MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson plan about literary devices. As class...
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ABC Song: Alphabet Song
Learn the ABC's with help from a music video featuring a young panda bear that sings the alphabet while letters appear beside him.
Curated OER
Melodies and Math: Creating Music with Non-Traditional Instruments
Review the 4/4 and 2/4 time signatures in music with a helpful music theory lesson plan. Young musicians experiment with electronic sounds and create their own musical performance using instruments made from materials found in the...
Curated OER
Music Lesson Plan for Teaching Children with (Severe) Autism
Here's a packet of music activities designed specifically for children with autism. Kids learn greeting, echo, and repertory songs, as well as rhythmic patterns to play rhythm instruments.
Curated OER
Teaching About Tolerance Through Music
Explore the importance of tolerance with a music-themed lesson. Learners listen to the music of Peter, Paul, and Mary, and discern the underlying messages before discussing the painful effects of ridicule, disrespect, and bullying.
Smithsonian Institution
African American Music: Let’s Sing and Play Clapping Games
Two lessons focus on making a beat. Using popular African American music of its time, scholars listen and analyze the rhythm then recreate it with hands drums, and cups.
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Number Songs: 100 to 1000 - Big Numbers!
Go on an undersea adventure with a music video featuring a children's song about counting numbers. A friendly octopus swims freely while he counts to 1,000 by hundreds.
Curated OER
Kindergarten Music Time
Little ones are led through a series of rhythmic songs and chants while they march, clap, and use their tummies as percussive instruments. They work on singing in pitch, chunking, and keeping a steady beat.
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Numbers Song—5, 10, 15, 20
Practice skip counting by five with a music video featuring a yellow school bus that travels around town counting up to 20 objects.
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ABC Song - Underwater!
Take an undersea trip and practice the alphabet with an engaging music video featuring the ABC's sung to a new tune.
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Numbers Song for Children: 10 to 100
Practice skip counting with a music video that takes scholars on an undersea adventure where a friendly fish counts to 100 by 10.
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Alphabet Song: A to Z for Children
Add visual representation to the classic alphabet song with a music video that offers kid-friendly graphics and a calming singing voice.
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Learn Colors and Objects Song
The grass is green and the bus is blue! Find out what color other objects are with a kid-friendly music video that sings about real-world objects and the colors that represent them.
Rockin' English Lessons
English "Alphabet Song" (ABCs Rock) - Rockin' English
Rock out with the ABCs! Listen to a new take on the alphabet song with this rock 'n' roll version that will surely make the class want to dance.
Rockin' English Lessons
"Have and Has Song"–Rockin' English
A fun, rock n' roll beat and light-hearted example sentences make up this music video designed to support your instruction of perfect tense verbs, have and has.
Rockin' English Lessons
"Alphabet Song" - English ABCs (Whole) by Rockin' English
Add a little rock 'n' roll flare to the traditional alphabet song with this modern rendition that first sings a laid back, slow version, then speeds things up with a more upbeat tempo.
Rockin' English Lessons
"Count to 20 Song" - Rockin' English Musical Lesson (Numbers 1-20)
Pupils will be tapping their toes to this upbeat, rock 'n' roll song that counts from one to twenty and provides a visual representation of each number!
Rockin' English Lessons
Yes and No, Stop and Go Song
Sing along with the opposites song! Sung to a cool, hip beat, the basic word-pairs featured are yes/no and stop/go.
Age of Learning
The Letter G Song
Gary the ghost giggles when he gulps. Ah, the letter G. Show this silly and entertaining video to beginning readers learning the alphabet. The western music engages all who view it and you won't be able to help but stomp your feet and...
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One Potato Two Potato: Numbers Song
Practice counting forward and backward—one through 10—with a music video singing the classic tune, One Potato Two Potato.
Rockin' English Lessons
Count to 10 Song - Rockin' English Lesson (Numbers 1-10)
Add a little music to your counting instruction! Count and read numbers one to ten in a song accompanied by a guitar and drums.
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Numbers Song: Counting Five Little Ducks
Reinforce counting skills with a music video featuring the song, Counting Five Little Ducks. Five ducklings swim in their pond, hiding and seeking, as they count to five.
Preschool Prep Company
Vowels Song
Sing along to a music video featuring vowels, a, e, i , o, u, and y, sung to the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It.
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Ten Little Animals: Numbers Song
Practice counting to 10 with a captivating music video featuring little pandas, kittens, and monkeys.