Attention: Anyone Teaching Kindergarten, Grade 1 or Grade 2 Music
The Boomwhacker Curriculum That Turns Coloured Tubes Into Three Years of Real Music Education — Covering Everything You Need to Teach Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2.
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For Any Teacher Who’s Ever Handed Out Boomwhackers and Watched the Class Descend Into Chaos
How K-2 Teachers Just Like You Are Building Real Music Programs With Boomwhackers — Whether You’re a Music Specialist or You’re Covering Music For the First Time.
From: Janice Tuck
Creative Director, The Fun Music Company
I told you on the last page why we give these lessons away for free: we’d rather prove it than promise it.
So here’s what I want to prove to you next.
Those three lessons you just signed up for are genuinely complete, ready-to-teach lessons. But they’re also three lessons pulled out of a much bigger picture — and I don’t want you to miss what that bigger picture actually looks like.
Because here’s what usually happens with a great Boomwhacker lesson taught in isolation: it goes down brilliantly with the class, you feel fantastic… and then next term you’re back to square one, hunting for what to teach next. There’s no thread connecting Monday’s lesson to next month’s lesson, let alone connecting Kindergarten to Grade 1 to Grade 2.
That’s not a “you” problem. That’s a missing-curriculum problem. And it’s exactly what we built the K-2 program to solve.
Janice Tuck
Music Teacher and Creative Director of the Fun Music Company.
Does This Sound Familiar?
None of that is because you’re not a good teacher. It’s because you’ve never been handed a system — just individual activities.
Introducing: The Fun Music Company K-2 Curriculum
Boomwhackers Aren’t Just an Activity Here:
They’re at the Core of Your Whole K-2 SING & PLAY Program
Every single piece of tuned percussion music in our curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 2 is written in Boomwhacker colours. That’s deliberate. It means your students build one consistent musical language across three years, instead of three disconnected years of “stuff we did with the coloured tubes.”
Here’s how the sequence actually builds, year by year:
First Year of School
Introducing music in the very first year of school is critical, so we keep it fun and completely non-threatening. Students start with just one note. One colour. Our Boomwhacker Beatz animations — those bouncing, colour-matched faces on screen — tell them exactly when to play. No pressure, no music-reading required, just an entire class making real ensemble music together in their very first lesson.
Grade 1
Students build to two, then three notes, developing their listening skills and taking their first steps toward composing their own music. Colour-coded notation now sits alongside the animation, so they’re building a bridge to real music reading without ever feeling like they’re “learning theory.”
Grade 2
By now your students are reading actual colour-coded notation on a staff, playing as part of a full ensemble, staying in time and in tune, and using the elements of music they’ve now learned explicitly. You’ve probably already seen a taste of this in the free “La Cucaracha” style material — real ensemble playing, built on just a couple of well-chosen notes.
One system. Three years. Real progression — not three years of random activities that happen to use the same coloured tubes.
The Key Elements That Make This Actually Work in Your Classroom
The Boomwhacker Beatz Animation System
Designed so a class with zero musical background can play real ensemble music from lesson one. Students watch their colour bounce on screen and play — it really is that simple to start.
Real Notation, Built In From the Start
While the animation carries the youngest students, we always display colour-coded notation matching traditional staff notation underneath. Students are absorbing how music reading works years before they’re formally taught it — what educators call exposure-based learning.
Instructional Videos for Every Technique
Every technical element — how to hold the tube, the three playing methods, how to avoid dented instruments — is covered on video. If you’re not confident demonstrating it yourself, just press play.
Classroom Management Built Into the Structure, Not Bolted On
The single biggest fear teachers have about handing 25 students a tube each is noise and chaos. Our lesson structure has specific cues, stopping points and activity sequences designed to keep the room under control — even with an instrument in every hand.
It’s Not Just Boomwhackers — Here’s Your Complete K-2 Program
Boomwhackers are your way in with these students. Here’s the complete Kindergarten–Grade 2 curriculum that comes with it, built around the same four units used across our entire K-6 program:
SING & PLAY (your Boomwhacker home base) Fun, non-threatening songs and arrangements for each year level, building from one-note Kindergarten pieces through to full Grade 2 ensembles — no sheet music required to get started, real notation included for those who want it.
