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Year Plans, Monthly Outlines, and More!
As we begin a new school year, many teachers are focused on finalizing their long-range planning documents. Effective lesson planning starts with a clear understanding of your curriculum and the outcomes you need to achieve by year’s end. MusicplayOnline offers many pre-made documents and tools designed to simplify this process and support your planning efforts.
Take a look at the information and video below, where Stacy Werner guides you through the planning documents.
Musicplay Scope and Sequence
The Scope and Sequence document shows which grade a particular concept or skill is introduced in. In the Musicplay scope and sequence, ex stands for experience and also represents the key concepts/skills that will need to be reviewed in subsequent grade levels. Your scope and sequence may differ from this, but this is a great starting point. The Scope and Sequence for Rhythm is given below.
Scope and Sequence with Songs
A scope and sequence with songs that teach the concepts is available online in the lesson planning section. This is just a small part of the Beat and Rhythm Sequence with songs to teach the concept.
When you are in a situation with older students who haven’t mastered concepts from earlier grades, you have to teach those basic concepts before moving on. Musicplay is a spiralling curriculum, and there is review of basic concepts in every grade. Basic concepts such as beat/rhythm are reviewed/taught in every grade level with age appropriate games/activities.
Year Plans
Once you’ve decided on a sequence of concepts/skills that you can do with your students, chart the months and decide when you can teach them, and use the song list to decide on the songs you’ll use to teach those concepts. The Musicplay Grade 2 Year Plan is shown below. You can download these from the Lesson Planning section and adapt this for your own use.
What We Learn in Music Posters
Share these posters with your school community to highlight what students are learning each year in your music classes. Posters are available for each grade level in the Lesson Planning section on MusicplayOnline.
Musicplay Mentorship 2026
Know a teacher who's just getting started with MusicplayOnline or could use a little extra support? We'd love it if you'd share this opportunity with them!
Getting Started and Core Skills
August 18th, 2026 - 4:30PM-5:30PM MST
In this webinar, we’ll walk you through the essentials of using MusicplayOnline — the all-in-one curriculum designed to support elementary music teachers. You’ll get a guided tour of the platform, learn how to navigate key sections, set up your Student Code, search for content efficiently, and organize your lessons using the My Lists feature. Whether you’re brand new to Musicplay or just need a refresher, this session will give you the confidence to get started with ease.
Register for Musicplay Mentorship Session One
August 25th, 2026 - 4:30PM-5:30PM MST
In this webinar, Stacy will guide you through the powerful planning tools and resources available in MusicplayOnline. You’ll explore the Lesson Planning section, dive into the Scope and Sequence and Year Plans, and learn how to customize lessons to fit your teaching style and your students’ needs. We’ll also walk through key features like Lesson Modules, Song Lists, and the Units section to help you streamline your planning and make the most of everything Musicplay has to offer.
Register for Musicplay Mentorship Session Two
Musical Literacy and Skill Development
September 1st, 2026 - 4:30PM-5:30PM MST
In this webinar, Stacy will explore the wide range of resources and tools in MusicplayOnline designed to build music literacy in fun and engaging ways. We’ll take a deep dive into the Song List activities, explore interactive tools in the Toolbox, and highlight the Rhythm and Solfa Practice sections. You’ll also discover how to use the Listening Kits to connect classical music to the elements of music and support skill development in your students.
Register for Musicplay Mentorship Session Three
Instruments and Performance Pieces
September 8th, 2026 - 4:30PM-5:30PM MST
In this webinar, we’ll explore the instrument resources available on Musicplay Online, including recorder, ukulele, Boomwhackers, drumming, guitar, and Orff. Stacy will guide you through how to navigate and customize these materials to fit your classroom needs. We’ll also show you how to find performance pieces for school events, ensembles, and choirs, and how to access and download accompaniment tracks to support your performances.
Register for Musicplay Mentorship Session Four
Together Sing 2026 - Registration Now Open!
Registrations for Together Sing 2026 are now open, and we are so excited! Since registrations opened at 9:00 am on 21st June (Make Music Day), we already have registrations representing over 25,000 singers — and we want to add yours!
This year's beautiful song, We Are Here, composed by Louise Kelly, is a powerful celebration of the joy and wellbeing that comes from singing together, and a reminder of why music education in our schools matters so much. When you register (make sure it's for your maximum number of singers!), you receive audio tracks, YouTube video links, band and string arrangements (both in the same key as the song this year!), a lyric sheet, social media images, and so much more — all completely free.
Over 50 partners are contributing to this project out of sheer passion for the cause. Don't miss out — register now and add your voice to this growing force for good!
https://www.kodalyqld.org.
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Musicplay Team Updates:
We wanted to take the opportunity to share some updates from the team:
Content Updates:
- Check again next week for future updates!
Development Updates:
- New Drum Machine interactive
- New Staff Lesson bass resources
- Support for 2 beat rhythms in Word Rhythm Composition tool
- Added the ability to disable student codes
- Navigation now remembers the last open state.
- Notifications can now be dismissed more easily
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