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Rock Your Classroom: Music Resources That Amplify Learning

Celebrate the transformative power of music education with our vibrant collection of resources for Music in Our Schools Month! From virtual instruments to engaging activities that connect music with core academic subjects, these materials highlight music's essential role in developing creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills. This curated collection offers practical tools that will increase student engagement and showcase music education's profound impact on developing well-rounded learners. Strike a chord with your students this March as we honor the rhythm, harmony, and joy that music brings to our school communities.

Grades K-12

TeachRock

Rock your lessons using popular music and pop culture to engage students. The standards-aligned lessons are searchable and use music as the starting point for in-depth explorations and guided activities that provide interdisciplinary connections.

Grades K-12

Music Games

Experiment and interact with music and music theory through the many different games shared on this site. Play a virtual trombone, try Rhythm Race, or test your knowledge with Song Trivia by selecting them from the list of thumbnails.

Grades K-12

TeachersFirst's Music Appreciation Collection

Music appreciation involves introducing students to the history of music and its various genres. This collection features resources about musicians from different time periods and genres from around the globe, including jazz, blues, and world music.

Grades 3-12

Beethoven Beats

Google Arts and Culture has created a fun, interactive way to explore Ludwig van Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Start by tapping a rhythm on your space bar, and the program finds one of Beethoven's sonatas that matches the beat. Play away!

Grades K-12

Magical Music Theory

Magical Music Theory offers many interactive tools to help your students learn about music theory. Scroll through to find general tools like a circle of fifths chart, Lil Beat Maker, and a voice tuner as well as resources for piano and guitar.

Grades K-12

TeachersFirst's Instruments and Vocal Music

Technology offers teachers many new opportunities in music and the arts. This collection highlights resources related to instruments and vocal music, including virtual instruments, video tutorials, vocal instruction, and more.

Grades K-12

Virtual Online Piano Keyboard

Practice piano and keyboarding skills online with muted.io’s Virtual Online Piano Keyboard, which includes several customization options. Select from three range choices, colorize keys, highlight scales, and choose whether to display note labels.

Grades K-12

Soundraw

Soundraw uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate music based on your choices of mood, genre, and length. Click Create Music to begin, then choose the length of your creation, tempo, genre, and mood, and Soundraw will generate a playlist of tunes.

Grades K-6

TeachersFirst's You Can't Play a Symphony Alone - Instruments of the Orchestra

View this article that shares book suggestions and activities that teach students about the orchestra's instruments. The article begins with a background knowledge section that shares information about each of the orchestra's different sections.

Grades 6-12

Amazon Music: Careers Behind the Beats

Learn about careers like music production, engineering, and app development—all through an interactive, game-like experience on Kahoot! Get ready to explore the tech behind the tunes and see how you can combine creativity and coding for a future in music!

Grades K-4

Noodle Loaf

Noodle Loaf is an interactive podcast incorporating music education with art, rhythm, and social awareness. Episodes are approximately fifteen minutes or less and are available on their website, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

Grades K-3

TeachersFirst's Reading Trek - Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

This Reading Trek includes a teacher guide and a Google My Map you can use to take a virtual journey through the true story of how music transformed the lives of children and teens living on the edge of a landfill just outside Paraguay's capital city.

This Week at TeachersFirst

You’re invited to watch our winter OK2Ask virtual workshops on-demand! We're also sharing a blog post and an opportunity to apply to join our team as a part-time consultant. Read the details below.