Short on time?  Here are 20 proven kindergarten music lesson plans ready to go . . .

Your children will love these engaging kindergarten music lessons. In every lesson, they are active as they play instruments, move, dance, dramatise and learn to sing new songs.  Each kindergarten music lesson follows the same format but with different songs.  For example, after we do a body percussion song, we always do a finger play.

This is what one teacher wrote:

Hi there! Yes! I’m from Spain, I Run my own business, a nursery School where we teach English through Music and movement. I love your Lessons plans because They are easy to follow and They organise my time!! I usually teach vocabulary with your songs.

Maria Prieto Martin, Causeway Academy,

Click on each lesson plan title to read the playlist of songs or download the lesson plan.  If you want a complete program of lessons to last for a year, download all 20.  (See more on discounts for buying a complete music program.)

This is a complete curriculum with ten kindergarten music activities:

The 10 activities are body percussion; finger play; memory song; rhythm instruments; melody and harmony instruments; horse-riding song; drama and movement; game and dance; story song and social conventions.

Each activity develops one or more of the following musical skills:

The 6 musical skills are: listening; moving; singing; playing instruments; dancing; and improvising.

Each activity develops one or more of the following musical elements and concepts:

The 12 musical elements and concepts are: rhythm; pitch; melody; harmony; timbre; texture; form; style; and expression – made up of tempo, dynamics, articulation, and interpretation.

Within each kindergarten music lesson, the songs have been chosen to interact with rich driving social and environmental concepts:

1. Farming practices and farm animals: Beautiful Farm
2. Food Rituals and Silliness: Cooks in the Kitchen
3. Unexpected occurrences: Surprise! Surprise!
4. Seas and Oceans: Over the Sea
5. How to amuse yourself: Holiday Fun
6. Different aspects of the body: My Body
7. Insect and hygiene; Shoo Fly Shoo!
8. Various emotions: In My Heart
9. Observing and caring for animals: Be Kind to Animals
10. Use of and care around candles: Candle Burning Bright
11. Coordination within dramatic play: New Games to Play
12. Consideration of consequences and problem solving: Uh-oh!
13. Observing animals’ movements and habitats: Birds and Animals
14. Raising resilience and overcoming fear: Fun and Adventure
15. Sleep Rituals and Silliness: Are You Sleeping?
16. Variety in animal form and behaviour: All Kinds of Animals
17. Resilience —Bravery and skill: Brave and Clever
18. Transport — ways of moving from place to place: On the Move
19. Christmas season: Christmas is Coming
20. Christmas Day: Christmas is Here

These kindergarten music lesson plans were written by Carol Biddiss M.Ed. They are tested and refined by the team at Musical Child Early Learning through Music.

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