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B is for Banana

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners practice and perform the song "B is for Banana" using their knowledge of basic rhythms in 4/4 and student-created rhythm accompaniment based on speech. This excellent lesson is provided by the MENC (National Association for...
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California Strut

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students perform the line dance California Strut. In this dance lesson, students listen to the music "Hot, Hot, Hot" and perform a line dance.
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Corn Sayings

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create corn sayings. In this visual arts lesson, students use kernel corn and other art materials to make autumn message artwork. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Phytochemicals

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create movement, improvise rhythmic accompaniment, practice, and perform the song "Phytochemicals" in this excellent elementary-level General Music lesson. The lesson includes lesson challenges for more advanced students.
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Fit Kid

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars practice and perform the song "Fit Kid" while learning the basics of motion and music and dynamics in this elementary-level instructional activity for the General Music classroom. The instructional activity emphasizes...
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Salad Sisters

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils practice and perform 8 and 16 beat rhythmic patterns in 4/4 using the song "Salad Sisters" as a basis in this elementary-level General Music lesson. An amazing lesson for teaching cooperative music composition techniques and rhythm.
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Getting to Know Your Round Brush

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners discover art techniques. In this art tools instructional activity, students examine the round brush. Learners explore different techniques that may be produced using the round brush.
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Spur of the Moment Act

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students perform a skit.  In this performance and creativity lesson, students brainstorm ideas to be performed such as playing basketball, cheerleaders, roller skating and doing the dishes.  Students perform a skit and the...
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Handprint Flowers in Pot

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an art project.  In this Mother's Day lesson, students use their handprints, construction paper and other materials to create a hand print flower pot.  Students give their creation to their mothers as a gift...
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Digital Illustration- Partner Draw

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars explore changes in their digital images using a wacom tablet.  In this digital portrait lesson, students answer questionnaires and create a portrait of themselves using a digital paint program.  Young...
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Crayon Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create an Easter Basket stuffer. In this holiday art lesson, students melt crayons together over a small cooking pot and pour the melted crayons into a candy mold. Students let them dry and are able to color with the...
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Discriminating Phonemes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Timbre II

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this timbre of instruments worksheet, students explore the concept of timbre meaning four different kinds of sounds: string, brass, choral and percussion. Students locate those concepts in a word search puzzle.
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Color The Shapes In The Shape House

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this color the shapes in the shape house learning exercise, students utilize the primary colors red, blue, green and yellow to color the shape house as directed.
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Mother Goose Caboose

For Students K - 2nd
In this Mother Goose learning exercise, students color the nine different shapes one color, cut each piece out and glue them together on a separate sheet of paper. Students follow each direction as they piece together their trains.
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What Comes Next?

For Students 2nd
In this patterns worksheet, 2nd graders look over 4 different rows of pictures, look for a pattern and then draw what comes next on the lines provided. Students create their own pattern on the 5th line.
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The Shape of a Melody

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the melody in music. In this music instructional activity, students listen to samples of music and interpret the color of the melodies.
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Musical Alphabet: Skipping Down

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the concept of skipping down while reading music.  In this skipping down instructional activity, students review how to step up, skip up, and step down when reading music.  Learners then learn how to read music...
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Melody II

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students determine which string of notes are a harmony and which ones are a melody. Students also form a map of the musical contour of the songs "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and "Sweet Georgia Brown."
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A Musical Textures Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students identify textures in music. In this music appreciation lesson, students listen to a variety of classical music pieces and identify components of musical textures including monophony, homophony, polyphony, and heterophony.
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Asian Landscape Scroll

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the ancient art of Chinese scroll painting. They create an original landscape painting mounted on printed framing paper. Students discuss information about Chinese scroll paintings, an art form used for a least 2,000...
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Awesome Allegories

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Studenets are told that Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Germany. They create their own allegorical painting, think of a favorite story. Students write a summary of one scene in that story, using Crayola Erasable...
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Abstract Animals

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students look at several photographs of animals. They compare and contrast their forms by visually breaking the images into simple geometric shapes. Students draw the simple geometric shapes that comprise the animal. They fill in the...
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Black-on-Black Pottery

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students research the art work of the villages of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara, New Mexico. They create pottery designs with a matte surface and shiny designs. They cut several balanced pottery shapes from paper and glue them to...