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Here's a spring parachute activity "My Little Garden". So I hope you're ready to move and sing this spring. This podcast is a lesson tutorial for a parachute music and movement activity song "My Little Garden". I'm sharing how to do a parachute activity and movement routine to the song "My Little Garden". And each verse of the song will feature a different...

Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to bring movement, music, and imagination together in your classroom with the "My Little Garden" scarf activity song! Listen to learn about activities designed especially for PreK through 2nd grade, this original scarf movement song captures students’ attention with familiar melodies, creative play, and joyful movement. Whether you're lea...

It's spring! Let's do the stretchy band song activity "My Little Garden" in your music class this week. This is a Music and movement lesson tutorial for teachers. You can find all the materials for this activity in the LINKS! My students loved stretchy bands and yours will too! Let me know how this stretchy band activity works for you and your students. YouTube Video: Blog Post:...

Fun holiday rhythm games for music class. Get your free materials and a copy of our holiday music class rhythm games and flash cards. Rhythm games to say and play and create rhythm patterns for grades K-6. These fun games are played with small groups of children. Games for elementary music, piano studios, private lessons, home school music activities. READ THE BLOG POST: WATCH THE VIDEO: GET THE F...

Sing SANTA is His Name-O to the tune of BINGO and play instruments using this FREE music activity. Students will enjoy playing the instruments on the silent letters instead of clapping. Thanks for listening to this podcast! Sandra   Download the Freebie from Sing Play Create: SANTA BINGO: Fun SANTA song sung to BINGO music lesson FREEBIE activity for home and school music groups. Sing the song and...

I'm sharing a Christmas music and movement activity with instruments using the song "Merry Christmas Time" to play the steady beat in this week’s teaching tutorial. Help your children/students get the steady beat using this music and movement activity tutorial. This video is designed for teachers in music classrooms and group activities! “Merry Christmas Time” is an interactive stea...

Hello! Here's some quick tips and ideas on how to teach fun turkey fingerplays and why you need to use fingerplays and songs in your early childhood through 3rd grades. Children respond so well when they are learning stories, use their hands and fingers and singing. This video will help you understand why fingerplays are essential to use to strengthen literacy, memory and fine as well as gros...

Here's a fun music lesson tutorial on how to teach "Five Fat Turkeys Are We" song in music class. I'll demonstrate how to teach BEAT and RHYTHM and a SCARF MOVEMENT. This is such a fun and creative music lesson for Preschool through 3rd grades. This video is for training purposes to help music teacher get ideas and lesson plans for their classes and for home school moms and dad...

Here's a music lesson tutorial for "Grizzly Bear" song using classroom Instruments to teach dynamics. This is a lesson tutorial for parents and teachers who want to help children learn music concepts. GET THE RESOURCE: TpT Link: https://bit.ly/3YFrcZC   Sing Play Create Link: https://bit.ly/4eZnFLm LISTEN TO THE SONG: Spotify  Apple  YouTube  READ THE POST WATCH THE SCARF MOVEMENT V...

Halloween Music Activities for the Song Stirring My Brew including singing, moving, waving scarves, playing instruments and a game for the elementary music teacher, home school mom and preschool music and movement teacher.  WATCH THE TUTORIAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/oYE3fg-lrQ8 KIDS MUSIC ACTIVITY:  https://youtu.be/EyapsbmWk6A GET THE RESOURCE:  https://bit.ly/3ja7ahP LISTEN TO THE SONG:  (Spotif...

Learn how to teach the scarf movement for "ZOOM, ZOOM ,ZOOM" in this music lesson teaching tutorial. I'm sharing how teachers and parents can use scarf movement activities to help children develop physically and emotionally and musically.  Music and movement activities for young children here on Sing Play Create Teaching Tips. READ THE BLOG:https://bit.ly/4gXpdHa WATCH THE ZOOM ZOOM...

I’m sharing how to incorporate music and movement into your fall literacy learning activities. In this podcast I’ll be sharing ways that all early childhood teachers and moms can teach fall literacy songs and poems to improve musical, physical, language and creative skills. There’s many reasons you want to use thematic songs to help children make connections between ideas, vocabulary and musical c...

Kindergarten and Preschool body percussion activities for music class.  Ideas to use body percussion to teach steady beat.  Here’s a list of short reasons why body percussion activities are beneficial for children:  1. Enhances coordination and motor skills. 2. Boosts listening and focus abilities. 3. Encourages creativity and self-expression. 4. Improves rhythm and timing. 5. Strengthens memory a...