SKILLS Short, game-like warm-up activities covering rhythm, dynamics, tempo and timbre. If you’re not confident presenting this material yourself, the pre-recorded tracks do the modelling for you.
COMPOSE Age-appropriate composing lessons where your youngest students are introduced to the elements of music by creating their own — not just talking about composition, but actually doing it.
CONNECT Guided listening activities exposing students to a world of music from Mozart to modern pop, building the listening vocabulary that makes everything else click.
Every activity is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation–Year 2) and state-based equivalents, with scope-and-sequence documents and assessment rubrics included for each grade — so you can show clear progress without spending your weekend writing reports.
Every activity is mapped to the US Common Core Arts Curriculum and other state and international curricula, so we know you’re covered. Curriculum matching and scope and sequence documents are available for most major curricula. This way, you can show clear progress without spending your weekend writing reports!
What if you’re just starting out with Boomwhackers?
We know that teachers often need a simple, easy start, one that requires little or no preparation, and that is why we’ve included this. Before we built the complete K-2 sequence, there was Boomwhacker Beatz — our original, much-loved collection of Boomwhacker games, warm-ups and composition activities.
Super Curriculum Bonus #1
Boomwhacker Beatz
If you’ve got a set of Boomwhackers sitting in a cupboard — or you’re looking for a fun, engaging way to get students playing together — this is the program you’ve been waiting for.
Boomwhacker Beatz is a complete online program that makes boomwhacker lessons easy to run, even with no prior experience. Everything plays straight from your whiteboard screen. Students are on their feet, playing together, and having a blast — from the very first lesson.
Here’s what’s included:
Eight Warm-Up Animations — Students divide into colour groups and play their pattern when their character appears on screen. Rhythms are built on word patterns, so even complete beginners can jump straight in.
Five Performance Pieces — Notated on screen for reference, but fully learnable by ear. These pieces are polished enough to perform at school concerts.
Four Musicianship Games — Fun activities that build aural awareness and general musicianship knowledge while keeping students engaged.
Ten Composition Activities — Students use the skills they’ve developed to order characters and notation symbols and create their own music. A simple, effective solution to the composition requirements of your curriculum.
Boomwhacker Beatz used to sell for $69 on its own — and it’s yours free as part of this curriculum package.
What if you’re required to teach Pre-K as well?
Got a Pre-K class on your timetable too, or Kindergarten students who need a gentler on-ramp before they’re ready for the main sequence? This bonus hands you 20 complete, step-by-step lesson plans and more than 60 songs with backing tracks, built especially for your very youngest learners.
Super Curriculum Bonus #2
Sold on its own for $199/year
Preschool Music Program
Complete program with classroom presentations and lesson plans.
Do you also need to teach a pre-K class? If so you’ll find this program invaluable, with 20 step-by-step lesson plans and 60 songs with backing tracks which guide you through teaching the youngest preschool class. All you need is a music player and your pre-K class will be singing, dancing, playing instruments and learning through exposure as they have wonderful first experiences with music. You’ll be able to add this class to your schedule without any additional stress while you enjoy more preparation time for your other classes.
Don’t even know where to start with Boomwhackers?
We know you probably have plenty of questions in your mind when it comes to boomwhackers:
- Where do I buy them, and how many should I buy?
- How do you store and organise them?
- What if my students misbehave?
Super Curriculum Bonus #3
The Complete Boomwhacker Setup Guide
Even a perfectly sequenced program runs into trouble if the practical side isn’t sorted first. This guide answers the three questions every teacher asks before their first Boomwhacker lesson — whether it’s their first year or their twentieth:
What to buy — which sets you actually need, diatonic (C–C) vs extended sets, and how many are required for a class of 25–30.
How to store and organise them — a colour-based system so tubes are easy to find, easy to check back in, and don’t end up a tangled mess in a tub.
How to run the lesson — handing out and collecting efficiently, and the start/stop signals that keep a room full of Boomwhackers musical instead of mayhem.
What Teachers Are Saying
“The Boomwhacker units have enhanced my lessons greatly.”
Rianne, Primary School Teacher
“The kids are loving the Boomwhacker program too — it is excellent!”
Carlee, Music Specialist
“The Boomwhacker materials were full of engaging activities and were so easy to follow.”
Sonia, Primary School Teacher
“I have been teaching music for 35 years and this is a dream come true.”
