Happy New Year Color by Music Rhythm Worksheets

Looking for a simple way to review rhythms after the winter break with New Year music coloring worksheets?

I created this set to give elementary music teachers an easy, print-and-go activity for January music lessons. Students match standard rhythm notation, written note names, and Kodály syllables to the color keys to reveal cheerful holiday illustrations. You can use these pages for independent seatwork, rhythm centers, early finishers, or sub plans.

The set includes three differentiated versions for each design, plus blank templates for custom practice.

--- WHAT IS INCLUDED? ---

8 designs in this set in 3 different formats (24 pages in total):

• 1 format ~ for younger students – music symbols match the music symbols in the picture.
• 2 format ~ for older students – music symbols' names are given in the color keys.
• 3 format ~ Kodaly approach – “rhythm terms” match the symbols in the picture.

➤ + 8 answer pages

➤ + 8 blank pages to create your own music worksheets.

✨ Each set contains:

• 1 page –  (Disco Ball - 3 colors) quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter rest.
• 2 page –  (January 1 Calendar - 4 colors) quarter rest, half note, quarter note, 2 eighth notes.
• 3  page –  (Clock - 4 colors) 4 sixteenth notes, half note, quarter note, 2 eighth notes.
• 4  page –  (Party Hat - 5 colors) eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes, 2 sixteenth notes and eighth note, 4 sixteenth notes, 2 eighth notes, quarter rest.
• 5 page –  (Carnival boy - 6 colors) quarter note, half note, quarter rest, 2 eighth notes, eighth note quarter note and eighth note, 4 sixteenth notes.
• 6 page –  (Champagne Bottle - 6 colors) dotted quarter note and eighth note, dotted eighth note and sixteenth note, 4 sixteenth notes, quarter rest, eighth note quarter note and eighth note, quarter note.
• 7 page –  (Firework Burst- 6 colors) dotted quarter note and eighth note, eighth note quarter note and eighth note, eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes, 2 sixteenth notes and eighth note, 4 sixteenth notes,  dotted eighth note and sixteenth note.
• 8 page – (Bunting - 7 colors) 4 sixteenth notes, dotted eighth note and sixteenth note, eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes,  2 sixteenth notes and eighth note, dotted quarter note and eighth note, eighth note quarter note and eighth note, 2 eighth notes.

✨ Rhythm used: Ta, Ti-Ti, Ta rest (Shh), Too (Half note), Tika-Tika, Ti-Tika, Tika-Ti, Syn-co-pa, Tum-ti, Tim-ka.

All activities require no preparation.