Next Schoolyear: Soundtrack of Our Classroom

Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Loud)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/music-recommendations-elementary-gaetan-pappalardo 

I like classical quite a bit for background.

Here are some of my choices.:

Antonio Vivaldi

Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA 

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

TEOC - Symphony No. 06 - Beethoven | Full Length 45 Minutes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1D1zuvWic 

Symphony No. 9 ~ Beethoven 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI 

Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 [complete] 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8 

 

 

Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto C major K 299 Neville Marriner RTSI 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFTGanol7w

Wolfgang Mozart

Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, 'Elvira Madigan' K.467

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I

It is my opinion that listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos is truly 'busy bee' motivation, but the students generally like Beethoven the best.

Johan Sebastian Bach

 

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos, Complete, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06kGb6pIl2I