Focus and Memorization Music

• Play as background while:

  • Students read, study, and write.

  • This strengthens memory, improve thinking skills, boost attention levels, and enhance focused learning time.

• Beats Per Minute: 35-60

• Instrumental Music

• Examples:

  • Crystal by Mannheim Steamroller

  • Portrait by Enya

  • Symphony No. 5 in C, Op. 67, IV: Allegro – Presto by Beethoven

 

Seatwork and Creativity Music

• Play as background for activities such as:

  • writing a paper or creating a journal

  • solving problems and completing goals

  • background for school work

  • thinking of ideas

• Beats Per Minute: 60-80

• Instrumental Music

• Examples:

  • Bard Dance by Enya

  • Cailin na Gruaige Doinne by The Chieftains

  • Playera by Dave Grusin

 

Welcoming and Transiton Music

Play as background for entries, exits, breaks.

• • greeting pupils

  • create an upbeat and cheerful atmosphere

  • set a learning pattern

  • develop and increase musical awareness

• Beats Per Minute: 80- 120

• Instrumental and Vocal

• Examples:

  • Night on Bald Mountain by Mannheim Steamroller

  • Rag by George Winston

  • Z-Row Gravity by Mannheim Steamroller

  • Little Mermaid “Under the Sea” 

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Energize and Wake Up Music

• Play as background to energize, celebrate and wake up. 

  • Greeting pupils 

  • Create an upbeat and happy atmoshere

  • Develop and increase musical awareness

• Beats Per Minute: >120

• Genres: childrens, pop, hip-hop, classical, electronic, R&B, jazz, and many more.

• Examples:

  • One Jump Ahead by Brad Kane

  • Wish You Where Here by Offer Missim, Maya

  • A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay

 

Free Time

• Play as background for free time, recess, celebrations, and rewards

• Warning! This may playllist may result in spontaneous singing and dancing. 

• Examples:

  • Ill Make a Man Out of You by Donny Osmond

  • In Summer by Josh Gad

  • Circle of Life by Caremen Twille

 

Childrens Music

• Replace words to nursery rhymes or popular songs to help memorize facts

• Write poems or lyrics and put them to music

• Examples:

  • ABCs

  • “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes” in a different language

 

A timer for tasks or assignments

• Play as background music and when song ends time is up for the task