Below are some of our favorite games to use with students. Full credit goes to our musical friends who have created these games! Please see the attached link that will take you to their websites if you would like to support their hard work! Check back for updates!
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ACCIDENTAL EWE
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Identify sharps and flats.
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AMAZING INSTRUMENTS
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Someone acts as Master of Ceremonies. They choose card for each turn. If the answer is correct, then the player moves their game piece the number of spaces indicated under the answer.
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Level: 2
Concept: Instrument families |
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BATS AND CATS
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Bingo with a rhythm card.
Halloween themed. |
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BOO
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Clap rhythms. Halloween game.
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Level: 1
Concept: Rhythm clapping |
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BUG FLASHCARDS
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Pointer for note to match flashcards.
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Matching staff notes to keyboard |
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BUNNY HOP
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Identify instrument families.
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Level: 1-3
Concept: Instrument families |
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CANDY CORN
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Match the letter name, to the note on the staff, to the placement on the keyboard. Halloween themed.
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CANDY CORN FINGERS
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Pick a card, match to candy corn. Halloween themed.
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Level: Beginning
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CHRISTMAS FLASHCARDS
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Regular music note flashcards with a Christmas theme.
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CHRISTMAS TRAIN NOTES
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Present flashcards match the letters on a train. Christmas themed.
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Level: 1
Concept: Music alphabet Jeana Beasley |
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CHRISTMAS TREE
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Match letters to flashcards.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Music alphabet matching |
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CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC COMPOSERS CARD GAME
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Normal deck of cards that includes composer facts.
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Level: 1-5
Concept: Composer Facts www.usgamesinc.com |
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CONDUCTING CARDS
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Identify music characteristics.
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Level: Beginning - 1
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DOG BONE RHYTHMS
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Clap rhythms and match time signatures.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Time Signatures & Rhythms CPTO Member Created |
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EASTER EGG SCAVENGER HUNT
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Playing cards with matching terms and symbols. Easter themed.
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Level: Early Elementary - Elementary
Concept: Terms and Symbols Melody Payne |
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EYEBALL FINGERS
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Pick a ball, identify the finger. Halloween themed.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Finger numbers |
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FIND THE MISTAKE
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Christmas carols with wrong notes.
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FIND THE NOTE
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Lines and Spaces Identification.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: A-G as line or space note |
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FINGER DICE GAME
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Roll dice and play those fingers.
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Level: Beginning - 1
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FINGER FINDER
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Identify hand, finger, and letter.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Finger and Keyboard Letters CPTO Member Created |
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GRAND STAFF PASS
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Keyboard match to notes on a grand staff.
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HALLOWEEN SPIDER WEB VS. TREBLE CLEF
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Treble clef notes.
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Level: 1
Concept: Notes in treble clef |
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HAND PLACEMENT
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Pick cards and play them at piano.
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Level: 2-4
Concept: Note reading |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR HAT
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Symbols to define and cover a party hat. Happy New Year themed.
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Level: 1
Concept: Music symbol recognition |
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IT'S A STRANGE STORY
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Match terms to the definitions.
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Level: 3
Concept: Terms to definitions Solo Time Music Games by Lois |
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JUMPING FROPS BASS CLEF
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Match the frog bass clef note to its matching lily pad.
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Level: Beginning - 2
Concept: Bass Clef Note Reading CPTO Member Created |
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LADY BUG GAME
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Navigate through the music ABCs by selecting a card and saying the correct letter. Move to that letter and whoever gets to the end first wins.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Keyboard Recognition Susan Paradis |
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LEAVES MATCH UP
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7 letters match to the keyboard.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Music alphabet and keys |
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LEGATO LAKE
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Students select a playing card. Players take turns flipping over "bait" cards and place a marker over the selected term or symbol it it appears on their playing card.
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MAKE ME A MEASURE
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Choose a clef and a time signature. Fill in each measure with notes and rests. Finish with bar lines.
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Rhythms Joy Morin |
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MINI MUSIC INSTRUMENT / MUSIC BINGO
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Moderator calls out an instrument or a music term. Player marks with a bingo chip.
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MISSING MUSIC ABC'S
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Fill in the missing music ABC's.
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MONEY FLASHCARDS
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Identify symbols and collect money.
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Level: Beginning - 3
Concept: Music symbols identification |
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MONKEY AROUND BASS CLEF
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Match the monkey bass clef note to its matching banana.
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Level Beg - 2
Concept: Bass Clef Note Reading CPTO Member Created |
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MONSTER EYES NOTE VALUES
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Select a card, determine the note or rest quantity, place that many googley eyes on one of the felt monsters.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Note & Rest Values (2 sets) |
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MUSIC ABC CUPCAKES
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Students create their own game board by placing the cupcakes in music ABC order in any path of their choosing. Select a game piece, flip a flashcard and move that lettered cupcake. First to the end wins!
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Level: Beginning - 2
Concept: Music ABCs & Beginning Notes CPTO Member Created |
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MUSIC MOTOR MATCH
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Identify 4 notes and their counts.
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MUSICAL PAINT BRUSHES
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Match symbols to definitions.
