Kindergarten Music Lesson Plans and Presentations
In kindergarten through grade 2 general music, students explore steady beat, rhythm, singing songs and games, high and low sounds, loud and soft dynamics, moving to music, playing classroom instruments, and listening to a variety of music styles. These early experiences help children develop listening skills, coordination, and a love for music.
Here you’ll find free music lesson plans for kindergarten, including interactive presentations and ready-to-use lessons. Teachers can assign them online with a class code or print them for in-person activities. All materials can be copied and adapted to fit your students’ needs, making it easy to support music learning in any classroom or at home.
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Materials (7 materials)
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Making music with body percussion
Students practice recognizing and performing body percussion patterns through interactive questions like identifying examples, ordering actions, and completing sentences, helping develop rhythm and coordination skills. Suitable for kindergarten learners.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Singing together: songs and rhymes
This material helps kindergarten students practice rhythm, call and response, and echo singing through interactive songs and rhymes, including activities like sequencing song steps and filling in missing words to reinforce listening skills. It encourages active participation and auditory understanding.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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High and low sounds in music
Students practice identifying and comparing high and low sounds in music by matching instruments and animal sounds, filling in blanks with correct pitch descriptions, and ordering sounds from low to high pitch, suitable for kindergarten learners.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Meet the instruments
Students will practice identifying instrument families through matching activities, listening exercises, and sorting sounds from highest to lowest, enhancing their understanding of musical instruments and their characteristics. Suitable for kindergarten level.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Fast and slow: tempo for little musicians
This activity helps kindergarten students practice distinguishing between fast and slow tempos through movement and animal-themed questions, including identifying animals that move at different speeds, ordering them, and filling in missing words related to tempo. It encourages active listening and understanding of music speed in a fun, interactive way.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Loud and soft in music
This material helps kindergarten students practice differentiating loud and soft sounds through singing, sound stories, and interactive questions. They identify words for soft and loud, choose methods to increase volume, complete sentences, and order sounds from softest to loudest.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Finding the steady beat
This kindergarten activity helps students identify and practice the steady beat in music through clapping, marching, and tapping along with songs. They answer multiple-choice questions and sequence steps to understand how to find the beat.
General music · Kindergarten · New · Oct 15, 2026
Questions teachers ask
What topics do these kindergarten music lesson plans cover?
They cover steady beat, rhythm, singing, movement, playing classroom instruments, and listening to different music styles.
Can I edit the music lesson plans for kindergarten?
Yes, you can copy any lesson or presentation and edit it to match your class’s needs or teaching style.
How do I use these music lessons with my students?
You can share them online with a class code for interactive use or print them for traditional classroom activities.