The beauty of these Christmas elementary music lessons is their flexibility! For We Wish You a Merry Christmas, you can use Boomwhackers, body percussion, or any pitched percussion instruments you have. Jingle Bells works with standard classroom percussion like tambourines, wood blocks, triangles, plus xylophones or glockenspiels if available. Deck the Halls uses both tuned and untuned percussion.

However, if you have limited or no instruments, students can still participate fully using body percussion, vocals, and actions. These Christmas music lesson plans are designed to work with whatever resources you have.