Andrea, Music Specialist
“[This] is really great, because I have no musical background.”
Jodie, Generalist Classroom Teacher
Ready to get started?
Here’s Everything You Get With Your K-2 Curriculum Membership:
The Fun Music Company Online Music Curriculum for Grades K-2 ($597 value)
- SING & PLAY — Complete Boomwhacker unit, plus folk and modern song arrangements for each year level
- SKILLS — Rhythm, dynamics and listening warm-up activities with professional audio tracks
- COMPOSE — Age-appropriate composition activities for Kindergarten through Grade 2
- CONNECT — Guided listening activities across a wide range of musical styles
- BONUS #1: Boomwhacker Beatz introductory program ($69 value)
- BONUS #2: Fun Music Company Pre-K Curriculum. ($199 value)
- BONUS #3: The Complete Boomwhacker Setup Guide (Priceless!)
The Fun Music Company Online Music Curriculum for Grades K-2Total subscription value is well over $800/year
But today, you’re getting access to all of this …
for less than $10 a week!
Here’s Everything You Get With Your K-2 Curriculum Membership:
- The Fun Music Company Online Music Curriculum for Grades K-2 ($597 value)
- SING & PLAY — Complete Boomwhacker unit, plus folk and modern song arrangements for each year level
- SKILLS — Rhythm, dynamics and listening warm-up activities with professional audio tracks
- COMPOSE — Age-appropriate composition activities for Kindergarten through Grade 2
- CONNECT — Guided listening activities across a wide range of musical styles
- BONUS #1: Boomwhacker Beatz introductory program ($69 value)
- BONUS #2: Fun Music Company Pre-K Curriculum. ($199 value)
- BONUS #3: The Complete Boomwhacker Setup Guide (Priceless!)
Total subscription value is well over $800/year
But today, you’re getting access to all of this …
for less than $10 a week!
Join Today Risk-Free
Whichever option you choose, you’re completely protected. We want you to be able to try the complete K-2 program in your classroom.
Here’s the reality: you can keep piecing together Boomwhacker ideas from YouTube and Pinterest term after term — or you can get all the content you need for your K-2 classes, fully sequenced, planned and ready to teach, starting today.
Fun Music Company Guarantee
Like all of our products and programs at the Fun Music Company, this program is covered by our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
If you purchase the annual program, you can contact us within 90 days if you’re not satisfied and we will refund your purchase price.
With the monthly program, we will cancel your recurring payments immediately, but no refunds are available for previous months’ payments.
Frequently Asked Questions
This membership is exactly that — Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2, on their own. You can always upgrade to the complete K-6 curriculum later if your role expands to cover more grades.
In Australia:
Yes — every activity is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation–Year 2) and state-based equivalents (NSW, WA, QLD, VIC), with scope-and-sequence documents and assessment rubrics included.
Internationally:
We have mapped every activity to the Common Core Arts Standards (USA), and match several other national and state based curricula. Scope and sequence documents may be available upon request for your curriculum.
It can be, without a system. That’s exactly why we’ve built classroom cues directly into every lesson, plus the bonus Complete Boomwhacker Setup Guide included above.
None at all. The colour-coded system and instructional videos mean generalist classroom teachers with zero music background teach this confidently every day.
No. Any screen — a TV or projector — works fine.
No — but if you’re buying for the first time, we recommend starting with five to six diatonic (C–C) sets for a class of 25–30 students. More information is included with the Boomwhacker Buying Guide included with this program.
These three lessons come directly from the real Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 sequences. They are genuine, complete lessons, not a cut-down taste. This membership gives you everything they’re part of. It includes every SING & PLAY piece across all three grades. It also includes the SKILLS, COMPOSE and CONNECT units that turn it from three good lessons into a complete program.
Ready to Give Your K-2 Students Three Years of Real Musical Progress?
You’ve already got Lesson 1 on its way to your inbox. Go ahead and teach it — I think you’re going to love how it goes.
But if you’re ready to stop planning K-2 music lesson-by-lesson and hand yourself a complete, sequenced program instead, choose your membership option above and we’ll see you in the members’ area today. Whether you’re a music specialist or you’re covering music for the first time this term, this is the system that gets you there.
Janice Tuck
Creative Director,
The Fun Music Company