How To Rock An Amazing Music Lesson Plan For Your Toddler Classroom!

Looking for music lesson plan ideas for your classroom? We are making a lot of noise in my toddler classroom this month doing fun musical activities!

Help develop your toddler’s musical skills through music appreciation, rhythm activities, instrument introduction, music-themed crafts, books, and more!

I am so excited to share with you my lesson plan about music, “LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE!” Watch your students’ music knowledge expand after completing these fun music activities for toddlers that are infused with math and language skills. Let’s have an amazing month!

Benefits of Musical Activities for Toddlers

Why are musical activities, important for toddlers? Music is an important skill to develop in the early years. Doing musical activities for toddlers exposes your little ones to musical opportunities that can strongly affect a child’s intelligence and emotions. Not only do musical activities help improve focus and memory, but they also help develop skills in the areas of:

Language Development
Social Skills
Auditory Discrimination
Gross Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills
Self Expression
Creativity
Discipline

Benefits of musical activities for toddlers.

Music Activities For Kids

Are you ready to do music activities for kids in your classroom? Let’s take a better look at my music lesson plan. This month-long music lesson plan is broken into 4 complete weeks! Each weekly music activities for kids consists of tot tray activities, book recommendations, gross motor activities, fine motor activities, sensory play, early math activities, fun songs, crafts and so much more! You can check out more by clicking on each individual week or by clicking on the picture to get the whole music activities for kids bundle.

What To Teach In A Music Theme For Toddlers

Each weekly music lesson plan found in my music theme includes book recommendations, 3 tot tray activities, 5 fun musical activities for toddlers, and a theme song. Through these music theme activities your toddlers will:

Explore different sounds
Be introduced to different instruments
Focus on musical language and vocabulary
Learn about rhythm
Talk about feelings of different kinds of music
Practice repeating sounds
Complete musical activities infused with early math skills
Listen to music theme books
Complete music theme crafts

Music Literacy Activities

Is your toddler ready to be introduced to the alphabet letters? For my music theme, I also include 2 letters to be introduced to provide music literacy activities. These letter packets are separate from my music lesson plan and should only be introduced when a child starts to show literacy readiness skills. The 2 letter packets that go along with my music theme are G is for Guitar and X is for Xylophone.

G is For Guitar

While learning about G is for Guitar, I used the letter G worksheets during table time. Table time in my classroom is always right after circle time. The skills that were introduced during circle time can now be built upon during table time. I have letter printables for each of the 26 letters, and each alphabet printable packet includes 8 different worksheets. I like to have more activities than we can complete in a week, so I can have variety, and the children stay engaged with the activities.

X is for Xylophone

While learning about X is for Xylophone, I used the letter X worksheets during table time. Using the letter X worksheets, I choose one activity from the letter packet to do each day. I have letter printables for each of the 26 letters, and each alphabet printable packet includes 8 different worksheets.

Circle Time For Toddlers Songs

Looking for some circle time for toddler songs that go along with a fun music theme? In my Teacher Pay Teachers store I offer free circle time songs for each of the months! If you aren’t following my Teachers Pay Teachers store yet, make sure and click that green star at the top of my store to get notified whenever I add a new product. If you want a free copy of my music-themed circle time songs, click on the picture.

Circle Time For Toddlers

Now that we are talking about circle time, which is you’ve been around for a while, you know is one of my favorite subjects! I have so many tips and tricks to keep little ones engaged and having a blast during circle time. If you are new to what is circle time for toddlers or are wanting some fresh ideas on how to keep them engaged, check out this blog post all about what to do during circle time with toddlers.

Vocabulary Words For Toddlers

One thing I love to introduce and talk about with my toddlers during circle time is vocabulary words. If you are wanting to beef up your music theme, even more, check out these music-themed vocabulary words found in my November Circle Time Pack.

Musical Activities For Toddlers

I hope you enjoyed these musical activities for toddlers. This was such a fun toddler theme that my students really enjoyed. If you want to follow my classroom to see my students completing musical activities for toddlers check out my Instagram here.

I absolutely love sharing my ideas with other childcare providers. We can all learn from each other, share below your favorite musical instruments activities for toddlers. I also love following other daycare provider blogs and toddler blogs, please message me or add your blog below.