Looking to keep your students engaged while keeping them working on music? These winter themed rhythm manipulatives are the perfect way to practice composing, dictation, and writing rhythms. Use them in elementary music for composition, dictation, centers, assessment, and more! Students can use the manipulatives to create rhythms with vegetable words like cabbage, carrot, bud, corn, potato, tomato, etc. They can also match the rhythms to the words by printing out the rhythms and the cards with no notation. These 10 rhythm manipulatives come in a quarter page size and a small size, color and black and white, regular notation, stick notation, and no notation. Rhythms include quarter notes (crotchet) and eighth notes (quavers). Some cards have 1 beat and some are 2 to add difficulty to the activity. Includes: 7 composition sheets (with different meters) 10 manipulatives Printable recording sheets to turn in Everything in medium small size Everything in color and black and white Everything is regular notation, stick notation, and no notation

Looking to keep your students engaged while keeping them working on music? These winter themed rhythm manipulatives are the perfect way to practice composing, dictation, and writing rhythms. Use them in elementary music for composition, dictation, centers, assessment, and more! Students can use the manipulatives to create rhythms with different wetland animals such as beaver, heron, swan, muskrat, alligator, turtle, salamander, duck, otter, crawfish, snake, platypus, frog, etc. They can also match the rhythms to the words by printing out the rhythms and the cards with no notation. These 16 rhythm manipulatives come in a full page size, quarter page size, and a small size, color and black and white, regular notation, stick notation, and no notation. Rhythms include quarter notes (crotchet), eighth notes (quavers), half notes (minims), sixteenth notes (semiquavers), and quarter rest (crotchet rest). Some cards have 1 beat and some are 2 to add difficulty to the activity. Includes: 6 composition sheets (with different meters) 16 manipulatives 2 Printable recording sheets to turn in Everything in large, medium, and small size Everything in color and black and white Everything is regular notation, stick notation, and no notation

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes spring icons such as birds, rain, flowers, umbrellas, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes St. Patrick’s Day icons such as leprechauns, pots of gold, rainbows, Irish instruments, and more. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Halloween icons such as ghost, haunted house, jack-o-lantern, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Valentine’s Day icons such as letters, roses, mailboxes, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes back to school icons such as backpacks, apples, pencils, desks, school buses, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes summer icons including sunshine, seashells, sand castles, palm trees, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Christmas icons such as gingerbread men, Christmas trees, reindeer, and more. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Thanksgiving icons such as turkey, parade floats, wishbones, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes fall themed icons like leaves, pumpkins, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Winter icons such as snowflakes, snowball fights, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Looking for a fun and simple activity to get your students moving AND writing notes on the staff? This write the room activity is an active way to practice writing notes on the treble clef staff in elementary music class. Hide cards around the room and have students find them and write them on the recording sheet. You can do 5 or 10 questions. The icons on the cards match the icons on the recording sheets. This set includes Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) icons such as dragons, coins, fans, lanterns, etc. All of the notes on the staff from low E to high F are included. One of the notes is included twice, as there are only 9 options. 2 ways to play: Hide the notes on the staff and have students identify the letter names Hide the letters and have students write the notes on the staff Comes with many recording sheet options: 5 question with icons (blank + with staff) 5 questions without icons (blank + with staff) 10 question with icons (blank + with staff) 10 questions without icons (blank + with staff) All in color + black and white Includes: 10 notes on staff cards in color 10 notes on staff cards, black and white 10 letter name cards in color 10 letter name cards, black and white Recording sheets Answer keys Note: This product is based on American treble clef staff, so notes are named letters (F, A, etc)

Teaching students about notes on the staff can be difficult, but you can make it fun with games! Use this Staff War card game to help students line and space notes in a fun way. It’s perfect for elementary music centers, sub plans, beginning band, piano lessons, and more! This set includes bass clef notes from low E to B above middle C. It also comes with sharps and flats. To play: Students get into pairs. Split the deck of rhythms in half. Both students flip over the top card on their decks. The students with the highest pitch takes both cards, and put them at the bottom of the deck. If they tie, flip again. Winner takes all. When one person has all the cards, they win. Staff War is available in color and black and white. Includes all notes from low E to B above middle C. Notes come in natural, sharps, and flats. (On separate pages, so you can just use the ones that your students know). Each natural cards occur 4 times, each sharp and flat card occur twice. Pair with the Treble Clef Staff Wars to practice all of the notes on the staff. Includes: Printable kid friendly directions in color Printable kid friendly directions in black and white Printing directions Notes from low E to B above middle C 64 playing cards with naturals 28 playing cards with sharps 28 playing cards with flats All cards in black and white Also great for piano lessons!

