Special ed music activities

Happy October! I hope your year is off to a wonderful start - can you believe it's fall already??? Today I'd like to share about a topic near and dear to my heart - adaptive music classes. My nephew is non-verbal, autistic and struggles heavily with behaviors. I've seen first hand the power that music has for everyone, but especially these unique students. Educators around the country are also beginning to see the benefits that music has for students. Because of this, more and more music…

This article will give you helpful tips and tricks on teaching music for special education classes in your elementary school.

This article is part of the 31 Days of Pinterest Hacks series. Find the main page for this series here. Music plays a huge part in our lives. Not only do we enjoy listening to various tunes, but research shows the many benefits of music in all aspects of development. From cognitive to social to emotional to […]

Teaching and working with children is quite the learning experience ! This has been especially true in teaching my students with special needs. As

You can’t have a preschool classroom without music! But if you’re a tone deaf preschool teacher like I am, putting together a music curriculum can be a daunting task. These are some of my go-to resources for music in my classroom. Free Music Nancy Stewart has a hundreds of free songs available to download on her website. […]

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Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.

Music is a great way to unite large groups and gatherings and is the source of great activities that are suitable for both able and non-able clients.

Do you have a favorite rhythm game or activity to use in your music lessons? Rhythm is something that always needs review, so you can never have too many

I love using body percussion in my music classroom. It's an effective way to TEACH Beat too. So, here are my easy body percussion activities.