Stick Puppet Templates – Mood in Music – Listening Lesson – Emotions in Music

These stick puppets help students in grades K–2 show the mood they hear in music. Students hold up the puppet that matches the music, and the happy and sad puppets work well for introducing major and minor.

What’s included

• Stick puppets for 6 moods: funny, afraid, surprised, sleepy, happy, and sad
• Each puppet in color and in black and white
• An editable template for making your own puppets

Formats

• PDF
• PowerPoint: Editable, so you can type in your own information.

Ways to use it

• A listening lesson on mood in music
• An introduction to major and minor with the happy and sad puppets
• A quick check during any listening activity
• For more on major and minor, pair them with Basics of Harmony in Music.

Standards (NCAS)

• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

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