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[Sign up Here!](https://marketing.musicplay.ca/newsletter-sign-up-form) Select Category Assessment Blog Posts Boomwhacker Bucket Drumming Choral Classroom Management Games and Centers Holidays and Special Days Lesson Planning Literacy and Music Programs and Musicals Recorder Vocal Development What's New with Musicplay [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Report Card Comments](https://blog.musicplay.ca/report-card-comments) May 27, 2015, 5:29:00 PM Some or our American teachers will be finishing school this week, but for many teachers you are into the home stretch and looking forward to the end of the school year. Report cards are not anyone's favorite job, but it's important to communicate how the students have progressed in music. If we don't assess, evaluate and report on what we've taught, it's possible that parents will look at music as a "frill" or "something extra" that we do if we have time, and not as a subject area that's really valuable to our students. [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/report-card-comments) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-01%20at%204.37.59%20PM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Farewell Songs](https://blog.musicplay.ca/farewell-songs) May 17, 2015, 5:38:00 PM There are songs for Kindergarten Graduation in Musicplay for Kindergarten. [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/farewell-songs) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-01%20at%204.48.46%20PM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Ideas for Earth Day](https://blog.musicplay.ca/ideas-for-earth-day) Apr 15, 2015, 5:49:00 PM There are songs for Earth Day in all levels of Musicplay. Musicplay K - #137 We've Got the Whole World Musicplay 1 - #92 Let's Save Water Musicplay 2 - #74 Garbage, #77 Recyle, and #29 Make a Difference Musicplay 3 - #78 Walk, Run, Ride a Bike Musicplay 4 - #73 Plant a Tree and #72 We've Only Got One Planet Musicplay 5 - #81 Show you Care [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/ideas-for-earth-day) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%209.56.39%20AM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Know Your Note Names](https://blog.musicplay.ca/know-your-note-names) Jan 11, 2015, 10:03:00 AM Know Your Note Names [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/know-your-note-names) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Great Apps for Elementary Music Classes](https://blog.musicplay.ca/great-apps-for-elementary-music-classes) Dec 18, 2014, 2:30:23 PM Whether you have a class set of iPads, just a teacher iPad or your personal iPhone or Android phone, you can make use of many different apps to enhance your PreK – Grade 6 music classes. [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/great-apps-for-elementary-music-classes) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Planning your Holiday Concert](https://blog.musicplay.ca/planning-your-holiday-concert-2) Nov 23, 2014, 2:32:27 PM Musicplay Holiday Newsletter – Dec. 2003 [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/planning-your-holiday-concert-2) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%202.41.31%20PM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [More Composition Ideas](https://blog.musicplay.ca/more-composition-ideas) Sep 14, 2014, 3:42:00 PM ### Creating a Rondo Why is teaching music so important for the students in our elementary schools? One of the reasons (and there are many!) is that we can help students develop creative thinking in our music classes. [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/more-composition-ideas) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%2010.45.50%20AM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Summer Reading for Music Teachers](https://blog.musicplay.ca/summer-reading-for-music-teachers-1) Jun 27, 2014, 11:48:00 AM Summer Reading for Music Teachers [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/summer-reading-for-music-teachers-1) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%201.10.19%20PM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Great Games for the End of the School Year](https://blog.musicplay.ca/great-games-for-the-end-of-the-school-year) Jun 19, 2014, 2:12:00 PM Great Games for your final Music Classes [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/great-games-for-the-end-of-the-school-year) ![](https://blog.musicplay.ca/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%202.26.49%20PM.png) [Blog Posts](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tag/blog-posts) ### [Tennis Ball Fun](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tennis-ball-fun) Jun 1, 2014, 3:29:00 PM Tennis Ball Fun and Relative Note Values Create a chart that includes a whole note, two half notes, four quarters and 8 eighth notes. This activity is from the resource, Rhythm Instrument Fun. [Denise Gagne](https://blog.musicplay.ca/author/denise-gagne) [Read More](https://blog.musicplay.ca/tennis-ball-fun) [21](https://blog.musicplay.ca/page/21) [22](https://blog.musicplay.ca/page/22) [23](https://blog.musicplay.ca/page/23) [24](https://blog.musicplay.ca/page/24) [25](https://blog.musicplay.ca/page/25) ##### Sign up for email notifications. New blog post weekly! [Sign up Here!](https://marketing.musicplay.ca/newsletter-sign-up-form) #### Our Products - [MusicplayOnline](https://musicplayonline.com) - [Musicplay Store](https://store.musicplay.ca) - [Musicplay Downloads](https://downloads.musicplay.ca) - [Musicplay Workshops](https://workshops.musicplay.ca) - [Musicplay Help](https://help.musicplay.ca) Follow us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram