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As the weather begins to warm and the days get longer (although there’s still snow where I live!), we can feel that spring is on the horizon. For many of us, that means spring concert season is coming up!
This week I wanted to highlight Musicals and Revues available on MusicplayOnline for our youngest learners. These resources are flexible and can be used in whatever way works best for you and your program. You might perform a full musical, choose just one or two songs, or adapt the materials by adding or leaving out what you don’t need.
With your MusicplayOnline subscription, you have access to all of these resources to use in your school performances.
The following musicals are great choices for our younger learners. They include simpler scripts and songs, along with fun themes and costume ideas!
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BINGO! The Musical
Here’s a hippety hoppety good time for your K-2 singers. Featuring a story of sharing… and of course bunnies, this folk dance field frolicking NEW musical will be an audience hit. Approximate run time 25 minutes.
Songs Include:
- BINGO
- The Best Gift
- Lost Sheep
- Wanna Be a Kid Again
- We’ve All Got a Song
- A Big BINGO Final
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Bunnies!
Here’s a hippety hoppety good time for your K-2 singers. Featuring a story of sharing… and of course bunnies, this folk dance field frolicking NEW musical will be an audience hit. Approximate run time 25 minutes.
Songs Include:
- The Bunny Song
- A Friendship Song
- Howl!
- Adorable
- The Bunny Hop
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Pandamonion!
When Pandas open the mysterious gift box, out fly all the world's woes - but wait! There's one thing left...hope!
Approximate run time 25 minutes.
Songs Include:
- Special Delivery
- Pandamonium
- Everything is Wrong
- Upside Down
- Hope Is the Song We Share
- Hope Is the Song We Share Reprise
- PandamoniBows
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Meow! The Musical
When a cat becomes friends with a dog, the other animals start to learn that with a different perspective, they might all become friends. Approximate run time 25 minutes.
Songs Include:
- The Cat's Meow
- Outrageous!
- We Can All Be Friends
- Up a Tree
- From Here
- MEOW-nale!
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Music is in All of Us includes a wonderful rhyming script and a cast of student who play themselves which ensure easy sets and costumes. Everybody has a song inside. And every song should not be denied. Some people’s song might be all about sports, On the field, on the ice, or even the courts. Some people’s song might be science or reading, Math or writing, sewing or beading. What ever yours is we hope you will bring it. When you discover your song we hope you will sing it!
Songs Include:
- Do You Wanna Make Music
- Getting Ready for Music
- Sing-A-Long
- How Can I Not Sing?
- Sing Our Song
- Music Is In All of Us
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Musicplay Madness 2026
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Musicplay Madness is back and better than ever! Here's how it works: Every Monday through Thursday, we’ll post two reels—one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Vote for your favorite by commenting or reacting to our posts, and play along with your students in the classroom.
You’ll find these fun brackets in the Games and Centers section on MusicplayOnline. Plus, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook!
Musicplay Madness 2026 Link
Musicplay Madness 2026 John Jacobson Link
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Folk Songs For Choirs, Canadian Favourites
with Ruth McCartney
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 @ 9:30-10:30 MST (60 Minutes)
A recorded version will be available if you are unable to watch live.
About the Webinar:
This webinar is a review of the SA duets in Craig Cassil’s book, Folk Songs for Choirs, Canadian Favourites.
Teachers will join Ruth McCartney in exploring the resource, Folk Songs for Choirs, preparing the material for performances, and ideas for rehearsing.
Webinar Registration Link
Musicplay Team Updates:
We wanted to take the opportunity to share some updates from the team:
Content 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