Music teaching ideas

Five fun and action-filled circle games to practice rhythm, pitch, and more with your elementary music students.

One of the fundamental aspects of music that students need to explore in general elementary music is tempo, but it can be difficult to come up with different lesson ideas to keep students engaged while giving them the practice they need. Today I want to share some of my most effective strategies and lesson ideas for teaching tempo, no matter what grade level or specific aspect of tempo I'm working with.

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.

Color can be a helpful tool when teaching music literacy and developing music-reading skills, for students of all ages. Color provides a quick way of sorting and organizing visual elements, especially elements that are the same. Here are some of the benefits of using color, plus four simple ways to

My 15-Minute Music Lesson Freebies are some of the most popular here at Music in Our Homeschool. See links to all of them here.

Which free piano teaching games are the best? Which ones do you need in your teaching toolkit? These top 9 are the perfect place to start!

Organized Chaos: helping music teachers embrace the chaos of creativity through purposeful organization and simple ideas!

Do you have a favorite rhythm game or activity to use in your music lessons? Rhythm is something that always needs review, so you can never have too many

Want to make your elementary music lessons more engaging? These are ways to add more instruments to your general music lessons.