End-Of-The-Year Play-Along: Time of Your Life for Ukulele and Boomwhackers (Levels 1 and 2)
🎉 Need a Fun, Ready-to-Use Song for End-of-Year Performances? 🎉
As the school year wraps up, many elementary music teachers are busy preparing for graduations, moving-up ceremonies, and end-of-year celebrations. If you're looking for a meaningful, student-friendly song that’s easy to plug into your lessons—I've got you covered!
During April and May, I’ll be adding play-along videos for popular end-of-year songs—perfect for your classroom music activities.
🌟 One favorite? A ukulele and boomwhacker play-along of "Time of Your Life" by Green Day (from Billie Joe Armstrong’s clean version on David Letterman—lyrics are classroom-appropriate!).
This flexible resource includes 3 ways to engage your students, so you can choose what works best:
🎸 Ukulele Play-Along – Great for upper elementary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K5Nfcc-RPY&ab_channel=AmyM.Burns Blog post from last year: https://amymburns.com/elmusedtech/2024/5/12/time-of-your-life-end-of-the-year-ukulele-play-along
🎶 Level 1 Boomwhacker Play-Along – Students play the chord roots shown on screen. (see above)
🎼 Level 2 Boomwhacker Play-Along – A more advanced version using scrolling notation for melodic parts.
Need more options than YouTube can offer like various layouts, changing the score for transposing instruments, and more? Check out the Soundslice version found here: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/Ypv3c/
✨ Want printable manipulatives to support all three versions? Grab them here:
👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/elmusedtech/extras
More end-of-year play-alongs are coming soon—perfect for those final lessons that need structure and fun. Be sure to check back and make the end of your year musical and memorable!