First Day of Music Lessons for Lower Elementary

We are now going to focus on Kindergarten - 3rd grade lesson ideas for the first day of music. Looking for a link or more information about an activity? Use the link below to my website!

0:00 Intro
0:33 Welcome Song - Woke Up This Morning
2:58 Silly Songs
4:19 Walking to the Steady Beat
5:31 Cinderella Game
7:04 All are Welcome Here
8:00 Game Plan - Kinder
8:45 Outro

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[fluidmoons]

you have the voice of a Disney princess :) thx for these videos! starting first year teaching music k-3rd in a few weeks. binge watching teacher videos haha

[marilynphan]

I would love to learn your Dad's song with the religious words included, I work at a Christian school.

[maarinesper]

I was just hired as a TK-3rd grade music teacher. I will have students for 50 minutes, once per week. I love all of these ideas! Thank you!

[mariashin]

Thank you for sharing your ideas! Keep posting!

[harmonyroomwithdominic]

Thanks for your videos. I wanted to let you know that your blog is not accessible as it keeps redirecting to wrong sites.

[chels]

I'm starting my first year teaching music, it's just a Mother's day out for 6months-prek BUT I'm super nervous and looking for as much info as I can get

[genevieverodriguez]

I did that stand up sit down song with all.grades and you should've seen how much fun the 5th graders had!! Also, I did some pass the beanbag games with all the classes to go into fast/slow and to see who can follow directions properly so I can have an idea of managing behavior

[taranmcquivey]

great video. Thank you for pronouncing "Ukulele " correctly. So many music teachers pronounce it youkulele, not cool.

[elainejohnson]

Love that you have adapted your Dad’s song! Who knew what kind of fun impact that cute song had on you and other kiddos:). The song lives on! 🎶🥰

[maloosha]

I cannot access the file for the welcome song.

[rachelle_banks]

I do really enjoy singing books to children. And of course it works really well when there is some type of refrain or reoccurring phrase. It's such a different experience for so many Learners that they are just enamored and excited to join in. :-)

[marizagalache]

Hi 👋 it’s great to see another of your videos !! 😁just wondering if all your instruments were provided by the school ! Where do I go for new instruments ? Our school doesn’t have much 😔

[rachelle_banks]

Ooooo I dig the tips of this video.
I have trouble with the guitar so I may try a base ukulele. I'm looking for ideas for portable instruments because I do play the keyboard in the drums but it's not always convenient to set up a keyboard somewhere if I'm doing a concert or workshop with kids.

I also like that stand up sit down song. :-) I will be using it today!

[amandapetit]

As an elementary music teacher, your videos are so inspiring to me and always get my head churning with new ideas! Could you share the link to where you find the notes for “All are Welcome Here?” I was unable to find it in O For Tunas blog. Thank you so much and I hope you have a great school year!

[krlykim]

Hi! Where did you happen to find the song Stand Up Sit Down by Davide Rowe? I can't seem to find it! Thanks for all that you do!