Class Notes supports teachers through free music education resources. Discover new ways to bring the joy of music to your students. This collection includes Music & Mindfulness, Meet the Composer, Instrument Exploration, Music Fundamentals, Cross-Curricular Connections, Listening Lessons, Themed Lessons, Lecciones en español, Hands-on Activities, and Virtual Concerts.
Use visualization to help slow down racing thoughts and calm the nervous systems.
Today we will learn about and listen to a music box.
Learn the science behind pendulums and how composer Steve Reich used pendulums to create a unique piece of music.
Train your musical eye as you search for symbols in sheet music.
Explore how music can help us get in touch with our feelings.
Learn how composers use music to express themselves. Listen to Mozart's "Gran Partita" and hear how other students feel while listening.
This Music and Mindfulness lesson is great for all ages! Explore meditation as a tool for self-regulation. Listen to some calming music while learning to breathe deep and be still.
Train your ears to hear specific instruments. Fun twist: every instrument in this lesson starts with the letter T!
Listen to music by composers who have captured the mischievous characters of practical jokers, clowns, and comedians in their compositions.
Autumn is a season of change. Discover and enjoy music inspired by autumn.
Imaginative play helps develop social, physical, language, and cognitive skills in children. And it's fun! Use music as a tool in this pretend camping adventure.
Travel back thousands of years in this listening lesson about dinosaurs! For Grades K-6.
Use literacy skills to compare and contrast four pieces of music about dreams.
Engage emerging literacy skills such as character identification and use of descriptive words to compare and contrast music featuring Sleeping Beauty, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trolls, a witch, and Prince Charming. For all ages, with support for emerging readers.
How might a composer turn the sound of fireworks into music? Listen to six pieces inspired by fireworks. Great for all ages!
Enjoy four pieces of music, each inspired by a different flower. Use active listening skills to play a matching game.
Cute ghosts, friendly ghosts, scary ghosts! Listen to four pieces inspired by ghosts!
What makes someone a hero? What makes music heroic? Listen and respond to heroic-sounding music.
Think about the meaning of "home" and hear music inspired by that idea in this listening lesson.
Composers often depict images of nature or a landscape through music and sound. Listen to some music inspired by different landscapes.