Free Music Teacher Resources
Enjoy these free music teacher resources, created by a real music teacher with over 25 years of classroom experience. I understand how valuable your planning time is, so I created these downloads to support your lessons and help make teaching music easier and more enjoyable.
From printable worksheets and rhythm activities to games and classroom downloads, Plum Rose Publishing provides practical, classroom-ready materials designed to help students build music skills while having fun.
Free Music Activities for Elementary Music Students
Explore free classroom resources organized by music concept, skill level, and the Music Animals characters.
Music Animals Activities
Meet the Music Animals! These free activities help elementary students explore important music concepts, including rhythm, dynamics, instruments, and performance skills, through fun, classroom-friendly activities.
Winnie Rat Instrument Families and Notes Activities 🐀
Have fun with Winnie Rat as you learn about notes and the orchestra with these downloads.
Name the Instrument Music Family Worksheet
Identify instruments and their music families with this fun worksheet.
Draw Quarter Notes Worksheet
Practice drawing quarter notes with Winnie Rat.
Quarter and Eighth Note Search Worksheet
Build confidence identifying quarter and eighth notes with Winnie Rat.
Quarter Note Cut and Paste
Help Winnie Rat make a quarter note and color it!
Hillary the Hopping Frog Steady Beat Activities 🐸
Practice steady beat with free printable worksheets featuring Hillary the Hopping Frog. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and elementary music classes.
Steady Beat Worksheet
Identify objects that have a steady beat with this fun worksheet.
Steady Beat Listening Challenge Worksheet
Use this worksheet to direct your class in a listening activity to identify the steady beat.
My First Rhythm Worksheet
Cut out the quarter and eighth notes and paste your own first rhythm composition with Hillary the Frog.
My Rhythm Composition
Create a 4 measure rhythm composition to share with the class with Hillary the Frog.
Leon Leopard Dynamics Activities 🐆
Practice dynamics, loud and soft, with Leon Leopard’s worksheets.
Dynamics Loud or Soft Worksheet
Identify objects that are loud or soft with this fun worksheet.
Dynamics Poetry Activity
Take turns reading this poem with different dynamics in your voice. How does it change the feeling of what is being said.
Dynamics Matching Worksheet
Help Leon Leopard match the dynamic symbol with the correct definition.
Emmy Elephant Music Activities 🐘
Enjoy Emmy Elephant’s free coloring page.
Emmy Elephant and Friends Coloring Worksheet
Have fun coloring this Music Animals worksheets.
Matthew Monkey Performance Activities🐒
Grow your concert confidence with Matthew Monkey’s free performance worksheets.
My Practice Journal Worksheet
Use positive imagery and this practical schedule to reinforce good practicing to get ready for the big show.
My Concert Self-Reflection Worksheet
Reflect on your performance and build positive outcomes with this kid-friendly concert self-reflection worksheet.
Rhythm Activities
These rhythm PowerPoints help young music learners build vocabulary skills and internalize simple rhythm patterns. Downloads include PDF and PowerPoint versions.
Music Theory Activities
Instrument Activities and Songbooks
Learn about instruments with these free xylophone and orchestra downloads.
Seasonal Music Resources
Celebrate the season with these special seasonal downloads.
Christmas Rhythms PowerPoint
Get into the holiday spirit and give young learners a review of Christmas vocabulary with the Christmas rhythm activity.
Back-to-School Rhythm PowerPoint
Welcome students back to school and reinforce vocabulary skills.
Spring Into Rhythm PowerPoint
Usher in the spring with this fun spring rhythm activity.
Summer Review Color by Music Pages
Have a musical summer with this fun color-by-music review.
Ready for complete classroom lessons?
These free worksheets are just the beginning. Explore our collection of Music Animals books, printable activities, classroom posters, and teaching resources designed for elementary music teachers.
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