Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Mexican Music: A Christmas Tradition

An excellent lesson plan that helps students learn the role of a music conductor. Students will engage in various activities that allow them to have a hands on approach to conducting their classmates.

Two Christmas carols are taught in this lesson plan, Silent Night and O Tannenbaum. Students will learn the carols in German and English. They will also learn the background and history of each of these well known carols.

Have your students learning about calypso music with this engaging lesson plan. Learn about calypso rhythms and learn a calypso song.

Provided on this website are three fun traditional Mexican songs for children to sing and enjoy. The songs are The Poll Parrot, To Jerez We Will Go and The Gruel. Printable pdf files of the music and lyrics are available for download.

This is a great resource for understanding and teaching musical forms to students. It thoroughly explains the various forms and provides activities to do with your students.

Explore a set of activities covering motif, opera motif, and melodic themes and movies. Several ideas and procedures are listed to help you teach this musical concept to your students.

This lesson focuses on the use of dynamics in music. Learn what the most common terms mean. Includes several activities to use with your class.

Engage your students in a lesson that uses music to identify multiples and fractions. Your students will enjoy participating in this activity as they learn and explore music and math.

A series of lesson plans geared toward elementary students. These lessons explore various musical cultures such as Germanic music, Korean songs, Ugandan music and Mexican music. You can use all of the lessons or simply choose which ones...

The glow of a Christmas tree means that the holidays are finally here! Young learners decorate their own trees with an interactive resource that includes tree options, ornaments, lights, garlands, and plenty of gifts to place.