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Winter Games Unit
The Winter Olympics begin February 6 and run through February 22—an exciting time for sports fans around the world! This global event brings countries together in Italy to celebrate athletic excellence and international spirit.
Looking to highlight this special event in your music classroom? Did you know we have a Winter Games Unit on MusicplayOnline? This unit features a variety of music listening, rhythm, form, and composition activities, all inspired by winter sports.
Learn more by scrolling down or clicking the link below to explore the Winter Games Unit.
Winter Games Unit
Winter Olympics Rondo
Create a Rondo using winter sports, the song provided, and Orff arrangement below. Students can create their word rhythms using the interactive, or worksheets are available.
Teaching Slides:
Winter Games - Word Rhythms Interactive:
Winter Movement Activities:
Movement activities are also included in the unit, featuring tracks that encourage movement to music in different meters.
Check out MORE resources in the Winter Games Unit on MusicplayOnline!
Winter Games Unit
From Chaos to Harmony: Music Centers That Actually Work
with Barbara Philipak
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 @ 4:30-5:30 MST (60 Minutes)
A recorded version will be available if you are unable to watch live.
About the Webinar:
In this webinar, Barb will share a variety of developmentally appropriate music center resources. The session will highlight Stacy Werner’s Super Simple Music Centers for primary learners, as well as Veronica Harper’s Music Center Kits 1 & 2 for upper elementary. Additional resources will be shared to support efficient setup, smooth classroom management, and successful implementation of centers. Come explore practical strategies for making centers engaging and sustainable in your classroom! Educators will learn simple, engaging ways to implement music centers that reinforce core musical concepts and skills, including rhythm, pitch, dynamics (loud/quiet), melodic contour (high/low), music literacy (letter names), and more. These strategies are adaptable to a wide range of instructional goals and align easily with standards-based music instruction.
Musicplay Team Updates:
We wanted to take the opportunity to share some updates from the team:
Content Updates:
- Echo Sing videos added to Solfa Practice Level s,l,t,d
- Echo Sing videos added to Solfa Practice Level s,l,t,drm
- Program resources added to BINGO, Dashing Through the Show, and It's a Boy
- Script and audio tracks added to new musical Kick It
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
