Elementary Songs in Creative Music Room offer a selection of original songs for kids designed to ignite children’s creative self-expression while enhancing balance, coordination, and rhythm through movement and dance. Moreover, these songs are crafted to bolster self-confidence and foster a sense of community through enjoyable, engaging music.
You will notice that the CMR songs on our website feature a variety of voices. That’s because there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the voices of children and even teachers! Just as the songs are for all children, they are for all voices too — CMR is and will always be a place for everyone who loves sharing the magic of music.
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Hello Songs and Welcome Songs
In music class, just like in life, first impressions matter! Creative Music Room’s Hello Songs and Welcome Songs provide the perfect transition activity into music class, allowing you to maximize learning time by engaging students even before they have fully entered the classroom. On top of that, CMR’s Hello and Welcome Songs all serve a purpose. Some teach Solfege, while others cover rhythmic work, call and response, silly movements, vocalizations, body percussion, and more. These are my go-to for each class. The students count on them, love them, and often ask, ‘Can we do it again?’
This is a great warm-up song for Elementary students that also teaches three part harmony.
This short but sweet little tune uses movement to help your students usher in the month of March and learn the old proverb that March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb.
This short but sweet little tune will help your youngest learners usher in the month of February! It gets the kids’ bodies moving and shaking while also practicing the solfege scale.
Here is a sweet hello song welcoming the students back to school after a long break. This song will take your class on a “rhythm retreat” by clapping their hands and tapping their feet!
This is a fun welcome song that keeps the students on their toes while entering the class to find a seat and start the day. It is fast paced and definitely a favorite in the CMR collection of hello songs!
"Hello High Low" is a simple yet engaging hello song that mentions each student by name. It will quickly become a classroom favorite.
This is a great hello song that has the teacher go around the circle greeting each student by name. Once the students learn the melody of the song Hello to You Again, they are eager to join in the singing.
This is a simple hello song that gets the students singing and moving before they even take a seat on their sit spot. Have fun!
"Thirds In Motion" is a more advanced hello song that you can sing with late elementary or even middle school singers.
This is a great way to get the kids moving and jumping before sitting down and doing a few activities that require a little more attention.
Movement Songs
Creative Music Room’s collection of original movement songs is intended to inspire children’s creative self-expression while also improving balance, coordination, and rhythm through movement and dance. In addition, I believe these songs support a sense of self-confidence and community through fun, engaging music!
Enjoy!
Here is a fun new take on the classic “ABC” song that promotes memorization while introducing a fun and catchy groove to the proceedings.
"Can You Wiggle Your Toes?" is a fun movement song for K-2nd grade students. This song can be used for many different purposes.
This is a great movement song that gets the students excited about pretending to catch a big “whopper” of a fish.
Interval Songs
Interval songs are like musical puzzles that help us understand the distance between two notes. In our elementary music class, we explore these songs to sharpen our ears and deepen our musical understanding. Interval songs are like musical journeys, where each interval—whether it’s a small skip or a giant leap—carries its own unique sound and feeling. By singing interval songs, we learn to recognize intervals like steps, skips, and jumps, paving the way for us to read and create music with confidence and joy.
This interval song teaches the octave interval two different ways. One is with traditional note names, calling the first octave C to C. Then the song changes its reference and calls the interval by its Solfege name, Do to Do.
This interval song is a clever way to teach and practice singing sixths. Training how sixths and all intervals sound can improve relative pitch and help strengthen sight reading skills and in-tune singing.
This interval song is a slightly easier version than the other seventh song in the CMR catalogue. This simpler melody has a beautiful lilting quality.
"Can You Hear the Steps?" is a great song to teach notes that move in stepwise motion. This song is best for middle to late elementary students and can be especially fun because it moves quickly and has a tongue twister quality to it.
"Flying with a Major Seventh" is a beautiful melody that reviews the seventh interval with an accompaniment full of lush harmonies.
This interval song helps students recognize the fourth interval, using the famous melody of “Here Comes the Bride”.
"A Chromatic Melody" is a song filled with notes that move by half steps (chromatically).
This interval song covers thirds, fourths, and fifths. Intervals are the key to developing great relative pitch, and for improving sight reading and building strong intonation.
This interval song helps students recognize the fifth interval, through Solfege and traditional note names.
