Grade 2 · Elementary Music

Teaching Grade 2 Music

Ninety-four songs in The Singing Classroom work with second grade. This page sorts them by what each one teaches, so you can find the song you need rather than scroll a list.

Every song is demonstrated on video, with sheet music and teaching notes.

Where the grade 2 repertoire is deep

These counts come from the library itself. They show where you have plenty to choose from and where the material is thinner.

27
Steady beat

The largest group in the grade. Circle games, passing games and bouncing songs that keep the beat going.

22
Circle games

Second graders will play a game with real rules and still throw themselves into it.

13
Fa

The largest solfège group at this grade level.

13
Rounds

Where part singing starts. Short, repeatable, and forgiving on the second entrance.

13
Solo singing

Songs built so one child sings alone, with the game giving them cover.

10
Re

Songs that add re to what a class already knows.

Every grade 2 song, by what it teaches

Filter by solfège, singing type, activity or concept. Combine filters to narrow further.

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On lesson plans

The Singing Classroom is not a set curriculum, and that is on purpose. A sequence written for someone else's classroom rarely survives contact with yours. The songs here are organized so you can build your own order, using material that fits the students in front of you.

It works alongside almost any approach, and it fits particularly well with Kodály, Orff and Dalcroze.

See how each song is taught

Every song is demonstrated on video, either by Deborah teaching it or by the bunnies animation of the game, plus sheet music and teaching notes.

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