Growing up around music in the classroom and amazing parents who actually create it, I am no stranger to the unbelievable power of song, rhythm, and rhyme. Learning through music is extremely effective because it is so brain compatible . . . cue BUZZ WORD. No really . . . I’m not just tossing professional words your way. Using music to teach concepts, skills, and standards makes sense on SO many levels.
Just think about this for a moment. Music stimulates and unifies cognitive function. It also effortlessly touches three of the four modalities – auditory, kinesthetic, and tactual. Now, when you provide the music in printed form, music taps into the visual modality as well. By simply incorporating a skills-based song into our lesson plans as we introduce and review concepts, we have the potential to reach ALL of our students!
I’ll finish my “soapbox-ish” dissertation by leaving you with a few facts to ponder . . .
- Music extends the time the human brain spends in the learning zone.
- Music imprints an instructional message in the human brain faster than any other learning strategy.
- Music is the perfect catalyst for rehearsing information, which eventually leads to long-term memory storage.
On that note, if you are interested in taking a look-see at some wonderful music-based resources, check out the links below.

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DeAnne Cowee we need to do this
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Leslie Pell you’d be a hero if you did this with all your washi tape 🤣
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Madison Wiebe, We should have done this. Next year!
11 hours agoCynthia
10 hours agoI’d really like to see the whole storage unit. We are going one to one next year and are exploring various storage options.
10 hours ago · 1This is a great idea!
10 hours agoLori
11 hours agoBeautiful & Creative. But my kids would STILL put them in wrong...🤦🏻♀️
10 hours agoWhen will Chromebooks be able to wirelessly charge?! :)
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11 hours agoMeredith Walters
10 hours agoI used plain masking tape & numbered each chrome book & corresponding charger. It's worked for me with first graders, but this washi tape syst is much more colorful!
11 hours agoGreat idea
10 hours agoI love this idea. Thank you.
2 hours agoMy kids peel everything! Wish it would work for me!
11 hours agoAlisha Nicole Hays if we would want them to use the same one!
10 hours agoKathee Santiago , Sherry Brockway-Ramsdell, Kyle Hunt you guys may already do this.....but thought I’d share!
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