyn

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!

Use this book to discuss anxiety and what your students can do to manage it when they experience it. Then sing the song and have the students literally rise up and then wave to each other when you are singing those lines to bring the class together as a community. Repeat as many times as necessary. Feel free to use with or without the book throughout the year. For students in grades PreK-3rd.

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No Prep Christmas Literacy! These festive Christmas-themed reading trackers are a fun and engaging way for students to track their reading progress throughout the holiday season.

Each tracker features 26 seasonal images that students can color to represent each book they read or a certain amount of reading time. There is also a checkbox for choosing how much each image represents (number of books or reading period,) and a note box for writing a list of their favorite books!

Benefits:

• Motivation: Tracking progress visually can encourage students to read more and meet their reading goals.
• Engagement: The festive Christmas theme adds a fun and exciting element to reading.
• Learning: Students can develop essential skills like goal-setting, time management, and self-monitoring.
• Pride: Coloring in the trackers can boost students' sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.
• Classroom Community: Sharing reading trackers can foster a sense of camaraderie and encourage discussions about favorite books.

Perfect for:

• Classroom use
• Homeschools
• Individual reading goals
• Holiday-themed reading challenges

Includes: 10 reading trackers featuring unique Christmas-themed designs!

❄️ 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!

Teach your students to identify and listen for the quarter rest with the chant written specifically for this book! Chant at specific points in the book when the bear keeps snoring despite all the activity around the animal. Decode the chant afterwards and ask your students what the "shh" represents. Use the decoding worksheet with the older grades (1st-2nd) to reinforce quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rest. Use a bear puppet that children can chant to for more engagement. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.

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Just print & play! Do you need engaging Pre-K classical music activities? These printable listening sheets offer creative ways for students to learn more about the life and compositions of ten popular composers!

Activities Included:

• Composer Fact Sheet: Each composer fact sheet in this series includes fun, basic information – full name, birthplace, birth date, and more. There are also portraits of each composer with a space for students to draw their own!
• Drawing Page Listening sheets include the title of a popular piece, the composer, a black & white composer to color in, and a space for drawing any scene that may come to mind when listening.
• Instrument Color & Listen  Students listen and color the instruments they hear. Featured instruments are violin, piano, clarinet, trumpet, drum, and cymbal.
• Weather Color & Listen Sheet: While listening to the selected music, each student can color in the weather elements they feel and hear.
• Emotions Color & Listen Sheet: Students color the character(s) that best identify their emotions while listening to the music.

Printable Listening Sheets:

Wolfgang Mozart

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Clarinet Concerto
3. Piano Sonata No. 16
4. Violin Concerto No. 5
5. Piano Sonata No. 8

Ludwig Van Beethoven

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Symphony No. 5
3. "Moonlight" Sonata
4. Symphony No. 9 "Ode to Joy"
5. Für Elise

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. 1812 Overture
3. Symphony No. 4
4. Swan Lake
5. String Quartet No. 1

Frédéric Chopin

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Piano Sonata No. 2
3. Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2
4. Piano Concerto No. 1
5. Piano Sonata No. 3

George Handel

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Music for the Royal Fireworks
3. Water Music
4. Converti Grossi, Op. 6
5. Piano Sonata No. 3

Claude Debussy

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. La Mer (The Sea)
3. The Snow is Dancing
4. Petite Suite
5. Serenade of the Doll

Antonio Vivaldi

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. The Four Seasons: Spring
3. Magnificat
4. Concerto Alla Rustica
5. Lute Concerto in D Major

Johann Sebastian Bach

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Toccata and Fugue
3. Orchestral Suite No. 3
4. Cantata No. 21
5. Cello Suite No. 1

Erik Satie

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Gymnopédie No. 1
3. Parade
4. Gymnopédie No. 2
5. Gnossienne No. 1

Johannes Brahms

1. Composer Fact Sheet
2. Clarinet Sonata No. 1
3. Hungarian Dance No. 5
4. Wiegenlied (Brahms' Lullaby)
5. Symphony No. 2

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!