K-12 Subject Area Links

Hand clapping songs and rhymes for kids.

Free online resources for music teachers including lesson plans and activities, summative and formative assessments, video examples, and documented best practices.

Lesson plans, activities, and teaching resources for educators that use classical music to help children learn. They are based on National Standards for the Arts and state Academic Content Standards for Music, as well as on Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Music activities for K-6 students that can be used in the classroom.

National Association for Music Education (NAfME) articles and resources in this music blog to support music educators and those who advocate for them. Browse the blog or use the site search to find articles.

The Kennedy Center has free digital resources for teaching and learning about the arts.
Find lesson plans by grade and subject.

The Kodály Center offers training and resources for teachers, conductors, parents, and others interested in the musical development of children. Search for children's songs by origin, region, state, song type and more.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Check here for sound recording excerpts and teaching tools.