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Stretchy Band Activities can help children exercise, experience a variety of movements and learn music concepts. I’m sharing some lesson ideas using stretchy bands in the elementary music classroom.
Stretchy bands can be used to help children learn to work together, move high, low, fast, slow and in and out!
There are lot’s of fun songs that will help you get the children moving in all these directions.
“Let’s Bounce It!” is perfect for learning music concepts and learning directional movement.
“Let’s Bounce It!” Stretchy Band Activity
Let’s bounce it, let’s bounce, let’s bounce it up and down.
Bounce it HIGH!
Bounce it LOW!
Bounce it FAST!
Bounce it SLOW!
A great beginning or warm up activity with stretchy bands.
This video is part of the Stretchy Band Activity Resource.
You can purchase the bundle of videos, song files, presentation and movement cards with activities here:
This resource includes all of the songs and VIDEOS, presentation, posters, cards and activities in one complete bundle. It has over 60 Music and movement activity ideas.
Another way to use a stretchy band is to walk in a circle. This helps children learn to follow the leader and work together.
There are many songs you can use to help children gain these skills.
“The Wheels on the Bus” is a really fun one that has all the movements in one song.
WALK IN A CIRCLE The wheels on the bus go round and round-
BOUNCING The babies on the bus go wah wah wah
UP AND DOWN The people on the bus go up and down
IN AND OUT The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
You can create a movement for each verse of the song!
Here’s a song I wrote that also has children walking in a circle and doing lot’s of other movements.
“Let’s Walk Around the Sun” Movement Activity
If you’re looking for some basic movement activities and just need the music tracks- you can get them in this resource:
Now it’s time for some action! Let’s get out our Stretchy Bands and “Let’s Bounce It!
Not only can you do movement activities with stretchy bands, but you can teach music concepts too!
It’s not hard to integrate learning music concepts with stretchy band movement activities.
Classical music offers some great opportunities to help children make connections.
For example:
“William Tell Overture”
Imagine riding horses fast and slow. Show the way the horses go using your stretchy band.
Hold on tight to the “reins” of the horse.
It’s time to gallop away across the plains and over the hills.
Faster, faster!
Here we go!
Be sure to use the stretchy band with all of the Sing Play Create Train Resources.
“Let’s Go Soaring” stretchy band music and movement activity with Video and Song Files
Get more ideas about connecting music concepts with movement in these posts.
Younger children need activities to help them learn directional movement. That’s over, under, left, right, up, down, in, out etc.
Stretchy Band activities provide many opportunities to help them learn forward, backward, up, down, sideways.
You can do these activities easily with the TRAIN MUSIC AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES
Try using the stretchy band to follow the leader, stay in line and for team building.
Perfect for back to school activities in preschool and in music classes!
Use the Directional Cards in the Stretchy Band Resource to help students adjust to the classroom.
When everyone bounces together what happens?
What if someone pulls it up or down and everyone else is holding still?
Don’t have a Stretchy Band?
That’s okay!
Check out this video on some ideas you can incorporate the stretchy band into you’re music and movement lessons.
Hello Mr. Stretchy! is a fun introductory activity for the stretchy band.
Bear Paw Creek sells the original Stretchy Band and Connect-a-band!
And Janet at BPC has many more ideas you can use in your PE, Music, Movement and Brain Break activities.
Janet shares: “This post is all about my 5 favorite ways to use a stretchy band in my sessions, groups, and classes. The stretchy band is an extremely versatile tool and I have seen music therapists use it in a variety of ways.
Janet herself has an amazing guide of 21 activities to do with the stretchy band. My measly 5 may be small in comparison, but they are always a hit at my holistic therapy center!”
Check out more of Sing Play Create Favorite Music and Movement Resources!
Ultimately, you can use these stretchy band activities any time of year!
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Hi there! I’m Sandra, one of the authors behind Sing Play Create. My goal is to provide teachers with interactive resources and activities to improve the effectiveness of their teaching and enhance student learning.
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