Aileen’s Music Room features The Music Room podcast and blogs that focus primarily on elementary classroom music. These tools are helpful for elementary music lesson planning and contain ideas and resources for online learning. The Aileen’s Music Room website also features a plethora of K-5 general music lesson plans in a variety of formats.
O For Tuna Orff
Marci Major2026-07-12T20:53:40+00:00This website gives ideas for elementary music and links to other resources. Included in this resource are links to a Facebook page to ask questions, a list of ideas for hands on dances and movement, Chrome music lab, The New Victory Theater in NYC, and YouTube videos of lesson ideas from other teachers. While this resource was published during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the resources attached are useful in remote learning settings.
Price: Free
Link: O For Tuna Orff
Smithsonian Music
Marci Major2026-07-12T21:07:01+00:00Smithsonian Music provides general music teachers an online museum of World Music. Teachers can browse lesson plans, playlists, albums, and more by genre, geography, or artist. They also provide free podcasts, playlists, games, and lesson plans about world music for K-12 with four different levels.
Price: Free
Link: Smithsonian Music
Organized Chaos
Marci Major2020-04-11T16:03:48+00:00This is an ideal resource for music educators looking for additional resources for online learning. This blog post gives ideas for remote learning in 4 categories: virtual teaching, online resources, no-tech resources, and professional learning opportunities. The specific resources are all linked for teachers to discover, or they include explanations as to how to implement them.
Price: Always Free
Link: Organized Chaos
The Music Educator Blog
Marci Major2020-04-13T17:56:04+00:00This blog is perfect for music educators of all grades and areas. The content ranges from articles about supporting one’s students to podcasts with guest professionals about the classroom. Recently, helping the music educator teach from home has come to the forefront of discussion.
Price: Always Free
Link: The Music Educator Blog
Keeping Your Choir Going During Lockdown
Marci Major2020-04-13T18:49:10+00:00Perfect for choir teachers looking for ways to stay connected with their ensembles during this time, this blog post provides suggestions on how to best utilize video platforms (Zoom, Google Hangouts) for running choir rehearsals. It addresses warm-ups, sectionals, guest speakers and most importantly, maintaining social connections with each other during this time.
Price: Always Free
Link: Keeping You Choir Going During Lockdown
Choral Clarity
Marci Major2020-04-11T21:16:46+00:00Perfect for gaining insight into various issues faced in the choral classroom, this blog offers various assessment, repertoire selection, and rubric ideas. Browsers can view a few free and low-cost choral compositions including sight-reading, rounds, and concert selections. A few videos and podcasts are available on choral music education as well.
Price: Free articles and blogs – resource costs vary
Link: Choral Clarity