Teaching students about beats in rhythms can be difficult, but you can make it fun with games! Use this Rhythm War card game to help students identify note durations in a fun way. It’s perfect for elementary music centers, sub plans, beginning band, piano lessons, and more! To play: Students get into pairs. Split the deck of rhythms in half. Both students flip over the top card on their decks. The students with the longer rhythm takes both cards, and put them at the bottom of the deck. If they tie, flip again. Winner takes all. When one person has all the cards, they win. Rhythm War is available in color and black and white, regular and stick notation. This set is level one. Each card only includes one rhythm on it. Each card occurs 8 times. (Level 2 includes multiple rhythms) Rhythms include: Whole notes - breves Whole rest - breve rest Half note - minims Half rests - minim rest Quarter notes - crotchet Quarter rests - crotchet rest Barred eighth notes - quavers Single eighth notes - quaver Eighth rests - quaver rest Barred sixteenth notes - semiquaver Single sixteenth notes - semiquaver Sixteenth rests - semiquaver rest Dotted half notes - dotted minim Dotted quarter notes - dotted crotchet Triplets Sixteenth - eighth - sixteenth 2 sixteenths - eighth Eighth - 2 sixteenths All rhythms are available in regular notation and stick notation, to accommodate all music classrooms! Includes: Printable kid friendly directions in color Printable kid friendly directions in black and white Printing directions 72 playing cards in color 72 playing cards in black and white 72 playing cards in color, stick notation 72 playing cards in black and white, stick notation

Teaching students about beats in rhythms can be difficult, but you can make it fun with games! Use this Rhythm War card game to help students identify note durations in a fun way. It’s perfect for elementary music centers, sub plans, beginning band, piano lessons, and more! To play: Students get into pairs. Split the deck of rhythms in half. Both students flip over the top card on their decks. The students with the longer rhythm takes both cards, and put them at the bottom of the deck. If they tie, flip again. Winner takes all. When one person has all the cards, they win. Rhythm War is available in color and black and white, regular and stick notation. This set is level 2. Some card include on rhythm, and other cards include more than one rhythm which students will need to add together (2 half notes = 4 beats). Each card occurs twice. (Level 1 includes more rhythm options, but each card has only on card on it) Rhythms include: Whole notes - breve Whole rest - breve rest Half note - minim Half rests - minim rest Quarter notes - crotchet Quarter rests - crotchet rest Barred eighth notes - quavers Single eighth notes - quaver Eighth rests - quaver rest Barred sixteenth notes - semiquavers Single sixteenth notes - semiquaver Sixteenth rests - semiquaver rest All rhythms are available in regular notation and stick notation, to accommodate all music classrooms! Includes: Printable kid friendly directions in color Printable kid friendly directions in black and white Printing directions 96 playing cards in color 96 playing cards in black and white 96 playing cards in color, stick notation 96 playing cards in black and white, stick notation

Teaching students about notes on the staff can be difficult, but you can make it fun with games! Use this Staff War card game to help students line and space notes in a fun way. It’s perfect for elementary music centers, sub plans, beginning band, piano lessons, and more! This set includes treble clef notes from middle C to high G. It also comes with sharps and flats. To play: Students get into pairs. Split the deck of rhythms in half. Both students flip over the top card on their decks. The students with the highest pitch takes both cards, and put them at the bottom of the deck. If they tie, flip again. Winner takes all. When one person has all the cards, they win. Staff War is available in color and black and white. Includes all notes from middle C to high G. Notes come in natural, sharps, and flats. (On separate pages, so you can just use the ones that your students know). Each natural cards occur 4 times, each sharp and flat card occur twice. Pair with the Bass Clef Staff Wars to practice all of the notes on the staff. Includes: Printable kid friendly directions in color Printable kid friendly directions in black and white Printing directions Notes from middle C to high G 40 playing cards with naturals 24 playing cards with sharps 24 playing cards with flats All cards in black and white Also great for piano lessons!

Teaching students about dynamics can be tricky, but you can make it fun with games! Use this Dynamics War card game to help students identify music markings in a fun way. It’s perfect for elementary music centers, sub plans, beginning band, piano lessons, and more! To play: Students get into pairs. Split the deck of rhythms in half. Both students flip over the top card on their decks. The students with the louder dynamic marking takes both cards, and put them at the bottom of the deck. If they tie, flip again. Winner takes all. When one person has all the cards, they win. Dynamics War is available in color and black and white. Cards include: ppp pp p mp mf f ff fff Each card occurs 8 times. Includes: Printable kid friendly directions in color Printable kid friendly directions in black and white Printing directions 64 playing cards in color 64 playing cards in black and white

Incorporating books into your music classroom is a great way to get students hooked on reading AND music. This elementary music lesson is a fun way to learn or practice rhythm, and can be used in conjunction with the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (although you don’t have to use the book!). In this lesson, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade music students will to a movement activity in which they music tip toe or walk to help the mouse get to the cookie. This reinforces forte and piano, because they are responding to the dynamics. Next, students can practice reading beats by using the cookie cards (printable and digital options) to read patterns with and without a beat. Then, students can create compositions as a class with the different items from the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. This can be done with just the objects, or students can add the rhythms that match. Finally, students can show their learning by creating their own composition with “milk” and “cookie”, or with all the different items from the book. There are also worksheets and other activities to show learning. There are slides and activities centered on ta and titi, as well as some centered on rest. That means that you can use the same lesson with a variety of grade levels! Includes: Printable lesson plan 45 Slide Google Slides presentation Embedded movement video (loud, soft, and freeze) Composition slides Introduction to ta and titi (crotchet and quavers) Introduction to rest Printable cookie manipulatives Manipulatives for the items from the book (with or without rhythms) 4 different composition cards 5 worksheets Printables in color and black and white This is a Google Drive resource. When you click on the link in the product, it will prompt you to make a copy of the slides. I WILL NOT share the original slides-- you must make a copy. If you school account does not allow this, you may need to try a personal account.