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Interactive escape-room activity for practicing reading treble-clef music notation.
Includes: music notation puzzle worksheet · worksheet answer key
Play Memory (matching pairs) or Go Fish (asking classmates for a named instrument or instrument family) using instrument-themed cards; in one deck, students color the black-and-white instrument pictures.
Includes: Deck 1: picture + instrument name on each card · Deck 2: picture on one card, instrument name on the matching card
Students clap and echo rhythmic patterns based on names (The Name Game), including a 'mystery person' clue-clapping variant; and play a bingo-style 'Classmate M-U-S-I-C' grid game where they find classmates who match a musical or academic skill to fill a signature grid.
Includes: The Name Game: clap-the-syllables rhythm activity with extension variants (favorite sports figure, TV/movie star, mystery-person clue… · Classmate M-U-S-I-C: reproducible signature-grid game with two variants - 'Back to School' (musical skills/interests) and 'Show What…
Complete interactive listening/note-identification modules on a device and/or play along with physical bingo cards, checking answers in the provided answer booklet
Includes: interactive digital modules (device-based, via download link) · physical bingo cards
Play interactive activities including matching instruments to names, identifying high/low pitch, a solo-instrument challenge, drag-and-drop matching, matching pairs, and true/false questions, receiving immediate feedback within the resource.
Includes: interactive activity list: matching instruments and names, high/low pitch, solo instrument challenge, drag and drop, matching pairs… · download-troubleshooting instructions
Listen to each of two jazz music options on a slide, then drag and drop a checkmark over the preferred selection; use blank slides at the end to create their own musical this-or-that choices.
Answer beginner music-theory questions to move a game piece around a digital board; play in teams of 2-4, landing on bonus 'star' squares to advance further.
Includes: instructions/launch page with download links to computer, web, and tablet (Articulate Mobile Player) versions of the interactive game · digital board game covering notes, key signatures, time signatures, symbols, dynamics, and intervals
Working in one of two teams, students answer questions across five categories (name the composer, nationality, famous pieces, which era, musical features) with harder questions worth more points, via an external e-learning player (Articulate Mobile Player or a downloaded/unzipped computer file).
Includes: instructions page explaining the two-team interactive game format and its five question categories
Launch the interactive module (tablet, computer, or web link) and answer 6 questions in a row across topics (dynamics, instruments of the orchestra, rhythms, types of music) to earn clues and eliminate suspects, identifying which of 5 music-genre-themed suspects (Jazz, Classical, Reggae, Rap, Rock fans) stole the…
Includes: instructions/overview PDF · download links for 5 versions x 3 platforms (tablet, computer, web) of the interactive module
Use the interactive activity (delivered via a linked e-learning player, opened via tablet/computer/web link) to position the major keys in the correct order of sharps and flats against a timer, and try to beat their own time.
Includes: Interactive e-learning activity (Articulate-based) covering major-key positioning up to 7 sharps/flats · Help section and built-in timer
Product: MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM MEGAPack! This comprehensive teaching resource will inject excitement and the spirit of teamwork into your upper elementary or lower middle school music classes. The key concepts include instruments, rhythm, and notes on the staff. Main Features Five Distinct Rooms: Comprising several…
Navigate 10 online rooms of an interactive adventure game, answering treble-clef notation questions by clicking to progress, with immediate feedback and help sections; a UK answer booklet/walkthrough is also provided.
Includes: instructions/link page for an Articulate-based interactive escape room (10 rooms, treble clef notation, animations, immediate… · download links (tablet link, computer link) requiring Articulate Mobile Player app
Play/complete a series of group games and worksheets: an 'I Have Who Has' instrument card game; a dance-and-movement activity matching music genres (orchestra, opera, pop, choir, marching band) to recordings; a 'Guess That Instrument' listening worksheet (10 sounds, match instrument to sound, with answer key); a…
Includes: Activity One: How is Music Made -- 'I Have Who Has' Instrument Cards (set of 12) game instructions and cards; Dance Card Movement… · Activity Two: Evolution of Music -- Time Period Challenge cards for 8 decades (1940s-2010s to Today) and a…
Answer discussion questions about the story, watch/listen to an orchestra performance, play musical-instrument charades using included instrument cards, and trace/copy words from the story for handwriting practice.
Includes: 6 discussion questions about the story · orchestra-video activity instructions
Students are divided into partners/small groups using a class-provided grouping method, then complete music-themed games and activities such as forming groups by animal-noise matching, birthday-month matching, or shared childhood songs, and solving music-themed Sudoku puzzles
Includes: guidance on selecting partners/groups fairly for small-group activities (e.g. line up alphabetically, by birthdate, by height, etc.) · 'Getting into Groups' activities: Animal Noises, Birthdays, Humdingers (group-forming games using sound/song matching)
A compiled book of whole-class music games and activities intended to teach fundamental music concepts across grades K-6, usable by educators without a music background.
Students sing/move along to 'Smile, Smile, Smile' (using a paper-plate smiley face prop and invented movements), follow lyric-cued actions in 'The Join Along Game' (blink, sway, tap, bounce, hug), and dance-and-freeze when the music stops for 'Freeze!!'.
Includes: slide explaining benefits of music/singing · "Smile, Smile, Smile" song activity (+ audio track)
Watch a video/listen to sample music for two musical genres per slide (Rock vs Classical, Pop vs Country, Hip hop vs Funk, Techno vs Reggae, K-Pop vs Musical Theater), then drag and drop a checkmark over the preferred genre; use blank slides at the end to insert their own genre choices.
Includes: Directions slide · Paired music genre choice slides: Rock Genre/Classical Genre, Pop Genre/Country Genre, Hip hop Genre/funk Genre, Techno Genre/reggae…
Let's Talk About Music Board Game offers educators an entertaining way to build students' English language skills. This printable board game includes a game board and dice to spark engaging conversations about music. Students take turns rolling the dice and moving spaces on the board. They read the music question out…
Students work in teacher-assigned partners or small groups to complete activities such as forming groups fairly, group games with names/sounds (Animal Noises, Birthdays, Humdingers), a breath-control team game with a ping-pong ball, and creating/singing a short group song for a shared theme (e.g., school spirit/anthem…
Includes: group-selection strategies guide · Animal Noises, Birthdays, and Humdingers grouping games
This resource is an interactive music game for a Snowball Fight. On each slide, students will work to win the snowball fight by selecting the right music patterns.
Unscramble anagrams of instrument names, complete a crossword using instrument names, copy words onto blank and lined writing boards, match words to pictures, use a wheel chart, and find instrument words in a word search grid.
Includes: anagram/unscramble activity (15 instrument name anagrams) · crossword puzzle with numbered clues
This Horton Hears Rhythms Koosh Ball Game is perfect for your 1st and 2nd graders. This is a great game for your music students to enjoy during Read Across America Week. From slide to slide, students will practice rhythms and notes.
Includes: title/focus slide ('Horton Hears Rhythms! Koosh Ball game focusing on:')
Answer Grade 1 UK music-theory questions to move a game piece around a digital board; play in teams of 2-4, landing on bonus 'star' squares to advance further.
Includes: instructions/launch page with download links to computer, web, and tablet (Articulate Mobile Player) versions of the interactive game · digital board game covering notes on the stave, key signatures, time signatures, symbols, dynamics, and intervals