Music and Teaching Materials by Susan Paradis
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 | (SP420) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a fast Bingo game to review the notes on the Grand Staff. Depending on your time, you can play 3 in a row or black out. If you use a ... (More) |
 | (SP425) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a grand staff large enough for a student to manipulate a dime (or a small colored stone) up and down the lines and spaces. Young students can often learn better with manipulatives. On this staff they can easily see the C is the landmark note in the middle and can count up and down from there ... (More) |
 | (SP426) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Another teacher suggested this worksheet. Give each student a bag of candy corn and use it to to practice placing key signatures. ... (More) |
 | (SP428) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Have fun using peppermints to "write ... (More) |
 | (SP431) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is another grand staff to use for learning steps and skips, learning note names, or taking music dictation. I use glass "stones.... (More) |
 | (SP554) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Goofy Piano is played like the Old Maid card game. There are 22 cards. The object of the game is to match up 3 of the same note in different octaves. Students do not want to end up with the goofy piano card! ... (More) |
 | (SP555) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Print several of these for students to arrange the music alphabet, write white key 5 finger scales, arrange the music alphabet backwards, and anything else you can think of. If you print 2 copies, students can start the music alphabet at different places. This is good to use at the first lessons .... (More) |
 | (SP575) Level: Late Elementary and up Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a really fun board game from Cecilly that you can play with 4 students. Don't let the fact that it is not colorful keep you from using it. Once students put their colorful Skittles on it, it will look good. .... (More) |
 | (SP576) Level: Late Elementary and up Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols This is the game board that you use for Cecilly's ... (More) |
 | (SP577) Level: Early elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols This is a game that, hopefully, new students can play. There aren't very many difficult symbols, just the ones students learn in the first few months of lessons. The game is for 2 students, or modify it for one student. .... (More) |
 | (SP578) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols These are the game pieces for the New Years Game I posted above, #577. ... (More) |
 | (SP582) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a 3–page set of single staff flash cards to play fishing games. Make a fishing pole for your students with a dowel, some string, and attach a magnet on the end of the string. Or you can do what I did and buy a toy fishing pole at a dollar store..... (More) |
 | (SP583) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a very simple game for students just learning the names of the notes (keys, to be precise) on the keyboard. You call out a note and the student covers it with a token. Later, you can also make the game more challenging by using flashcards with the notes on a staff. Two keys ... (More) |
 | (SP584) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Here are some small music alphabet cards to cut out and use to draw and place on the key when playing the Cover the Keys game. I think these cards make the game more fun to play..... (More) |
 | (SP585) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading All the world does not use the same names for music notes. If you are from a Spanish or French speaking country, here is the musical notation you can use with your students. There are many games you can play with this, so try them out! .... (More) |
 | (SP600) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Piano Keyboard This is large 2 octave keyboard you can put together and use of the floor for games, such as Cecilly's Keyboard Middle C Bean Bag Toss. There are 5 pages to print, cut out, ... (More) |
 | (SP601) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading There are two pages to this set of cards for the Keyboard Toss game above. This is a game by Cecilly. There is a set of cards for each hand, one color for the RH and on for the LH. .... (More) |
 | (SP602) Level: Late Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a different and somewhat more difficult version of Cecilly.... (More) |
 | (SP603) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a large grand staff (22 inches high) for early elementary students to practice moving guide notes around the staff. There are 2 pages to print out which you can attach to make a grand staff. It is called Three C's because we are learning middle C, treble.... (More) |
 | (SP604) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading These are notes to place on the giant staff posted above. I cut the notes out including the inside of the whole and half notes before I laminated them. ... (More) |
 | (SP609) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Piano Keyboard This game is a take-off on Cecilly's Sharp and Flat Race to Middle C. There are two pages to this game. Print out both pages on card stock and laminate. Cut out the cards and give one set to the student and and the other color to the teacher..... (More) |
 | (SP610) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Sub-type2: Seasonal If you did not play the Shamrock Keyboard Race game last year, you can try it during the winter months with a snowflake graphic. Print 2 pages of the cards and cut them out. Give one set to the student and the other set to the teacher..... (More) |
 | (SP612) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Piano Keyboard There are several ways to use these cards. - You can use them to play Swat the Fly like the Fly Flash Cards I posted earlier. Place the cards on a table, call out a letter, and the student swats it as quickly as possible.
