Weekly optional activities
If you search for "Little Einstein's" on youtube, those are some great music education cartoons. (Kindergarten and 1st grade appropriate)
If you search for "Little Einstein's" on youtube, those are some great music education cartoons. (Kindergarten and 1st grade appropriate)
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Aural Training
· 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 Block Game with Rhythm–list the block game above only with an 8-note melodic and rhythmic pattern
· 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
· BBC Seaside Activity—match sounds with descriptions
· BBC Mood Music—listen to music selections and match with a mood
· BBC Instrument Matchup—match sounds with instrument
· BBC Quiz—review of aural rhythm, style, and instrument recognition
· Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” –Interactive Listening Map
· Classics for Kids Rhythm—imitate rhythms played on the space bar
· Funschool Kazounds—musical memory game
· Funschool Music Match ‘em—match the instrument with the sound
· Arts Alive Guess the Instrument—multiple choice choose instrument played
· PBS Caillou Stars—musical memory game
· PBS Toopy and Binoo Planets—musical memory game
· PBS Toopy and Binoo Shells—match pitches
· PBS Toopy and Binoo Bubbles—musical memory game
· DJ Games Music Matching–imitate melodies played on a solfege ladder
· Sousa Palooza–an interactive music map of a famous Sousa march turned into an asteroid-like game
· Note Pair–aural concentration game
· 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
· Good Ear–ear training exercises for intervals, chords, scales, cadences and more
· Online Piano Game–listen and name the note on the treble staff
Composers
· Quia Composer Fun Concentration–match composer with a famous work
· Quia Composer Fun Word Search–find composers in this word search and learn which which famous works they wrote
· Quia Composer Fun Matching–match composers with a famous work
· Quia Composer Fun Flash Cards–Flip the flashcards to memorize composers and their famous works
· Fun Brain Word Scramble–given a clue, unscramble the word to name the composer
· Fun Brain Composers Stay Afloat–play hangman to name the composer
· Sphinx Kids Composer Gallery–learn about composers by birthday, country, style or name
· Arts Alive Name the Composer—multiple choice composer quiz
· Hansel and Gretel: Design Your Own Opera–customize this musical experience to learn about opera in the process
- Johannes Brahms--learn about Chamber music.
- Program music--the story of Sheherazade and the 1001 Arabian Nights
· BBC Cave Sounds—create a cave-sound mix with drag and drop sounds
· Arts Alive Compose Music—compose a 9 note melody
· SFS Kids Composerizer—drag and drop measures in the order you choose to compose a piece
- Do-Le-Mi--you can play like a xylophone with assigned keys on the keyboard
· Science on Music–compose music in a virtual kitchen, learn about acoustics, and create a remix
Musical Instruments
· Flying Instruments—a Tetris-like game with three levels–matching by instrument family, by instrument, and by sound
· Orchestra Game–listen and identify the instrument played
· Fun Brain Musical Instruments Word Scramble–given a clue, unscramble the word to reveal the instrument
· Fun Brain Instruments Stay Afloat–play hangman to name the instrument
· Quia Instrument Quiz–a 21 question quiz on the orchestra instrument families
· Quia Rags to Riches–like “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” with questions limited to the orchestral instruments.
· 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
· SFS Kids Instrument of the Orchestra—learn about the instruments of the orchestra, where they are located on stage, what family they belong too, and what they sound like
· BBC Instrument Match Up—match sounds with 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
· Arts Alive Instrument Lab—learn about the instruments and instrument families, view virtual instruments from all directions, and
Listen to the instruments being played
· PBS Arthur’s Global Gizmo—global instrument matching and information
· PBS Word World Band—recognize the instruments being played and learn to spell them
· Virtual Drum Set–use number keys to play a virtual drum set
· Instruments Pair Game–instrument concentration
· Quia Battleship–play battleship and answer multiple choice questions about instruments at the same time
· Animated Science Orchestra–fill in the blank instrument quiz
· BBC Conduct a Classical Music Store–Bring the instruments in based on a score cue
· Ocean Treasure Hunt–instrument sound and image recognition
· Leo and the Musical Family–match instruments to family
Boomwackers---play a virtual set of boomwackers
Notation
· Funbrain The Piano Player–staff and piano keys recognition
· SFS Kids Performalator—play simple melodies via color coded music
· 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
· Classics for Kids Note Names—name sets of treble clef notes
· Music Match–match the note on the piano keys with the note on the staff
· Online Piano Game–listen and name the note on the treble staff
· Musical Notes–treble clef and piano key recognition
· Music Teacher Games–many games for staff, piano key, rhythm, and aural 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
· Music Press Distress–collect the notes for the desired value
· Eek! Shark!–treble and bass clef staff recognition
Symbols and Vocabulary
· Quia Musical Elements Matching–match musical elements and their definitions
· Quia Musical Elements Flash Cards— Flip the flashcards to memorize musical elements and their definitions
· Quia Music Vocabulary Flash Cards–Flip the flashcards to memorize music vocabulary and their definition
· Quia Music Vocabulary Matching–match vocabulary and definitions
· Quia Music Vocabulary Concentration–match vocabulary and definitions
· Quia Vocabulary Word Search–find vocabulary in a word search
· SFS Kids What’s Tempo?–select a tempo marking and listen to how it changes the speed of the music
· SFS Kids What’s that Symbol? — select a symbol and listen to how it changes the way the music is played
· Musicards Key Signatures—key signature flash cards
· DSO Kids Music Match–match the music symbols
· Music Darts 1–recognize music symbols
- Leo’s Barnyard Baton–understand tempo and dynamics while pretending to conduct
- Explanation of different kinds of music