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Level: 2-3
Concept: Music terms and symbols CPTO Member Created |
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MUSICLAND
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Board game of music definitions.
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Level: 3-4
Concept: Music definitions |
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NOTE MATCH
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Match Keyboard to grand staff. Includes ledger lines and can be separated into different levels.
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Level: Beginning - 2
Concept: Note location on keyboard |
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NOTE VALUE PIE
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Make a "whole" pie using pie slices.
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Note values/musical math |
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NUTCRACKER MUSICAL LABELS
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Place the correct presents in the correct location.
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Terms and symbols CPTO Member Created |
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NUTCRACKER SPOT IT
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Lay over several spot it cards. Take turns naming symbols and other players race to find it first.
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Level: 1-3
Concept: Terms and symbols Piano Possibilities |
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OVER THE EDGE
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Identify intervals or note values. (2 people or more board game)
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Intervals and note values identification |
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PENGUIN NOTES
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Flashcards to letters A-G treble clef.
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Level: 1
Concept: Treble clef music alphabet Beth Wheeler |
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PIANO HAND HUNT
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Find finger cards and play them.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Key recognition |
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PIANO KEYS
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Place the lettered paper key on the matching real piano key.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Key recognition |
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PRIMARY POUNCE
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Players reveal their cards one by one. Be the first to pounce on the key signature and primary triads when they turn up.
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PUMPKIN RHYTHMS
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Clap basic rhythms. Halloween themed.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Rhythms |
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QUIRKY BIRD, PUPPY DOG
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Identify if the stem is incorrect and place under Quirky Bird, or if the note is correct place under Puppy Dog.
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RAINY RHYTHM
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Arrange the rain drops and rainbows into rhythms and have students notate on the manuscript paper.
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RESTAURANT RHYTHMS
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Match each food to the matching rhythm or number of beats.
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Level: 1-2
Concept: Rhythm and Note Value |
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RHYTHM BLOCK GAME
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Make your own rhythm to fill in the blocks. Clap and count.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Rhythm |
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RHYTHM CARDS
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Clap rhythms.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Rhythms |
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RHYTHM PIZZA
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Whole to 1/16 notes pieces to complete a whole pizza.
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Level: All
Concept: Rhythms and musical math |
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RHYTHM RIOT
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Students select a playing card. Spin the tempo spinner. Draw a tempo card and clap the rhythm at the spun tempo. Students place a marker on their playing card if they have that rhythm. First to fill their card wins.
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RHYTHM ROLL
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Bingo of rhythm values with dice.
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Level: 1
Concept: Rhythm |
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SCAVENGER HUNT
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Match symbols to definitions in a treasure hunt.
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Level: Beginning - 2
Concept: Music symbols |
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SCREAMIN' MATCH
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Match musical term and musical sign cards by drawing from one another's hand.
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SEASONAL WORD
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Match words to their rhythms.
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Level: 1
Concept: Rhythmic words |
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SIGHT-READING FINGERS
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Identify finger and play.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Finger and note recognition |
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SNOWMAN BINGO
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Identify staff notes. Christmas themed.
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Level: 1
Concept: Notes on staff identification |
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SNOWMAN MUSIC ABC WREATH
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Put the Music ABC's in order around the wreath. Christmas/Winter themed.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Music alphabet |
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SNOWMAN/
REINDEER INTERVALS |
Match the correct number on the game board to the interval. Christmas/Winter themed.
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Level: 2
Concept: Intervals |
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SNOWMAN/
REINDEER RHYTHMS |
Match the correct note or rest to the correct number of beats. Christmas/Winter themed.
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Level: 1
Concept: Note and rest values |
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SOCCER INTERVALS
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Identify 5ths vs. 6ths and place the soccer ball in the correct soccer net!
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Level: 2
Concept: Intervals Solo Time Music Games |
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SPACE PLACE
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Students select a game card and a playing piece. Turn over an interval card, name the correct interval and move to that number. First to get to the end wins!
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STEMS
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Identify how to draw stems.
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Level: Beginning
Concept: Drawing stems |
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STEP SKIPPING GAME
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Identify a step or skip.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Steps and skips |
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STOP BUGGING ME
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Rhythm Board Game.
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Level: Beginning - 1
Concept: Rhythm |
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TIC-TAC-TOE
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Call out the definition and have students place chip on the gameboard when they answer correctly.
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Level: 1
Concept: Symbols and Definitions |
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TREBLE/BASS NOTES
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Identify letters within a staff after selecting treble or bass clef.
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Level: 1
Concept: Note Names |
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TRIM THE TREE
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TRIPLE THREAT TILES
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Music Dominoes. Match symbols and definitions. 2 levels and two separate games! Level 1 and Level 2
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TURKEY TERMS
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Identify music terms. Thanksgiving themed.
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Level: Beginning - 3
Concept: Music symbols recognition |
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VALENTINE NOTES
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Flashcard with heart notes.
Susan Paradis!!! |
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YELLOW CAT MUSICLAND CARDS
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Bass Clef! Use as regular flashcards or check out website for other game ideas. www.yellowcatpublishing.com
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Level: 1-3
Concept: Note Recognition Yellow Cat |
