Movement and Circle Games Incorporate movement into your music lessons with these fun singing games for "The Telephone...		Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Twinkle, Twinkle: Music and Curricular Connections Using children's songs, these lessons show how to teach music while meeting curriculum...
Patterns in Music and Math Students learn how to solve music and math problems by finding patterns.		Native American Music: Call-and-Response Introduce students to a call-and-response form of Native American song and dance.
Rhythms and Body Percussion Students in grades K-4 echo short rhythms and melodic patterns by using their bodies.		Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...
Traditional Circle Game from Puerto Rico Use a lesson that uses Spanish to introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican song and...		Singing Lesson for Grades K-4 Have students choose a familiar song and work with them to develop individual and ensemble...
Follow Me Freeze Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.		African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...
Tap Your Feet Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in...		Graphing Pitch Distribute a group activity that explains the musical relationship between length of...
Math and Music: Fibonacci Sequence Students discover that patterns in music that relate to the Fibonacci Sequence.		Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...
Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.		Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to...
Numbers and Songs Students will create and perform songs based on math concepts and facts, with this lesson plan....		Appalachian Riddle Song Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the...