Music activities for kids

DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Super cute DIY Maracas are a fun musical instrument craft for kids of all ages. Use these homemade musical instruemnts as a fun craft or music activity !

Simple DIY water xylophone takes a couple minutes to make and is a great sound activity, experiment, and music activity for kids too!

STEM / STEAM for Kids: Create your own straw pan flutes! A fun craft you can use to explore the science of sound and music. Children can create their own songs and record them on the free song recording sheet printable! #stem #steam #music #sound #scienceforkids #kindergarten #firstgrade #musicforkids #craftsforkids #kidscrafts

Kindergarten students love using instruments! Here are 5 tried and true rhythm activities to get your little ones engaged in music class.

Create paper cup drums in 5 minutes or less. This is an easy musical instrument kids craft for preschool kids (with a little help from an adult). Kids crafts | kids crafts ideas | kids crafts easy

Discover 7 gross motor music activities & strategies for your elementary music classes. Perfect for your kindergarten music class & centers!

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This is a fun and messy piece of process art that the kids will love. Turn up the music and then drum and splatter and paint away.

Preschoolers learn about the sound of drums through play and interactive lessons about orchesta instruments including the drum, woodwinds, horns, and more.

Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.

Hannah Zimmermann on Instagram: "A Mouse Lives in a Little Whole - movement activity I’ve just discovered this song by Lynn Kleiner this year and absolutely love it! In kindergarten, we do a lot with movement exploration and a lot of animal themed days - so this is a perfect addition. The movement in this video was largely inspired by ThatMusicMakers on YouTube. Would you do this with your students? #elementarymusiceducation #elementarymusic #elementarymusicteacher #elementary music rocks…

Do you teach nursery rhymes to your kids? Some people think they are outdated, or really have no value for kids today, but there are lots of great reasons to still expose children to nursery rhymes. The rhyme and repetition make them great first stories for little ones to retell. They help teach how language

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Lena Leon | Elementary Music Class Made Fun on Instagram: "Super fun passing music activity for your little ones! This summer I had the pleasure to work with this group of soon to be Kindergarteners, they absolutely blew my mind and I can’t wait to have them in my classroom this upcoming school year. 🎵 CD “Bean Bag Activities and Coordination Skills” by Kimbo / Available on Spotify ✅Save this for later! ✅Share - Spread the Music #elementarymusic #elementary #backtoschool #musicteacher…

FREE Instruments for Kids Playdough Cards - these playdough mats are a fun way for toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade kids to learn about musical instruments while having fun! #playdough #musicforkids #playdoughmats

Lena Leon | Elementary Music Class Made Fun on Instagram: "I needed an accommodation for this class and decided to incorporate scarves. Here’s an adapted version of “Row Your Boat” Orff arrangement by @lynnkleiner using scarves! We focused on exploring high and low movements with the music, and different tempos. #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusic #musicandmovement #musicality #elementary #musicteacher #musicclass"