Music manipulatives

Like most teachers I am such a fan of dollar stores. I can shop there to organize my classroom, create new workstations and add a little flair to my bulletin boards. I'd like to share with you just a few of my favorite finds! Flyswatters My kids are always a little in awe when they see my collection of flyswatters. (This pictures shows most of my collection.) I sometimes use them as pointers when projecting things on my white board, but most often these are used for Swat the Staff or Swat…

Do you need a FUN simple elementary music project? Make an ocean drum then create accompaniments for any song about the sea.

Use pop tubes in music class with these 5 easy ideas. elementary music education, pop toobs, fidget toys, music classroom, music manipulatives.

Using manipulatives helps elementary students develop a “concrete concept” of music reading and demystifies learning to read music.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at all sorts of different and easy music manipulatives for introducing basic notation and new musical concepts. These are a great way to bring the subject to life and really engage young beginners. I found these fun Music Fortune Tellers from Just A little More on Pinterest – […]

Hannah Zimmermann on Instagram: "Storage hack! Staple an envelope with needed manipulatives to one side of your Manila file, and then staple whatever else you need (a T-Chart, staff, etc) to the other side. This is a GAME-CHANGER and made clean-up so easy for the kids. I can’t wait to do this with more ideas! It doesn’t take up a lot of space, and it keeps everything I need organized. Thank you @jessiq422 😍 Also, my shirt is from the @musicallyminted and @music_for_kiddos collab! It was a…

Use pop tubes in music class with these 5 easy ideas. elementary music education, pop toobs, fidget toys, music classroom, music manipulatives.

Put those dull pencils and boring manuscript paper away: here are some fun and creative ways of teaching the basics of music.

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

Your elementary music students will absolutely love this free download of milk and cookies kaboom game! It is a center favorite it my room!