The first step in this change was the inclusion of music in the core primary school curriculum. But later as musical classrooms became a trivial part of the educational system, as students hardly found it interesting to learn music theory, musical theory games brought about positive changes. The improvement and the interest level of the students soared when games were introduced as part of the regular curriculum in the schools.

Some ideas for music theory games which can be included in the classroom at primary level are these:

Here’s an action and fun game
This is a creative approach without involving traditional physical techniques like dancing, which is demonstrated using a candy-filled pinata. This is done by asking each student a question about beats and rhythm; for instance, how many beats are there in 3/4 time? If the child gives correct answer, ask him to strike the pinata with as many number of beats or the rhythm which corresponds to the answer. Of course once the pinata is finally broken then everyone will win a prize!

Auditory Game
Give the children a chance to have an “interval race” Draw a set of marked squares on the pavement or carpet with chalk for them to step on. You can use a piano or other instrument to aurally play the intervals, and the children have to line up facing the “race track” infront of the instrument. At first make the children line up at the starting block, then play an interval for each participant on the instrument.  If he or she identifies the interval correctly they can move forward one space. The winner is the first one to reach the end of the race track!

Charlie Ying is a music teacher who has taught piano and classroom music to elementary schools. Charlie also assists the Fun Music Company as editor and advisor on their Music Lesson Plans and Music Theory Worksheets for classroom music lessons.

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Music is an art form, and when writing music on manuscript the dots, lines and curves are a graphical representation of that art. Therefore students need to develop a manuscript style of their own, and learn to write impeccably when writing manuscript.

The most important tool is a pencil. Certainly when starting out with music theory the pencil is the one and only tool that should be used for writing manuscript.

Once they have completed the work in pencil many composers and music copyists traditionally completed their final drafts using a fine felt tipped pen – this makes for an excellent manuscript style. This makes it easy to photocopy and makes it easy to use. These days however this practice is quite out-dated, as computer layout programs will do this job in a much better way.

When completing simple music theory worksheets however the best rule of thumb is to stay with a pencil, as this will make corrections easy.

It is also important to choose a pencil which is appropriate for your writing style. If you are particularly heavy handed, then perhaps a hard pencil like a “H” might be appropriate, or if you are light then perhaps a “HB” or “2B”. Experiment and choose the best for you. It is always worth buying top quality pencils for music theory, as cheaper ones will break and not produce the best results.

The other important tool is a pencil sharpener. The pencil must always be 100% sharp, as this will really effect your manuscript style.

So when structuring a music lesson plan for music theory teachers should firstly make sure that their students have appropriate tools to write their music theory.

Like it or not, music students are going to have to face the fact that there is no other choice but to sit down with a pencil in the hand and make the music theory study happen.

A search for “music theory” on twitter every day will show you how students feel about preparing for music theory assessments and doing music theory homework. This is a very enlightening thing for a teacher to do, as you really do get a concept of how the students are feeling about the subject.

There is no real reason for the students to dislike learning music theory. Personally I find that music theory is a very satisfying activity in itself, and I find that I enjoy sitting down with a pencil and paper and working out a harmony exercise. I find that one of the best ways that I can get the students inspired about music theory is to share my enthusiasm for the subject. If I am enthusiastic about music theory, then the students will be as well.

But what do you say when the student comes to their lesson, and their music theory worksheet is not done, and its been happening over and over?

Well there is no value in taking privileges away from them – or trying to somehow “punish” them for not doing it, as this will just make the activity more negative in the student’s mind.

There is also not a great value in Extrinsic rewards, like sticker charts or stars, as this might work in the short term, but not really in the long term. The only thing that really will work is getting the student to enjoy the activity for the activity’s sake.

If students can enjoy music theory for what it is, then they will find doing music theory worksheets a breeze!


There is one thing that over everything else makes certain worksheets and educational materials more effective in this area. This one thing is an educational concept that good educators in every subject understand, and that whether you’re teaching preschool or very young children right up to adults need to understand.

That one thing is concept isolation. The worst theory books are those that introduce everything in a hap-hazard way, and have a mixture of concepts taught on one page.

The best books take one concept and expand on this through different activities based on that one concept. For example if you are working on understanding scales, don’t introduce a rhythmical element to it until the students are very familiar with what you are trying to teach them.

For example a badly written question asks the student to write a scale in a particular rhythm, or fit it into a set time signature. Then the student is not really learning anything – they are trying to assimilate two concepts at the same time. Leave the learning about time signatures and meter for another worksheet focusing on that content, and teach the scales properly.

A much better way to ask them is to ask them to write a scale and don’t mention any specific rhythmic type of note at all. This way the child will be able to concentrate on writing the scale and won’t be split between concepts.

As music is such a multidimensional language with pitch and rhythm coming together it is obviously impossible to isolate everything, but doing it as much as possible will definitely help the students with their learning of music theory.

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Each module costs between $9.95 and $29.95, depending on the number of worksheets in the module. You can also get a package of all four modules for $69.95

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One of the interesting lesson plans in preschool education is their music lessons. Preschool music lesson plans need to be designed in a way that it instills a passion and liking for this art form among the children.

Many fun activities can be organized in the class to use up one’s creativity, and this can be included in the preschool music lesson plan. The teacher should also incorporate some fun and very easy junior music worksheets into their classes.

The music teacher needs to have immense patience while designing lesson plans for the little ones. Everyone knows that the most important thing with preschool kids is that they just have fun, and if they learn something then that is a bonus. Parents at home must also contribute to sustain this passion for music in their children. One of the most effective ways to give musical exposure to children is at their bedtime. The lights are dim, and nothing is distracting the child. Soft and pretty classical music can be chosen to play at night as the children drop off to sleep.

In this way you can make listening to quality classical music part of the child’s day, and instill a love for music that can’t be taken away. This is something a child will definitely look forward to and enjoy if practiced often. Keep it varied by mixing some new and different music with the music that the child is familiar with every night. The child will be more involved and more engaged if the music is not always the same, and they’ll be able to go to sleep faster and have a more complete sleep.

Young children learn to talk through listening and experimenting, children learn to take to their choice of music too by listening and experimenting. It is important to place the children in an environment that invites them to learn. Let music find its way into the children’s lives as much as possible, and then they will grow up to be healthy, happy, well adjusted adults.

Firstly, always relate the music theory to something practical on the students instrument. This point cannot be emphasized enough if thinking about music theory in a practical way.

Music is a practical subject, and always will be. For a musician to develop and grow they must always be developing their practical musicianship skills on their instrument as well as developing their ability in their mind.

The worksheets that they are working on should always relate to their practical work. It is silly for example to teach a guitarist or drummer how to analyze a Mozart Flute concerto. They will be bored, they will be disruptive and not engaged in the activity. An activity where the guitarist and drummer have to analyze the chords of a Van Halen song is far more likely to keep them engaged and interested during the lesson.

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t engage students in a lesson learning about different musical styles – It is very important to improve students sphere of influences, as this will shape them as musicians. However, music theory is one of those areas where the students will get very bored and disruptive if they can’t see an application for what they are learning.

The next idea in keeping music theory worksheets fun and engaging for the students is to try and add in some games at the end of the lesson, or tied up into the activity. There are a lot of educational music games available now which help in this area. The games can either be played on an interactive whiteboard, or used on a network of computers.

hopefully if we can use a couple of these ideas then students will be more engaged and less difficult to manage in the music theory classes.