5 Winter Music Activities for Piano Students [Free Printable]

Wonderful winter music activities your students will love! After the holidays, things slow down a bit. For us piano teachers, that means time to sneak some music theory back into our winter lesson plans!

If you need some fun and engaging winter music activities, here’s a list of a few you might like to try this January. Read til the end for a free printable you can download and print today to review notes on the staff in a fun and unique way.

In this blog post, I’m sharing 5 winter music activities that you can use in your piano studio or music classroom…plus that extra freebie as well.

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Winter Rhythm Bingo

The first of five winter music activities is a bingo game to review rhythms: Winter Rhythm Bingo.

Bingo games are a go-to for me because everyone already knows how to play bingo, and no matter their age, everyone seems to enjoy it!

This Winter Rhythm Bingo music game reviews basic note values:

• Quarter Notes & Rests
• Half Notes & Rests
• Dotted Half Notes
• Whole Notes
• Pairs of Eighth Notes

This winter-themed game comes with three levels included:

1. Level 1: shows rhythm, phrase & picture
2. Level 2: shows rhythm & picture (no words)
3. Level 3: shows rhythm only

The three levels make differentiation with two different-leveled students super easy!

Try this easy print-and-go winter music activity with your students! It’s available for purchase in my TeachersPayTeachers store.

Winter Snowman Note Name Puzzles

The second of five winter music activities is Snowman Note Name Puzzles.

These unique 3-piece printable matching puzzles are a great way to teach or review piano key names, notes on the staff, as well as sharps and flats.

These adorable puzzles can be printed in Primary Level to Intermediate Level.

Three level are included:

• Level 1 matches Letter Name + Note on the Staff + Piano Key
• Level 2 matches Letter Name (flat/sharp) + Note on the Staff (flat/sharp) + Piano Key (flat/sharp)
• Level 3 matches Letter Name + Note on the Staff + Note on the Staff (octave apart)

Try these cute matching puzzles in place of flashcards with your students! It’s also available on my TeachersPayTeachers store.

Winter Compose With Dice

The third of five winter music activities is more of a music composition activity: Compose With Dice, Winter edition.

This is a cute and fun way to gamify music composition for beginning piano students while teaching and reinforces scale knowledge.

I have a whole blog post dedicated to Compose With Dice and how to use it! Read for more ideas and information about it.

But to summarize, students are given a sheet with a major pentascale, lyrics, a simple left hand part, and a few key melody notes. Students will roll the dice to determine which right hand melody notes they will be adding to complete the song.

This activity is definitely dimensional and covers these concepts:

• composing at the piano
• pentascale knowledge (5-note major scales on the piano)
• drawing notes
• note and rest values
• ear training
• identifying notes on the staff

But the beauty of this activity is that students just think they are playing a fun winter music game!

Visit the blog post all about Compose With Dice for a free demo page to try.

Or if you’re ready to go all-in with Winter Compose With Dice, it is available for a few dollars in my TeachersPayTeachers store!

Winter Music Theory Puzzles

The fourth of five winter music activities is Winter Music Theory Puzzles.

Sometimes you need an independent activity for a student to work on without your assistance. These puzzles are perfect for a student who needs to work independently!

This puzzle set comes with 90 puzzles, so there’s something for every student!

The puzzles feature adorable winter-themed clipart.

Included in the set:

• Piano key names
• Notes on the staff
• Ledger line notes on the staff
• Intervals on the staff (harmonic and melodic)
• Musical symbols

Print only the pages you want to work on. You can even have the student cut out their own puzzles if they need some additional review [or you need them to stay occupied a little longer].

Grab these Winter Puzzles in my TeachersPayTeachers store.

Winter Music Games Bundle

All of the winter music activities mentioned so far (along with a free puzzle set thrown in) are available in this Winter Music Games Bundle at a 25% discount.

You can purchase the Winter Music Game Bundle in my TeachersPayTeachers store.

Winter Music Theory Worksheets

And for more snowy music theory fun, check out my Winter Music Worksheets! This is the fifth and final of my winter music activities. But keep reading because the freebie is next up.

There are four worksheet packs to choose from:

• Piano Keys Winter Music Worksheets
• Musical Alphabet Winter Music Worksheets
• Finger Numbers Winter Music Worksheets
• Music Math (Note Values) Winter Music Worksheets
• Note Naming Winter Music Worksheets

Or you can save 25% by buying the Winter Music Worksheets Bundle.

The individual worksheet packs as well as the bundle are available in my TeachersPayTeachers store.

January Note-A-Day Mini Book [Free Printable]

And finally a freebie for January! This is the last of my winter music activities and this little booklet will be a fun after-Christmas gift you can give your students.

The January Note-A-Day Mini Book is a printable tiny book that asks students to name one note on the staff per day throughout the month of January. Some days include clues to a final winter riddle.

You can see a preview video here of how to print and assemble the mini book.

And you can download this mini book for free in my TeachersPayTeachers store!

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