Musical Plates

Singing is a great way to build memory, music, and verbal communication skills. Little ones sing the song, "Old Mac Donald had a Farm." They make the sounds of each animal on the farm paying attention to signaling cues, singing high, and...

Send this cute activity home with kids, to increase family involvement. They'll consider what would happen if rice was bounced in a tambourine, and then they'll complete a sound activity by makings an instrument out of wax paper and a...

First graders practice telling time while exploring the relationship  between music with numbers. In this interdisciplinary math and music lesson plan, 1st graders complete a number worksheet, create their own clocks and recite a song...

Students explore, examine and study all about animals and the sounds they make as well as the sounds people make. They utilize a wide variety of musical instruments to assist them with their task for this assignment and experiences.

Young learners explore nutrition and the food groups in these two mini-lesson plan ideas. First, kindergarteners have a discussion about their health and how different foods contribute to it before making their own personal food pyramid....

Students construct simple musical instruments. In this music instructional activity, students read the text Max Found Two Sticks and construct their own instruments from classroom materials.

Budding musicians engage in an exciting lesson which has them make musical instruments out of ordinary household items. By using paper plates, plastic cups, rubber bands, storage containers, and wooden spoons they make a variety of...

Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items.

Students explore alternatives to everyday toys for creative projects. They assess all the uses of paper plates, paintings, Dixie cups, sticks, puppets, etc. For example, groups of students gather together Dixie cups to be creative a...

An engaging and fun lesson on telling time is here for you. In it, young time-tellers listen to the song, "Rock Around the Clock," then use Judy Clocks to practice telling time to the hour and half hour. Finally, using paper plates, each...