Purposeful Play Monday, December 01, 2025
recommended by Jen Sper, School Choral & Classroom Music Specialist
Purposeful Play: Small Group Games and Learning Centers for General Music by Danielle Bayert
Built on the educational theory that children learn best when at play, this creative resource is chock full of games, games, and more games. Print and assemble musical board games, jigsaw puzzles, dominoes, dice, and more, from the included full-color large-size PDF templates.
Whether you use the activities for small group instruction, centers, or whole class fun, your students will fully engage in familiar games cleverly adapted to music class curriculum. Practice reading treble clef, bass clef, beginning rhythms, musical terms and symbols, solfège, hand signs, instruments of the orchestra, and more – all while you’re at play! Thirty games in all, recommended for grade 2-5.
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About the Author:
Jen Sper is a Choral Music Specialist here at Stanton’s Sheet Music. A native of Cincinnati, she holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin Wallace College (now University) Conservatory of Music, and taught 7-12 choir, music theory, class piano, and drama in Southern Ohio before joining the Stanton’s team in 2006. An active choral singer and accompanist throughout the Central Ohio area, Jen can also often be found exploring the exciting restaurant, brewery, and theater scenes in Columbus, wandering through the local metro parks, visiting family around the Great Lakes, or at home with her very friendly cat.