Short ideas and suggestions for lesson plans -
Music theme
(check the download section of this theme for
worksheets and other downloadable lesson materials)
Gather all sorts of instruments, and let the
children hear them one by one. Then let the children
close their eyes. Play one of the instruments and let
the children guess which instrument they just heard.
Sort the instruments by type, percussion, wind or
string instrument (there is also a worksheet available,
check the downloadspage).
Blindfold a child and let them feel an instrument
and guess what it is.
Use a xylophone, preferably one with coloured bars.
Hit a couple of bars and ask the child to repeat what
you just played.
Use any percussion instrument, hit it a couple of
times and ask the children how many times you've hit it.
Make a cd with different types of music; jazz,
hardrock, classical music, rap, popular, blues etc. Play
small pieces for the children and ask their opinion.
Which piece did they like best. Which piece made them
feel happy or sad?
Ask if a parent who can play an instrument comes to
visit and play for the class, maybe the children play an
instrument themselves and want to perform in front of
the class.
Use the flashcards,
cover half the picture with your hand and ask the
children what instrument it is.
Let the children act that they're playing an
instrument and let the children guess which one it is.
Use a colour dice and a normal dice. Take 6
different kinds of instruments and give them to 6
children who can count. Give each child a colour
matching the dice. Give them a piece of paper with that
colour and put it in front of their feet so they can
remember more easily. The dice are thrown by the
children without an instrument. The colour indicates
which instrument will be played, the other dice shows
how many times it will be played. You can let another
child out count out these times or keep a chart. At the
end of the game we can check which instrument has been
played the most or the least.
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