Want to compose a song or create a gnarly drum track?
Then check out these websites...
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
https://www.onemotion.com/drum-machine/
Student Access Code to Musicplay Online website is... a272794
Make a Paper Popper
Ukulele 101:
Ever tried origami?
Make your own song:
Ukulele: "La Bamba" and "Don't Worry Be Happy"
Drum Lesson:
Ukulele: "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
Make your own reed instrument:
What's a reed instrument you ask. Well check out the video and find out.
Ukulele: "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry
Make a Cuica Drum (pronounced kweeka):
Create a Sweet Drum Beat!
Click on me to go to the drum machine app
Email me your beat @ adam.niemetz@rdpsd.ab.ca I'd love to hear it.
Word scramble - Led Zeppelin - All of My Love:
Click on me to get a printout of the word scramble
Listen to the song. Cut out and arrange the lyrics in order
Once you have them in order, glue them on to another piece of paper and sing along!
Some other composition websites include:
Sing Along To Our School Song!
Make a Shaker/Guiro!
Tetris - Body Percussion:
Word Scramble - Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave:
Print out the document. Cut out the lyrics. Listen to the song and put them in order. Once your done that, glue them onto a piece of paper and sing along.
Body parts (example #1):
slap hands on thighs - light purple, red, orange, yellow
stomp feet - dark purple (low and high)
snap fingers - lime green, dark green
Clapping (example #2):
person A - light purple, red, orange
person B - yellow, dark purple (low and high),
peson C - lime green, dark green
(guiros, shakers, etc.)
Boomwhackers (example #3)
Bust Out Those Moves:
Make Music With Some Household Items:
The Cup Game:
Play a game of Poison Rhythm/Melody with the Fam Jam:
username: snow
password: 2020
If you click on the rhythm practice tab, you can play a game of poison rhythm with your family. If you click on the solfa practice tab, you can play a game of poison melody. If you click on the Grades 1-5 tabs at the top of the page, you can scroll through a huge library of songs. Feel free to explore the website as there are many awesome resources. Enjoy!
Word Scramble - Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Click on me to get a printout of the word scramble
Listen to the song. Cut out and arrange the lyrics in order. Once you have them in order, glue them on to another piece of paper and sing along!
Just click on the link: www.musicplayonline.com
Here is a list of songs to do with the cups:
-Alouette (Grade 3, #74)
-Sarasponda (Grade 4, #39)
-Nobody likes me (Grade 4, #59)
-J'entends le moulin (Grade 4, #81)
-C'est l'aviron (Grade 5, #40)
-I've a car (Grade 5, #54)
-John Kanaka (Grade 5, #79)
-Five Green Speckled Frogs (Pre K, #132)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Sky Color - Reading a Book
Compose Super Cool Rhythms:
What's a Marimba?
Word Scramble - Jack Johnson - Upside Down:
Click on me to get a printout of the word scramble
Listen to the song. Cut out and arrange the lyrics in order
Once you have them in order, glue them on to another piece of paper and sing along!
Music/Science Experiments:
Materials needed: scissors, fork, thin string, thicker string, paper or plastic cup, bowl, rice and a stereo.
Make a Stop Motion Animation Video:
Here's one I did, titled "Call the Caterer." PicPac is a stop-motion app that you can use on Android. iMotion is a stop-motion app that you can use on iOS.
Nolan, in my grade 2 class, shared his stop-motion animation video with me. Incredible work, Nolan!!!
If you like drawing, prepare to be a-Mew-sed
Cat in the Hat Drawing:
Today you are you, that is truer than true.There is no one alive who is youer than you.
Action Songs: