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Music Activities at Home

PRIMARY  (K-2nd) MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS

  1. Chrome Music Lab: this has a WIDE array of resources. The Song Maker and Kandinsky programs are especially interesting (you compose melodies based on how you draw lines, it's really cool!). This is a great resource for our younger students, in particular.
     
  2. Classics for Kids: games including note reading, composing, rhythm matching, and instrument identification (1-5)
     
  3. Comparing Melodies Game – a great game for primary students to recognize same or different melodies (K-2)
     
  4. Creating Melodies Game – another fun, educational game from "Creating Music" to explore creating melodies (K-2)
     
  5. PBS Music Games - eleven different music games... have fun! (K-2)
     
  6. DSO Kids – this Dallas Symphony site highlights composers, games, listening samples and more in a kid friendly format. (K-5)
     
  7. The New York Philharmonic Kidzone – Play Mozart's Minuet Game, create your own instruments, try the Music Match, watch interviews with musicians, and follow the orchestra around the world! This site is full of fun activities!
     
  8. Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures – learn about music in fun, interactive exploration with Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Dvorak's "New World Symphony #9" and others! (K-5)
     
  9. The San Francisco Symphony Kid's Site – this fun site teaches the instruments of the orchestra, the basics of reading music, and has an online radio to listen to some classical music's greatest hits. (K-5)
     
  10. The New York Philharmonic Kidzone – Play Mozart's Minuet Game, create your own instruments, try the Music Match, watch interviews with musicians, and follow the orchestra around the world! This site is full of fun activities. (K-5)
     
  11. From the Top – this website is full of videos and information about musically talented kids and their interests.  (K-5)
     
  12. Tone Matrix – Light up squares by clicking on them to put together a soothing tone matrix! Push the space bar to clear all. Fun! (K-5)
     
  13. Virtual Piano (NEW!) – a digital piano app turning your computer keyboard into a piano keyboard! Nothing too fancy, but you can play more than one note at a time. (K-5)