The Nutcracker Music Activities for The Elementary Classroom

Use these comprehensive slides to guide your students through a lesson of The Nutcracker with Musician of The Month: Tchaikovsky! All of the text is editable and the necessary audio and links are already embedded.

What's included...

1. 23 slide presentation on Tchaikovsky and music from The Nutcracker
2. 2 biography slides with an interactive video
3. Directions for the "statue game" with winter poses and Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy audio
4. March of The Nutcracker Cup Game slides with rhythms, instructions, and video explanations
5. March of The Nutcracker Stretchy Band Routine
6. Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy rhythm activity slide
7. Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy listening analysis and comparison
8. Musication video links to Trepak and Waltz of The Flowers percussion play alongs
9. The Nutcracker read aloud story for K-2
10. The Nutcracker live ballet performance from The Russian State Ballet
11. Worksheet printables for The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy listening comparison

Areas of interest...

Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, elementary general music, general music, active listening lessons, rhythm reading, music history, composer, composer of the month, winter music lessons, Christmas music lessons, holiday music lesson, The Nutcracker music lesson, outside links, Youtube links, printable worksheets

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