Hi, all! 

During the time our school is closed, music doesn’t have to stop!  Find time to make music with your child through singing, playing instruments (even everyday objects can become an instrument), and playing games!  To help you with this, below are some resources for music you can use at home.   Appropriate age correlations are listed.  The most important thing is finding time to be creative with your child.  Please email me if you have questions or concerns.  Stay well!

 J Mrs. Tallman and Mrs. Edwards

 

Movement Activities

 

KidzBop https://www.youtube.com/user/KidzBopKids

Lots of kid appropriate music and dance along videos for any age.

 

Code.org Dance Party - https://code.org/dance

I usually do this activity with upper elementary.  Also appropriate for early middle school. You can program the animals to dance with some popular tunes

 

Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Mindfulness and relaxation practice when you want a calm activity.  This also has brain breaks and storytelling matched with yoga.  Great for all ages.

 

 

Singing/Solfege/Listening/Games

Preschool Prodigies https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR_6C8MGPmasS-4QMKclRGw

Videos teach musical concepts, encourage singing and hand signs, and listening skills. Appropriate for all ages.

 

Caspar Babypants https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCucDn84WRkjXLOlAI_GxplQ

Playlists of lots of silly and fun songs for younger children to listen and learn.

 

SuperSimpleSongs https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSimpleSongs

Tons of fun songs to listen, sing, and dance along! PreK-2^nd Grade.

 

PBS Kids Music Games https://pbskids.org/games/music/

Various games for all ages

 

 

Educational Videos

BrainPop - https://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/

Great video resources about musical genres, making music, and MORE! Great for elementary - middle school. 

 

 

Caillou: Sounds and Music https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5tp0qy

Episode appropriate for PreK-K

 

Magic School Bus: The Haunted House https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6slu3q

Learn about how sound travels with this episode for 3^rd grade and up.

 

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: YoYo Ma Visits

https://pbskids.org/video/mister-rogers/1415158009

An episode talking about music with famous musician, YoYo Ma.  Any age.

 

Instrument Instruction

Little Kids Rock - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkb883TM-As3_6BS4jGtvsw

Little Kids Rock offers free guitar lessons via youtube. So if a student has a guitar, or even a piano where they can follow the chords, they can play a myriad of different songs on their own time.  Lots of instrument activities.

 

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra https://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/

Just make a username and password (do not have to enter an email address or sign up for anything).  It will take you through an instrument safari to learn the instruments of the orchestra, and saves your progress so you can continue at your own pace.  2^nd-5^th .

 

EncoreYouth Instrument Families http://encoreyouthmusic.com/kids/explore-music/explore-instrument-families/

Quizzes and information for 2^nd-5^th about various instruments of the orchestra.

 

Thirteen https://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/

A listening game for instruments of the orchestra.  Any age!

 

Netflix Available Options (for younger children)

BeatBugz

Motown Magic

Julie’s Green Room

Little Baby Bum

Word Party

Kazoops!

LooLooKids

Magic School Bus

 

Disney+ Available Options

Little Einsteins

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

The Sound of Music

Mickey Mouse in The Concert Band

The Wise Little Hen

 

Hulu

Songs & Rhymes

Ready Steady Wiggle

Jammers

Henry Hugglemonster

 

 

Creating Music/ Musical Literacy

Chrome Music Lab - https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/

A free resource that allows you to create and interact with music. The website offers a myriad of different activities to do and you can even save your work and send. I recommend this website for elementary - high school.

 

Emilé- https://emile.it.ohio-state.edu/home

Created by Ohio State, this app will help your students work on their rhythm reading and customize their own rhythmic patterns. Recommended for upper elementary - high school. 

 

Mario Paint Composer - https://danielx.net/composer/

I love this website. It enables students to create their own 8-bit music that sounds like it’s from an actual Super Nintendo video game. I recommend this for elementary - high school. 

 

Rhythm Randomizer - http://www.rhythmrandomizer.com/

From FB- “Students can practice reading rhythms. Students can choose different note and rest values and the site will randomly generate new sight-reading excerpts.” 3^rd Grade and up.

 

Incredibox- https://www.incredibox.com/

A super fun looping app. It is an app but also has a free online web based version. 2^nd-5^th

Groove Pizza https://apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/?museid=SJRp0j1UL&

Fun music creation website.  Easy to click around and make your own beats. 2^nd-5^th

 

Music Symbol Matching Game https://matchthememory.com/musicsymbols1brashear

Memory game matching musical symbols and terms.

 

World Cultures

Folk Ways - https://folkways.si.edu/interactive-features/smithsonian?fbclid=IwAR2JGRHSr62uBzGp-g2YaU0I8g58oKx7QjZPvyF-02U7SrcJ6-8WHXvSND4

This was posted on the Music Teacher’s FB as a good online resource for activities. This could be especially useful for the older elementary students to work on World Music.

 

Concerts

Pop some popcorn and choose a concert you may like to watch with your child, based on what is appropriate for your family.  The links below list lots of options- popular music to orchestral concerts!

 

List of Live Streams & Virtual Concerts  https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams

 

Metropolitan Opera to Berlin Philharmonic: Free live streamed classical music concerts https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/live-streamed-classical-music-concerts-coronavirus/

 

Free Nightly Online Orchestral Concerts https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanneshurvell/2020/03/17/free-nightly-online-concerts-from-one-of-the-worlds-top-orchestras/#56f25632648d

 

Artists Offering Free Online Concerts https://www.glamour.com/story/coronavirus-all-the-artists-offering-free-online-concerts-while-youre-stuck-at-home