This interval song is a great way to introduce thirds. The students have hopefully learned by now the relationship between do-mi-sol-mi-do, but perhaps they have not put note names to those intervals.
Seasonal Songs
Seasonal songs add a sprinkle of magic to our elementary music class, capturing the essence and excitement of each time of the year. From the cheerful melodies of winter carols to the vibrant tunes of springtime, these songs not only celebrate the changing seasons but also teach us about traditions, cultures, and the natural world around us. Whether we’re singing about snowflakes, flowers blooming, or summer adventures, seasonal songs ignite our imagination and bring us together in harmony, fostering a love for music that resonates with the rhythm of the seasons.
Welcome spring with this fun song which has a soft, soothing melody. Your students will love the challenge of keeping up with the last chorus as we sing it in double time!
“Today on Valentine’s Day” celebrates the many ways we show how much we care on Valentine’s Day.
This is a lovely tune about Valentine’s Day being celebrated across the world. We’ve added flute to the accompaniment track. This song is in ABA form.
This gentle, bittersweet song tells the story of Gus the groundhog, who comes out of his burrow once a year to tell if spring is near.
New Year’s Eve is celebrated by people all over the world. This is a fun song about the excitement of ringing in the new year
In "How Did Winter Get Here?" your students will be challenged to discover who this song is about - and it's so much fun!
This is a sweet song of gratitude that your students will really enjoy learning and singing at the holidays.
This is another favorite in my music room! Students will practice passing the snowball to a steady beat while playing a fun game.
This song can include simple movements of turning around and crouching down to the ground when getting to the “swirling” and “falling” lyrics.
This seasonal song points out the age-old Thanksgiving dilemma – choosing the right dessert!
Friendship Songs
Friendship songs are the heartwarming melodies that remind us of the bonds we share with our classmates and friends in our elementary music class. These songs celebrate the joys of companionship, teamwork, and support, teaching us the importance of kindness and empathy. Through cheerful tunes and uplifting lyrics, friendship songs inspire us to cherish the special connections we have with others, fostering a sense of unity and belonging within our classroom community. As we sing together, we learn valuable lessons about cooperation, acceptance, and the power of friendship to brighten our days and lift our spirits.
This is a fun singalong song that celebrates the magic of friendship and teaches that it is our differences as much as our similarities that bring us together!
Songs about friendship are some of the most cherished songs in the CMR catalogue, and this one about a beloved and mischievous dog named Bo is no exception!
This rhyming song about friendship will tickle your students' funny bones while teaching them the importance of making friends.
"Come With Me" is a great opportunity to understand that we all feel sad sometimes, and sometimes we might not even know why.
Goodbye Songs
Just as our CMR Hello Songs set the right tone for each music class, our Goodbye Songs serve to wrap up the class while providing a smooth transition to the students’ next class or activity.
Creative Music Room’s Goodbye Songs always have a purpose. Even when time is tight, I make time for a song that connects us one last time until the next session. Sometimes I only have time for a quick sol-mi ‘goodbye class’ call and response, but it’s always worth the effort. I believe it can set you up for success in your next class!
This is a simple good-bye song that reviews the scale and whole group singing while lining up at the door to be dismissed.
This goodbye song teaches the time signature of 3/4 and invites the students to conduct along while singing.
"Goodbye, Farewell" reinforces the solfege work you may have worked on throughout the week.
General Songs
Creative Music Room’s general songs are versatile and imaginative tunes designed to spark curiosity and creativity in students. These songs serve as flexible tools in your music curriculum, offering a range of themes and activities that can be adapted to various teaching moments. Whether exploring imaginative scenarios or engaging in interactive call-and-response, these songs provide opportunities to develop musical skills while having fun. They are essential in fostering a love for music and encouraging self-expression in every class.
This song merges singing and tongue twisters into one song that also practices changing tempos!
This song, “Moving On,” is a positive, upbeat song that carries the message that no matter what obstacles a day may bring, the next one carries the hope and possibility for moving forward.
This song is a great opportunity for the kids to think beyond the realm of reality and share their wildest dreams of what could be.
This is a catchy, upbeat song that invites kids to sing along to some favorite animal sounds as they hear the stories of an owl, squirrel, and rooster!
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