Do your piano students need some bright and cheerful winter music worksheets to encourage their review of essential theoretical concepts?

Here’s an incredibly economical bundle of four sets of music theory worksheets, each designed to focus on one particular area of theory:

• Note naming on the treble and bass staff
• Identifying notes on the piano keyboard
• Identifying intervals
• Music math

In this bundle, you get 67 different winter music worksheets for only $14.75.  Once purchased, your instant download can be printed in full colour or black and white (to save ink); the answer keys are all included too.

As I write this, we are in the midst of the worst cold snap so far this winter, and it’s occurring all across this vast country of mine.

The wind is howling and blowing up a storm, power outages are everywhere, and I’m thankful to be in my warm, cozy house planning next week’s lessons instead of outside in the -20 to -30 freezing cold like I was briefly earlier today.  Brrr……

If you live in a part of the world where it’s currently winter, maybe you are finding, like I do, that your students need a little boost to get back into the swing of piano lessons after their winter break.

Enter these lovely, well-designed winter music worksheets.  There are so many ways to use them, and they are sure to please!

Sweet and adorable graphics adorn each page, pictures such as snowmen, snowflakes, and snow-covered pine trees.

These winter music worksheets don’t look so much like “work,” but rather, as something fun to do when adorned with these contemporary images.  🙂

But before we discuss their many uses, let’s take a quick peek into each of the four sets of winter music worksheets.

(If you want digital games as opposed to worksheets, check out our blog post, 4 Creative Winter Online Music Games for Piano Lessons)

Set One: Note Naming Winter Music Worksheets

There are 14 different theory worksheets in this set, each one designed to reinforce note-reading skills in a fun, interactive way.

I love the variety of ways in which students learn to name notes in the treble and bass clef using these winter music worksheets.  

For example, in “Line Note Flurries,” students name individual line notes of the bass clef on one worksheet, and the treble clef on a separate worksheet.

Then they do the same for “Snowy Space Notes.”

Because each note is printed on a separate little staff, students can focus on naming just one note at a time.

There are 24 notes to label on each worksheet, providing plenty of practice for beginning students.

Then, there are “Note Naming Blizzard” worksheets for both clefs, on which students are to label various notes as fast as they can.

All the other creative titles in this set of worksheets are sure to inspire students to want to complete the work. For instance, “Snowman Spelling,” “Spelling Snowfall,” and “Missing Hat Matching” sound fun, and certainly appropriate for this time of year.

At the end of this set of winter music worksheets, there are two cute snowman pictures to colour according to the notes on the staff.

For those who like colouring, this could be a wonderful reward for completing the whole set!

Set Two: Winter Music Worksheets — Intervals!

There are 14 different winter theory worksheets here covering melodic and harmonic intervals from 2nds up to 8ves.

Creative titles such as “Arctic Harmonic Intervals,” “Snowy Intervals,” “Intervals Blizzard,” etc. will attract students’ attention and hopefully make them curious about what lies within these winter music worksheets.

Students begin by identifying whether given intervals are harmonic or melodic.

They progress to identifying the exact names of various intervals and then writing intervals.

By the end of this set of theory worksheets, students are able to colour a cute polar bear using their knowledge of intervals.

This progression is very pedagogically sound and could be used for students just beginning to learn the concept of intervals or for those who already know their intervals but need a review.

I love how versatile all of these winter theory worksheets are — there is something for everyone here!

Set Three: Music Math — Winter Rhythm Worksheets

There are 24 worksheets in this set, two for each title.  One has only note values, while the other has note and rest values.

As with the other three sets, these winter music worksheets progress from easy to more difficult.

They include adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing various note and rest values from eighth notes/rests up to whole notes/rests.  There are also some sixteenth notes included.

Creative names such as “Dashing Through Division” and “Chilly Multiplication” compliment the wintery pictures on each page.

Set Four: Piano Keys Winter Music Worksheets!

Your beginner students will love learning their note names on the keyboard using these inviting worksheets.  This set has 15 worksheets in all, including three colouring pages.

Students begin by completing “Wintery White Piano Keys.”

Here, they draw a line from each piano key with a snowflake on it to the correct letter shown on the page.

Then, they identify each piano key that has a snowflake on it by writing the letter name in the box provided.

On the next page, students write the letter name on every other white key.

Then, on “Frozen Flat Piano Keys,” students learn the names of black and white piano keys according to their flattened names.

On “Snowy Sharp Piano Keys,” students learn the sharpened names of the black and white keys.

By the end of this set of winter theory worksheets, students write various notes, one at a time, on their own individual-sized staff.

Once again, the pedagogically logical progression of this set of worksheets makes sense from both the teacher’s and student’s point of view.

And of course, at the end of this set of very pleasing yet educational music worksheets, students get to colour a penguin using their knowledge of sharps and flats!  🙂

8 Ways to Use These Essential Winter Music Worksheets…

If you need some ideas to get you started with using these winter theory worksheets, here are 8 ways you can use them in your studio today!

1. Teach students new concepts.
2. Review concepts that students may have forgotten over the winter break.
3. Encourage students who are struggling with certain theoretical concepts and need the reinforcement.
4. In private piano lessons (or any other instrument that uses the treble or bass clef).
5. In group piano classes in your studio.
6. In the elementary school music classroom.
7. During your piano parties. (Need ideas for piano party decorations?)
8. For online music lessons.

Some Final Ideas for Using Your Winter Music Worksheets

Regardless of how you use your winter theory worksheets, here are some fun complimentary ideas:

• While students are working on their worksheets, perhaps play some wintery music in the background, such as “Winter” from The Four Seasons by Haydn, or the “December” album by George Winston.
• Display the completed colouring sheets in your studio.  Students will love to see their work proudly displayed, and if parents come into the studio, they’ll see a bit of what their children have learned.
• If you don’t have time for your students to do these winter music worksheets during their lesson, assign them as homework.
• Students learning online can be emailed the worksheets, and the parents can be given the answer keys so that the entire assignment is done at home.

What are you waiting for?  Grab these winter theory worksheets and fight off the cold weather and boredom as students develop essential music theory skills.

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