4 ‘Ridiculously Fun’ Musical Theme Ideas For 6 – 9 Year Olds

When I tell parents that they can teach their kids music in the homeschool, one of the questions I hear over and over again, is where do I begin? 

So today, I thought I should address this issue and show you how you can categorize music activities into different themes and then use those themes to introduce kids to music appreciation in the homeschool. 

You can either decide to try out a single theme per week, or even try out a single theme per month. 

In this post I’m going to cover four different themes and show you how you can expand on each of these themes and teach your pre-schoolers music appreciation in the homeschool. 

However, if you want a more comprehensive set of activities with a different theme per month, then please read my post 12 Innovative Musical Themes To Use In Your Homeschool.

Anyway, as always I have included printables exclusively for this post, so please don’t forget to download them, before you move on. 

So without further ado, let’s get started. 

Composer Studies

Yes, you can teach composer studies to kids as young as 6 years. 

So what exactly will you do?

You can have them read composer biographies, learn facts about the life and works of the composer, write short essays, create lap books and much more.  

For more ideas read my post, 7 ‘Ultra Fun’ Composer Studies Activities For 6 – 9 Year Olds. 

Instrument Studies

Yes, 6 – 9 year olds are not too young for instrument studies either, they can have so much fun with these activities, such as creating playlists of songs that are performed only on a cornet and so on, comparing and contrasting the songs with those performed on a clarinet, learning facts about the cornet, learning about the brass family and much more. 

Read my post, 5 ‘Awesome’ Instrument Study Activities For 6 – 9 Year Olds for more ideas. 

Eras in Music

Kids of this age group are very interested in the medieval times and such, so what better way to introduce them to music, other than through its history? 

If you pick this theme, you can introduce them to significant political events that took place during an era, composers who lived during that era, life during the era and how it influenced their music and much more. 

Read my post, 7 ‘Super Easy’ Ways To Introduce The History Of Music To Primary School Kids for even more ideas on how to expand on this theme. 

Music Genre Studies

Genres of music are everywhere and your primary school aged kids have no doubt been exposed to many different genres without their knowledge. 

Now, it is time for you to structure that learning and make them more aware of it. 

Select a few genres to study in depth, create a playlist for each genre, listen to the playlist in the background in your homeschool and then learn about the composers, musicians and instruments that play an important role in each of those genres. 

Need more ideas? No worries, read my post, 4 ‘Simply Exhilarating Ways To Introduce Different Genres Of Music To Primary School Kids.

Don’t you think these ideas are really fun and will engage your kids for hours on end?

Try it out in your homeschool and come back and let me know how it went. 

Remember, to download the worksheets I have made available for you.