Kids love props! If your lessons are feeling a little stale, props are a great way to add some pizzazz to your classroom. Here are some of our favorite props and a few ideas to help incorporate them into your lessons.
- Hoop Scarf Streamers – These colorful streamers will add a rainbow of color to movement activities. The hoop gives students an easy place to grip and the streamers are just the right length. Try using hoop scarves to work on high-low or fast-slow concepts with preschool-aged students and up.
- Stretchy Bands – Stretchy bands come in multiple sizes and are a favorite of educators and therapists for group games. The color blocking helps students easily see where to grab. Create shapes, practice moving together, and create rhythms as a team.
- Hoberman Spheres – Hoberman Spheres are one of those tools you wouldn’t think of for a music room, but they are such a great tool! The smooth expansion and contraction create the perfect tool for visualizing breathing and dynamics. Great for choirs, general music rooms, and more!
- Bean Bags – Three, two, one…toss! Bean bags are great tools to work on coordination and can be used in so many class games. Bean bags are small enough to fit in most hands and easy for people of almost any age to catch and toss.
- Scarf Canopies – You may have used scarves in your classroom, but have you tried a supersized canopy? You’ll love using canopy scarves to emulate the movements of water or as an alternative to a parachute.
Jessica Palmer
Jessica Palmer is the Director of National Sales. Prior to joining the West Music team, she taught preschool and elementary music programs in both the general music classroom and beyond. She is an active musical director for community theater working with both children and adults. Jessica loves helping teachers find the right resources for their classroom and making sure they feel supported through every step of their musical journey.
