Kaboom! Instruments of the Orchestra Music Centers Game

I always love to hear about other people’s best lessons and games. Mine? Kaboom. This is the game that students BEG me to play. We play Kaboom for every concept, including treble clef. This is such a fun game to practice treble clef notes in centers, for early finishers, teaching on a cart, and even during quiet music lessons. You could even leave it for a substitute as a sub plan for a non music sub.

How to play Kaboom!

Students take turns pulling out a card from a bucket or pile
Student identifies the instrument OR names the instrument family.
If they are correct, they keep it. If they get it wrong, they put it back.
If a student gets kaboom, that student puts all of their cards back.
This means the game never ends, because eventually they get a Kaboom and put the cards back.

*Note: I have students close their eyes when they pull out a card so that they don’t cheat.

You can also listen and use it as an informal assessment for elementary music.

Includes versions with just the instruments (students can name the instruments), and versions with the instrument names on the cards (students can name the instrument families).

It also includes answer keys, which you can put into a folder to have students check their answers.

Includes:

Directions
24 Instrument cards in color
24 Instrument cards in black and white
Instrument cards with instrument names on them
12 Kaboom cards
Answer keys