Each of the following insertions can extend the program to fit your assembly time. By this time most children have been sitting in one place long enough and may be getting restless. Transcending mere entertainment, music can be an effective tool for passive and active learning. This is a concept that has much precedence, but also has a wide range of possibilities. You will find a sample of news clippings in this submission relating to music education improving language arts and math skills.
Memorization is an unavoidable condition to becoming a musician.
Memory games are where I start. There are seven different notes, by name, in each of the twelve keys in Western music. Rhythm is the most challenging aspect of learning music. Left brain gets to meet right brain. I can remember my beginning band director insisting upon this and we finally assimilated.