- You can play hide and seek with the cards, hiding the ca ... (More)
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 | (SP650) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Scales I made a music bingo game that is easier than some of the ones you can buy. This game is appropriate for students in Level One of their method book. The shortest note value is an eighth note. I also made a wild card that the students love..... (More) |
 | (SP651) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols This music bingo game only has 8 squares, so it is quick for young students with short attention spans. It includes only words and symbols from the Primer level of most method books. Students can play one or more cards at a time, depending on their age. I.... (More) |
 | (SP652) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary Sub-type2: Seasonal Musical Christmas Lights is a simple bingo type game to identify note values with a few other symbols, too. Students can win by covering three of the same color or they can play "black out", depending on how much time you have..... (More) |
 | (SP653) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary Sub-type2: Seasonal Newly Updated! Sometimes I use these game pieces when I play this game. You can print out as many as you need, but you can also play the game without them. ... (More) |
 | (SP654) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary This is the first in a set of Memory Games to teach music theory vocabulary words. This set uses the words in Level 1 of the TMTA Student Affiliate theory test. There are 3 pages to this PDF. Before you print.... (More) |
 | (SP700) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading Steps and Skips are such an important part of learning to read music that I made a category for them. This game can be played in many ways, with one student or a group. The simple way to play with one student is to hold up a card and the student moves a step or skip on the board. The objective of.... (More) |
 | (SP701) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading You don.... (More) |
 | (SP704) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a set of bass clef cards that step, skip, and a few that repeat. You can use them with the Step Skipping Game above, or make up a new game with them. ... (More) |
 | (SP752) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm This game is about as simple as it gets. I made it for beginners who are just learning the value of notes in 4/4 time. If they draw a whole note they move 4 places, dotted half note, 3 places, and so on. You can play with one student and it makes learning the notes more fun. As with all my games, yo ... (More) |
 | (SP753) Level: Pre-Reading Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm You can use your own cards or print these. The little happy faces are game tokens, in case you have a need for them. ... (More) |
 | (SP754) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Having trouble explaining 8th notes to a student who hasn ... (More) |
 | (SP761) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm These are the cards you can use for a beginning rhythm activity by Cecilly called Quarter Note Hunt. Go to my blog for the directions for this activity and a photo of the cards ready to be used. ... (More) |
 | (SP762) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm This is a game from Cecilly. You can get the full instructions to the game here. ... (More) |
 | (SP763) Level: Late Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm These cards go with the game above so you can add 6/8 meter to the game. ... (More) |
 | (SP764) Level: Late Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Shamrock Rhythms is a very simple board game. The objective is to reinforce note values in 4/4 meter by identifying which note is left out of a measure. The PDF includes one student board and one set of cards. This game is for students who have already been introduced to eighth notes. ... (More) |
 | (SP766) Level: Early Intermediate/Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm This is a game for older students who need some reinforcement on dotted eighth notes and sixteenth notes. To get instruction for this game and see pictures of students playing the game,.... (More) |
 | (SP768) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm I had some beginners who wanted to play the flash card fishing game, so I made these cards. To help students to focus, I tried to make the colors more basic. For older students, we see how many they can catch and identify in a certain amount of time. ... (More) |
 | (SP769) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm If you have enjoyed the rhythm fish flash cards, you might want to print out these and use for students to match the notes to the number of counts in 4/4 time. Please make a note that these are exactly the same color as the fish rhytym cards, so students will be able to match them just by putting co ... (More) |
 | (SP770) Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm The rhythm values that I made to go with the fish were fun, but they were too easy. All a student has to do is match the colors. In this version, the student will have to think a little more. ... (More) |
 | (SP771) Level: Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Sub-type2: Seasonal These are cards you can cut up and use for mystery tunes or mystery rhythms and use in group lessons. You can print out a sheet to list the tunes you are going to use below. ... (More) |
 | (SP772) Level: Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Sub-type2: Seasonal Use this sheet if you want to make a list of the tunes you will be using for the Christmas Tune Challenge. ... (More) |
 | (SP773) Level: Late Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary This is a group lesson game. Students pick one card with a silly sentence and one card with a music vacabulary word. ... (More) |
 | (SP774) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary This is a group lesson game where students read a silly sentence using the musical vocabulary expression cards above. Print and cut out the cards and let the students draw a sentence card and then an expression card to read to the group. The first person to guess gets to be the next reader.... (More) |
 | (SP775) Level: Early Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm This is a memory game for students who have learned the basic notes and rests. .... (More) |
 | (SP776) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm If you want to make the Rhythm Memory Match Game more interesting, print this on the back. You might want to print a test copy to make sure the front and back line up, because that can be a little tricky. ... (More) |
 | (SP777) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm This is an activity where students hold up a small sign after listening to a piece (Olympic style) to indicate if the meter moves in 3 or 4. There are two pages to print out. One page has 3's and the other 4.... (More) |
 | (SP779) Level: Intermediate Type: Games Sub-type: Symbols \ Vocabulary This is the same game posted above for Christmas, but it is black and white so it can be played anytime. There are two pages, one with the vocabulary words and the other with the "silly sentences ... (More) |
 | (SP780) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Sub-type2: Seasonal Hide these eggs with rhythms on the back around the room. When the student finds them, he taps or claps out the rhythm. Eighth, quarter and half notes are used. Be sure and set your PDF document to print just the first page before you insert the page back into your printer to print the sec.... (More) |
 | (SP781) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Rhythm Sub-type2: Seasonal Print and cut out these cards. Fold each card in the middle so that the egg is on one side and the note on the other, like a tent place card..... (More) |
 | (SP801) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Piano Keyboard Revised! Young beginners often don.... (More) |
 | (SP802) Level: Pre-Reading Type: Games Sub-type: Piano Keyboard This is another way for beginners to learn the keyboard. After printing it, cut it out into puzzle pieces and let them see how fast they can put it back together. It's a good activity to use at the first lesson, because with the bright colors they can ... (More) |
 | (SP811) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading This is a three page set of grand staff flash cards to use with games where students identify notes with by swatting them with a fly swatter. Students love this! Go to my blog to find ideas on how to use these cards! ... (More) |
 | (SP814) Level: Elementary Type: Games Sub-type: Music Reading These are larger than my other fly flash cards so they are more helpful for younger students. Give your young student a fly swatter and call out note names for him to swat. Or let him call out note names as he ... (More) |