Chrissy Ricker

The 2025 Summer Resource Round-Up

5/16/2025

Summer is just around the corner...are you ready?

In today's post, I'm rounding up resources to help you prepare for summer! From activity sheets and challenge pages, to summer lesson plans and professional development activities--I've got FREE resources for both teachers and students that will help make this the best summer ever!

Keep reading to see the resources...

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8 Active Listening Pieces for Summer

5/9/2025

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I love incorporating active listening into lessons. It is a great way to introduce your students to new composers, as well as to help them to develop their listening skills!

Today I am sharing 8 short (5 minutes or less) summer-themed active listening pieces that you can use with your students this season! Whether you listen to these together in lessons or assign these as summer projects, these 8 pieces will introduce your students to a variety of musical styles by composers and performers from diverse backgrounds.

Keep reading to see the list...

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Spring 2025 Releases at Musicnotes!

5/1/2025

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Did you know that I release brand new pop arrangements over at Musicnotes every week?

In this post, I am rounding up the new releases you might have missed this spring! From movie themes (including music from A Minecraft Movie, Mufasa, Moana 2, and more!) to current pop hits by Doechii, Coldplay, and Bruno Mars--I've got lots of fun new music that will keep your students at the piano all summer long!

Keep reading to see all of the new releases...

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Free Sheet Music for Easter!

3/30/2025

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Easter is just around the corner, and today I am sharing 6 FREE pieces you can use with your pre-reading, primer, elementary, and late elementary students this season!

Keep reading to see all of the Easter freebies...

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Composer Focus with Florence Price!

3/28/2025

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Did you know that April 9th marks the birth of the first African-American female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra?

If you haven't yet introduced your students to the wonderful music of composer Florence Price, now is the time! Price overcame many odds to create a prolific catalog of both concert music and teaching music that is now finally getting the recognition that it deserves.

Keep reading to find a FREE kid-friendly biography and links to sheet music and video performances of the works of this inspirational composer....

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The 2025 Summer Resource Round-Up

8 Active Listening Pieces for Summer

Spring 2025 Releases at Musicnotes!

Free Sheet Music for Easter!

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