Songs

Whether new to the Kodály Method of music instruction or an experienced veteran, you'll find much to make your heart sing in a teacher guide that was designed for a music appreciation project. 

Show your school spirit! Class members use instruments or sing along and employ what they have learned in the two previous lessons to perform their school's songs.

Students understand information and stories contained in patriotic songs. In this patriotic music lesson, students participate in grade appropriate lessons to understand the music and lyrics of patriotic songs. Students perform the...

Students compose songs about recycling. In this ecology lesson, students use vocabulary and concepts related to recycling to generate lyrics for an original song. Students construct musical instruments out of discarded materials.

Singing, holiday music, family get togethers are all part of typical American Christmas celebrations. Prepare your autistic or special needs class for social engagement through a group sing along. They can build reading skills, rhythm,...

There are so many ways to help our students build strong memory skills, one of which is to teach them a memory song. Sing this silly pirate song with your class. They will need to remember all of the things that interrupted the pirate....

Break the ice or warm up your class with the very interesting Peanut Butter Song. Students will sing about all of the silly places they like to put peanut butter. For instance, on their shoes, socks, shirt, and head. Note: Having fun...

Out came the sun and — then what? A captivating music video adds western flair to the ever-favorite children's song, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."

Beep, beep, swish, swish! Get ready to groove to a captivating music video featuring an upbeat rendition of the song, The Wheels on the Bus. 

Students define pitch, measure varying amounts of water into containers, make predictions about the sounds made when striking the containers, put containers in order from highest to lowest pitch, and create their own sound patterns with...