What to do on the first day of music class - Aileen's Music Room
Wondering what to do with your students on the first day of elementary music class? This blog post details five activities to try with your students in Kindergarten-Fifth Grade, from name games, to singing games, to surveys! The ideas could also work well for middle school general music class, and will start your year off well!
Tennis Balls ~ Stars and Stripes Forever
My 3-5's did this with tennis balls and K-2 with scarves. Whole notes with scarves were a full circle with one arm going overhead, and half notes were passing around the body. Quarter notes we passed the scarf from hand-to-hand in front, and for Eighths we waved the scarf up and down. Great activity!
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