🎶 5 Must-Have Items Every Elementary Music Teacher Needs This Year! 🎶
Set your classroom up for success, creativity, and joyful music-making!
As you prep your classroom for the year ahead, let’s talk about the essentials — the tools that unlock creativity, build musical skills, and make management easier for you and more fun for your students. Whether you're brand new to teaching or a seasoned pro looking to refresh your space, these five classroom staples are must-haves for every elementary music room:
1. Boomwhackers ~ The biggest bang for your buck! Special pricing on our most popular set!
Colorful, durable, and instantly engaging — Boomwhackers are a classroom favorite for a reason. Students can play melodies, rhythms, harmonies, and even compose their own music with these versatile tubes. They're perfect for reinforcing pitch, rhythm, and ensemble skills in a way that feels like play.
Check out our 27 Tube Classroom Set Boomwhackers® 27 Tube Classroom Pack (BW27CP)!
2. Non-Pitched Percussion Instruments ~ Also great bargain! You can order a variety of instruments for under $6 each!
Egg shakers, rhythm sticks, tambourines, and more — these compact tools are powerful rhythm builders! A well-rounded rhythm kit allows you to teach everything from steady beat to syncopation while keeping little hands engaged and active. Plus, they're perfect for centers, circle time, or group improvisation.
Get our Economy Rhythm Band Set, 25 Players, and get all of your small percussion in one purchase!
3. Orff Instruments ~ Each of these instruments are an investment that will last for years to come!
Xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels bring student compositions and arrangements to life. Orff instruments are the heartbeat of child-centered music education — helping students explore melody, harmony, and form through hands-on experience.
Start with a single RBI Orff - Soprano Xylophone or the whole instrumentarium with our RBI Orff - Xylophone Classroom Pack of 6 (RBXYLPK), RBI Orff - Metallophone Classroom Pack of 6 (RBMETPK), and RBI Orff - Glockenspiel Classroom Pack of 4 (RBGPK)!
4. Scarves
Simple? Yes. Magical? Absolutely. Scarves support movement, expression, and creativity. Whether you’re exploring form, dynamics, or storytelling through music, scarves help students embody the music and connect to it on a deeper level.
Check out our Scarf Mini-Pack, set of 12!
5. Various Teaching Aids
Visuals and hands-on musical manipulatives matter! Displaying key musical concepts on your walls — like solfege and instrument families — alongside interactive tools on your shelves makes learning more engaging and accessible. These visual and tactile resources reinforce vocabulary and skills daily, support independent learners, and serve as helpful reference points during group instruction.
We have many Posters & Classroom Materials to choose from!
This Year, Set Yourself (and Your Students) Up for Success
These five foundational category of items help create a space where music is active, engaging, and joyful — and where every student can participate and shine. Need help building your classroom Wishlist? We’ve got you covered — and don’t forget, PTA and parent supporters love helping teachers get what they need.
Let’s make this your most musical year yet! 🥁🎶
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