Want more music at home? Here are some resources and ideas:
Play on some music websites
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ Explore music and art. Great for all ages.
http://classicalkusc.org/kids/opera/ Explore the opera Hansel and Gretel. You get to design what happens next
https://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/game.aspx Play through this videogame/story to learn about the different musical instruments in an orchestra
http://www.sphinxkids.org/index.html Play “memory” with musical instruments, or learn about different composers (people who write music)
https://pbskids.org/games/music/ More music games online (better for K-2 students)
Creating Music Block Game–create a 3-note pattern and then listen to a variety of patterns to choose the one you created
Creating Music Comparing Game–listen to two melodies and determine if they are the same or different
Creating Music About Pitch–listen to classical music excerpts demonstrating rising and lowering pitch
12 Steps–Select the sound heard to help Alice (in Wonderland) up the stairs
Orchestra Game–listen and identify the instrument played
Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” –Interactive Listening Map
Arts Alive Guess the Instrument—multiple choice choose instrument played
Note Pair–aural concentration game
Theta Music Trainer–many aural training games for everything from scales, intervals, chord
Theta Music Trainer–many aural training games for everything from scales, intervals, chord progressions, rhythms, and more
Music Memory–aural solfege training
Music Teacher Games–many games for staff, piano key, rhythm, and aural recognition
Melody Mayhem 1–recognize a melody
Storm Chasers–recognize melodic direction
Quia Composer Fun Concentration–match composer with a famous work
Quia Composer Fun Matching–match composers with a famous work
Sphinx Kids Composer Gallery–learn about composers by birthday, country, style or name
Arts Alive Name the Composer—multiple choice composer quiz
Online Piano Game–listen and name the note on the treble staff
Arts Alive Compose Music—compose a 9 note melody
Flying Instruments—a Tetris-like game with three levels–matching by instrument family, by instrument, and by sound
Sphinx Kids Instruments Gallery—learn about the 4 orchestral string instruments, their history, and their instrument parts
Sphinx Kids Instrument Storage Room—learn about the different instruments in the orchestra, how they sound, their history, and their instrument parts
Sphinx Kids Concert Stage—listen to performances and view personal interviews of famous instrumentalists
Sphinx Kids Practice Room—select a student to hear them describe and play his/her string instrument
Carnegie Hall’s Listening Adventures: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra—learn about the different instruments and families
Arts Alive Guess the Instrument—multiple choice choose instrument played
Animated Science Orchestra–fill in the blank instrument quiz
Musicards Note Names—treble clef flash cards
Musicards Intervals—treble and bass clef interval flash cards
Musicards Triads—treble clef triad flash cards for chord and inversion recognition
Page Turner Treble Staff Spaces–recognize staff spaces
Naming Intervals: Steps and Skips–recognize steps and skips
Whack-a-Note–like whack-a-mole only with staff notes
Quia Musical Elements Matching–match musical elements and their definitions
Quia Music Vocabulary Matching–match vocabulary and definitions
Quia Vocabulary Word Search–find vocabulary in a word search
Musicards Key Signatures—key signature flash cards
Music Darts 1–recognize music symbols
The New York Philharmonic Kids Zone
Music Theory.Net—lessons, tools, and customizable exercises for note, key, interval, choral, and keyboard note recognition both on the staff and aurally
Quia Music Review—Jeopardy-like game to review music elements, notation, instruments, rhythm and more
Quia Shared Music Games—full list of over 200 Quia shared music games
Creative Kids Education Foundation Projects–learn about opera, composers, musical styles and more
Music Tech Teacher–over 130 elementary quizzes, puzzles, and games on music notes, rhythms, instruments, composers, and more
Teoria–Music theory and aural training tutorials and exercises
More resources here
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Watch a Musical - These are a few of my favorites (rated PG or NR)
Music Man
Shrek-The Musical
High School Musical
Annie (any version)
Newsies
Mary Poppins
Sound of Music
Play an instrument you have at home!
Do you have a piano? Check out these videos for some lessons
Do you have a ukulele? Check out my youtube playlist for some fun play along videos!
Do you have a guitar? Check out these videos for some lessons
Do you have a recorder? Check out this youtube playlist for some lessons
I would LOVE to see a video or picture of you playing an instrument at home- please email it to me! :)
Listen to a Podcast:
http://marvellousmusicalpodcast.com/
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/539111687/the-music-box
Listen/Move to Music - Pick a favorite song and do one of the following
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Dance /move to the beat
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Sing along (alone or with a friend)
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Draw a picture that tells the story of the music
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Write a journal entry about how the music makes you feel
Music suggestions for listening:
This facebook group has a lot of music teachers sharing songs for families to enjoy.
Elizabeth Mitchell is one of my favorite Children’s Music artists
Check out both of these playlists on youtube that a teacher put together.
Check this playlist often- A teacher will be singing stories there regularly! :)