Music lesson plans are a key tool for teachers of music.   They are pivotal to the success of one music lesson, the lesson for the whole semester and also of the teacher.    

 Have you heard of all the proverb, “If you don’t prepare, then you prepare to fail.”   After you get some experience, then Writing Lesson Plan wouldn’t be that hard.  

 For those who are just starting out, here are a few guidelines for creating compelling Music Lesson plans: 

 1.Consider the age group that you will teach   

 A very good starting point when you are preparing a music lesson plans is to think about the maturity of the children you are teaching.   What do they love and shudder at?   What sort of music do they listen to on a regular basis?   What are the other social facets that can influence them?   Were they at an age they feel diffident and shy in front of their friends? 

 These are the considerations to think about when you are writing lesson plans.  That’s the reason off-the-rack music lesson plans don’t work.  Music lesson plans have to be created with the student’s need in mind.   Once a teacher has been teaching for a number of years they are able to do this adaptation in an instant, referencing the music lesson plans that are in their head, and adapting as they go.   When you are just starting however a good starting plan is to spend a few minutes researching the age group, and learning how they think and interact with each other.

 2. Try to have more plans in place. 

 Quite often you’ve ready Plans for Music Lessons  around 10 exercises.   Sometimes you get to finish  up yo the fifth one and school bell sounds for the end of the period.   Yet another day, still with the same activity and you can be off to a new class and there should still be some 25 minutes!   You just don’t know for sure, and that is why its always a good idea to have a backup plan.   Have an extra interactive game in your bag just in case there would be some minutes to spare.   

 3. Mix-up the activities 

 A lot of music lessons are somehow split up into set activities.   Sometimes a week lesson would focus on theory, then practical, aural and then history.   Often this is unavoidable due to practical concerns and the length of the school lessons, however why not try and mix them around a bit?   If rooms won’t be a problem, you can spend half of the lesson in theory and then you can freely move to aural.   It’ll be exciting for the kids and it keeps them on their seats.    

 4. Have it much simpler than you might think! 

 It’s always a great idea, in particular if you have younger pupils, to have simple charts to go in hand with a complicated version.   For example if you’re introducing a new piece of music in a practical lesson you may wish to plan for the scenario of it being way too hard for the students.   This happened to me many times, and I found that if I had ready a small little section or part of the piece which I knew was very easy, that going and doing that bit would be enough to get them in and enthuse them about the piece.   It’s not always a good idea to begin at high point!   If you can begin to something you think that will be easy for them, you can comeback to the more difficult parts.     

 5. Get some feedback 

 Your pupils can give feedback - in the smallest ways.   Teens in particular will not say “Mrs.Holmes, you really did an excellent work in the class, you gave lessons that was quite engaging and interesting”   You might perhaps hope that one of your students come up to you and say that - but in real life, not really!   The students you’ll meet are those happy to come to their class and would share some laughter with you at a right time.   You’ll also see students putting band or orchestra ahead of their other activities.   When you this transpire, you’ll know that the music lesson plans you’ve been preparing have worked.