Fun music relay games you can play in elementary music class. This is a tutorial video for music teachers with 5 fun music relay game instructions. These games are for small groups in music class, music lessons, piano class, homeschool music too! Games are a great way to keep your students engaged. FUN MUSIC CLASS RELAY GAMES 01: 34 GET ORGANIZED GAME #1 02:00 GAME #2 03:10  GAME #3 04:02 GAME #4...

Learn to teach these Classroom Line Up Songs for your Kindergarten, First and Second Grades and Preschool classrooms. This video is for teachers to learn the songs to use in their classrooms. WATCH ON YouTube Sing Play Create Teaching Tips Channel READ ON THE BLOG GET THE RESOURCE WEBSITE SHOP   ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM SONGS GET THE RESOURCES ON TPT CLASSROOM SONGS LINEUP CLEAN UP STRETCH SONGS AND C...

Here are some back to school kindergarten through 2nd grade music class activities! GET ORGANIZED with the tips in this podcast. Singing, moving, are fun things we can do on the first day of class. Welcome songs, Music Lessons, Movement Activities and Calm Down Routines. Learn More at Sing Play Create WATCH on YouTube READ on the BLOG GET THE RESOURCES: Support the show Thank you for listening to...

Learn how to take the song "Summertime" and create a music lesson to teach beat, rhythm, scarf movement and hand actions. Use the activities at home or at school for an interactive music experience. YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Pywgubj6f6Q BLOG POST: https://bit.ly/459IiQS DOWNLOAD THE FREEBIE: https://bit.ly/3PkQ0Ba Support the show Thank you for listening to this Podcast! We appreciate sh...

I'm sharing some ideas on how to teach songwriting in music class. If you are ready to help your upper elementary music students learn how to write a song, then this post is for you. This upper elementary music lesson tutorial will give you the tools you need to create a music lesson unit for your students. Watch the Video Read the Blog Post Support the show Thank you for listening to this Po...

If you're ready for a calm down activity-this is the one!  Scarf movement to Back's Prelude in C Major to help students move high and low.  Tons of lesson tips and pre-activity lesson ideas.   I share the movement with some beautiful nature video backgrounds at the end of the video- Can you use this in your class?  I hope so! BLOG POST: https://www.singplaycreate.com/2024/04/scarf-moveme...

Let's use our whole bodies to play with bean bags.  Learn about music with bean bag games. Have fun and work together to make music with bean bag activities. BEAN BAG MUSIC GAMES & ACTIVITIES: PREK-5 VIDEO BEAN BAG MUSIC GAMES & ACTIVITIES: PREK-5  BLOG POST BEAN BAG ACTIVITIES TPT LINK Support the show Thank you for listening to this Podcast! We appreciate sharing these activities wi...

Five parachute music and movement activities K-5 ideas! In today's post I'm sharing five music activities you can use to learn music concepts.  I'm using classical music in this teaching tutorial to teach beat, fast/slow, loud/soft, a story song and a calm down activity using games and movement with the parachute. 5 PARACHUTE MUSIC AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES https://youtu.be/iKbJahCx26...

Elementary Music Lesson Planning Tips to help you streamline your lesson plans and use your time effectively. There's no better feeling than walking out the door after contract hours. You can do this! If you are a new teacher or looking for ways to be more effective, then this podcast will help you. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to this PODCAST! Thank you for listening! READ THE BLOG POST:  https://ww...

Let’s play instruments and learn beat, rhythm and solfege using “Snow”, an easy winter poem. In this podcast I’m sharing the teaching steps and lesson outlines for the “Snow” poem with instruments. LEARNING GOALS: Steady Beat Rhythm Solfege: so, mi, do SECTIONS: TEACHING: 00:32 DEMONSTRATION: 4:35 HOW TO ORGANIZE LESSONS: 5:06 BLOG POST LINK: VIDEO LINK:  https://youtu.be/ig9PB1Jl4dc  Thanks for l...

Let's get out our instruments and make some winter sounds. Learn how to take the song "Snowflake" and turn it into an instrument playing activity. for your K-2 students. This song is on all your favorite music channels: LISTEN TO THE SONG: SPOTIFY- AMAZON- iTunes * APPLE MUSIC- WATCH ON YOUTUBE Sing Play Create Teaching Tips Winter Song with an Instrument Activity Tutorial "Sno...

Let's learn body parts, move to the music and wave our scarf around. Here's an easy tutorial for a winter scarf dance you can use with toddlers up to 2nd graders. Scarf Movement Song "The Snow is On My Head" LISTEN TO THE SONG: SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Y2dA8TAqMylK2Bx99VFXb ITUNES/APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-snow-is-on-my-head-childrens-mov...