Picture Books About Friendship
use music as a signal to transition between center rotations use music as a timer (think ‘Jeopardy’ theme song) brain breaks (especially Go Noodle)
Use videos of battle marches to teach about the American Revolution or the Civil War Teach about the Great Depression using Woody Guthrie songs Play ragtime tunes to introduce students to the changing times at the turn of the last century
Art
play a song and have students draw what they feel the song communicates discuss how different pieces of music make you ‘feel’ different colors, textures, or temperatures create “joined art” (make a painting or sculpture and pair it with a piece of music)
Use music to make the environment calm for writing time encourage students to interpret poetry through freestyle dance teach the parts of a story (exposition, rising action, climax, resolution) using music like Peter and the Wolf