Lesson Plans

Lesson: Ice Cream Please

By Angela Leonhardt | May 15, 2024 |

The spring semester is a perfect time to let students have a little more independence and the opportunity to create. This Ice Cream Canon from Angela Leonhardt is a fun lesson to use in the spring.

Earth Song

By Justine Marie Sullivan | April 17, 2024 |

Using Earth Song by Frank Ticheli, students are given elemental composition tools to craft unique movement accompaniments to a poignant and timely vocal piece with themes of peace and hope – just in time for Earth Day 2024!

Peter and the “What If?”

By ACEMM | March 28, 2024 |

How can music educators transform a traditionally passive listening experience into an active elemental experience? Let’s start with movement!

Lesson Plan: Hit 2 3 4

By Chris Judah-Lauder | March 19, 2024 |

This drumming and moving lesson plan from Chris Judah-Lauder is sure to energize your intermediate grade musicians! All you need are hand drums and some space.

Harry’s Horrible Hair – Scavenger Hunt

By Theresa Cocci | January 19, 2024 |

Inspired by her book “Harry’s Horrible Hair,”Theresa Cocci’s scavenger hunt lesson will help students match visual clues from the book, with corresponding rhythm cards. Students will compose body and instrumental percussion from their found clues, reinforcing rhythm reading.

Autumn Leaves

By Karen Petty | November 1, 2023 |

Karen Petty shares a melody and movement lesson for grades 1-2 that allows your students to demonstrate rhythmic and melodic patterns as they embody the colorful swirling leaves of fall.

Somebody. Who? You!

By Karen K Benson | June 2, 2023 |

Karen Benson shares a speech piece she composed that demonstrates how that same selection would look in Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of AOSA Teacher Education Levels Courses. We would love to see YOU at a level this summer!

First Hoop and Drum Lesson

By Robert Amchin | April 12, 2023 |

Rob Amchin shares an excellent lesson for this time of year! Get squirrely children up and moving in personal space. Is there testing going on? Is it just, plain beautiful outside? Take some hoops ad a drum to the grass and have a blast!

Tideo

By Christine Ballenger | March 23, 2023 |

“Tideo” and away you go! Utilize one folk song for learning a play party, for full-pentatonic solfege practice, for playing barred instruments and tubano drums, for a framework for call and response improvisation, and more!