Ideas and Techniques

8 Simple and Effective Ways to Teach Music Orff Activities

Orff music activities for elementary students are designed to help children develop their musical skills through fun and engaging lessons.

Two Free Interactive Elementary Music Activities Students Will Love

Easel Activities are a valuable tool for teaching interactive elementary music lessons. See the full post for ways to increase student engagement using this simple tool. Be sure to download the 2 FREE resources for your music classroom. Enjoy!

How to Teach Music Literacy Skills Using Vocal Solfege Warm Ups

Sneak more music literacy activities into your classes with these tips and ideas to develop music literacy using vocal warm ups.

Design Black History Month Music Lessons for Elementary Grades

Designing Black History lessons doesn’t have to be difficult. Click to read for ideas and tips for creating authentic lessons for your elementary music classroom.

Use Storybooks in Elementary Music to Establish Historical Context

Children’s storybooks in elementary music are perfect for setting the stage and establishing a historical context for a song or piece of music.

Quality Online Elementary Music Books Hosted on TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks aren’t just for elementary classrooms. There are many TumbleBooks for the elementary music classroom as well and they are valuable resources for online teaching.

How to Teach Elementary Music Online

Are you faced with teaching elementary music classes online in response to COVID19? Read on for ideas & tips to teach distance-based learning.

How to Earn and Redeem TpT Credit

Buyers who leave feedback for Teachers Pay Teachers products earn credit toward classroom resources. Don’t miss the 4 easy steps for how to earn TpT credit.

8 Reasons to Teach Camp Songs in Music Class

8 Reasons to Use Camp Songs in the Elementary Music Classroom

Provide a positive musical experience and encourage the appreciation of music by balancing and integrating learning with high energy camp songs and games.

5 Fun Ways to Recognize Student Achievement in Elementary Music

Do you need simple ways to celebrate student success in your elementary music classroom? You can recognize REAL student achievement and increase motivation. And best of all, there is NO COST & NO EXTRA PREP!

18 Tips to Prevent Teacher Burnout

Originally written as a series of Instagram posts, these tips to prevent teacher burnout will help keep you rejuvenated and ready to go every day.

How to Get the Most Value from TpT Sitewide Sales

TpT site-wide sales only occur a few times a year. Check out these tips to help you get the most value for your students in your classroom.

How to Create Differentiated K-5 Music Activities

Children of different ages are not maturationally ready for the same activities, so HOW do you create music activities for grades K-5? Check out these ideas and activities.

6 Ways to Integrate Camp Songs in Elementary Music

Traditional camp songs can be a valuable addition to your elementary music class. See these fun ways to actively engage your students.

11 Easy Ways to Involve ALL Students in Elementary Music Classes

Do you have any students that are reluctant to participate in elementary music classes? See these tips to involve all students all the time.

Authentic Assessment in Elementary Music

Assessment in elementary music should be authentic, quick, valid, reliable and FUN! Integrate assessment into music activities while building music literacy.