Music lesson plans preschool

I'm starting to ease into Halloween themed lessons now, and I had a lot of success with this Rhythm Monsters activity today. My first graders have been preparing half notes for a few weeks and this was the first time they saw it and had practice writing it down. For the rhythm monsters lesson, I created this page with 20 different rhythm examples. I'll be honest: the rhythm content really had NOTHING to do with monsters. All I did was put a picture of a monster above each rhythm example and…

The next step to our rhythm lessons is to add rests to the icons we know how to read. We are only going to use quarter note rests that get one beat. They will be named "rest" for the purpose of reading and clapping the rhythm. Instead of clapping on the rest we will take our hands and give a beat into the air. We do want the children to feel that beat and not to do nothing on the rest. Even a rest gets a beat! For example, if we were reading and clapping Ta Ta Ti-Ti Rest it would look like…

It is now time to add rests to our music. This is basically the same lesson as lesson 8 but it includes the quarter rests. The addition of the rest means there are a lot more options for grouping the notes in sets of 4. Just a reminder that the rest gets one beat just as the quarter note does. Whenever the children are reading and clapping music it is important that the rest be "felt" even though there is no sound. For this lesson you may want to add instruments for variety. I always told my…

This Animal Actions Rhythm Game is the perfect way to get things moving and practice listening and note recognition skills at the same time.

Fun & easy music rhythm, composition and instrument rotation activity to add to your elementary music lesson plans. Engaging eighth note review!

A variety of 'all about me' free printables and activities; great for homeschools and classrooms and a variety of ages

Want a creative way to practice rhythms and incorporate movement activities into your classroom? These activities are full of drama, movement and rhythm activities for your PreK through 2nd grade s…

So you've got a new job teaching preschoolers music and you've got to submit a written program preschool music lessons. Goodbye weekend- hello late nights.

Preschool lesson plan - M is for Music - introduces musical instruments, memory, matching, music genres, and a craft to make their own musical instruments.

This was pinned as just a picture but can be translated into an open-ended musical learning opportunity for preschoolers. Turn on music and allow children to explore the music through art. You could also compare children's artwork that was done while listening to different genres of music. I wonder if the art would be influenced differently with different music?!