The Ontario Music Educators' Association offers teachers lesson ideas and much more on their web site.
The OMEA now offers teacher candidates FREE membership! Take advantage of this generous offer of access to high quality music lessons and teaching ideas. To register for your FREE membership go to the OMEA Membership site.
Your Ontario school board may provide access to the NAXOS Music Library and your Queen's access will last until you leave Queen's.
Use your Queen's NetID and password to access the database.
The OMEA has created an outstanding playlist for you in the NAXOS Music Library that will save you time finding appropriate music for teaching the Ontario Music curriculum, Grades 1 to 12. Follow RESOURCES - NORTH AMERICA. An increasing number of links seem to be broken but there remains value if you have time to browse and plan.
Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches: Music Grades 1-6 by 
OMEA's professional magazine for teachers is The Recorder. Queen's subscribes to this magazine and received the print edition. A digital format is mailed to individual members.
Learning Through the Arts - Music [video series]. 2009/10.
A Ministry of Education & Curriculum Services Canada project to share exemplar lessons for teaching the arts in Ontario PJ classrooms.
The music videos are available on YouTube from Learnography. A viewer's guide is available on the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE) web site.
Ontario Curriculum Exemplars - Grades 1, 4, and 7: Samples of Student Work: A Resource for Teachers by 
Teacher candidates, take advantage of the wonderful offer of a free 2 year membership from the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE). Lesson plans crafted by Ontario drama and dance specialists are available to members on the site. Joining this productive and supportive Ontario teacher association is highly recommended.
OPHEA provides teachers with support for teaching the Ontario Physical Education and Health curriculum, grades K to 12. Lesson plans for movement activities and dance can often connect with expectations in the Music curriculum in the Arts.
Music for Every Classroom: Music Curriculum for Kindergarten teachers by Music for Every Classroom: Grade One by Music for Every Classroom: Grade Two by Music for Every Classroom: Grade Three
"This resource is intended to provide suggestions and practical ideas to make music teaching and learning a positive, meaningful experience." -- p. i
Open education resources, including lesson plans, for teachers. Modify and adapt the lesson plans to connect with the curriculum.
MusicPlay Online is available to Queen's teacher candidates!
Faculty of Education students, staff, and faculty: your access information is on the Passwords for Licensed Resources page of our Education Guide.
The MusicPlay binders and CDs are in our Teacher Resource Room Kit collection, and we have many of the other Themes & Variations materials in Teaching Collection on Floor 2. Just ask if you would like recommendations about where to start your lesson planning in music or if you need assistance finding the logon information.
From the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., lesson plans prepared by Arts educators and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Open access. Includes comprehensive curriculum units and lesson plans for K to 12.
The Smithsonian Folkways site includes recordings and lesson plans. This is a fabulous site for world music ideas.
Primary ETFO Arts: Introducing Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts int he Primary Grades by
The 10 picture books included below are the focus for music, drama, dance, or visual art lesson plans in this book by Ontario teachers. Borrow the books & these lessons to integrate music with children's literature.
Big Red Lollipop by
Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can't convince Ami that you just don't bring your younger sister to your friend's party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win every game, but after the party she steals Rubina's prized party favor, a red lollipop. What's a fed-up big sister to do?Rukhsana Khan's clever story and Sophie Blackall's irresistible illustrations make for a powerful combination in this fresh and surprising picture book.
Chalk by
Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day
I'm Here by
I’m here. And you’re there. And that’s okay. But… maybe there will be a gentle wind that pulls us together. And then I’ll be here and you’ll be here, too. Pure, powerful and deceptively simple, bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds reminds us that children—and the friendships they make—can take flight in unexpected ways.
Little Black Crow by
Picture a sky as big as all outdoors, a fence disappearing over a hill, a crow then appearing, a boy looking up, watching, wondering. Not much more than a moment but the meeting lofts a rush of childhood questions-- 27 in all--inspiring answers as big as all outdoors. Caldecott medalist Chris Raschka, himself the boy perhaps, has created a book in the sparest language against the simplest setting, to inspire in any young listener the wonder of wondering.
The Little Hummingbird by
This inspiring children's book is based on a South American indigenous story about a courageous hummingbird who defies fear and expectations in her attempt to save the forest from fire. The illustrated story is supplemented by a natural and cultural history of hummingbirds, as well as an inspiring message from Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. The evocative artwork by internationally renowned Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas complements this optimistic tale that encourages everyone to take responsibility for their home and the planet.
The Magic Beads by
It's seven-year-old Lillian's first day at a new school and she's got butterflies in her tummy. But those butterflies turn into grasshoppers when she learns she has to bring something for Show and Tell at the end of the week! Lillian and her mother have just moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter, leaving behind all of their possessions. Every day that Lillian anxiously watches her classmates bring toys with which she has nothing to compare, the creatures in her stomach change and grow. She realises that the imagination can make anything magical, even beads.
Th Magic Paintbrush by 
One by
Blue is a quiet color. Red's a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don't like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand -- until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.
Those Shoes by
Overview
"In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid's-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy's grandma says they don't have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren't much fun, and Jeremy soon sees that the things he has -- warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend --- are worth more than the things he wants.
Revised ETFO Arts: Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts in the Junior/Intermediate Graddes by
Published by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario.