Music
Music is what feelings sound like!
Welcome to the Music Page!
Greetings! Experience music activities each week. I may be reached through email with any questions or feedback. Enjoy!
Ms. Peterson
5/19/2020
Fourth and Fifth Grades:
- Choose recorder songs and practice opportunities: https://musicplayonline.com/recorder/
Intermediate Grades:
- Explore and create melody and musical sounds on the grand staff with "Mario Paint Music Composer:" https://danielx.net/composer/
Primary Grades:
- Choose some listening activities: https://musicplayonline.com/listening/
- Dance with the "The Gummy Bear Song:" https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59811d55dfcc3
5/13/2020
- Create a song using “Song Maker” In “Chrome Music Lab:” https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/
- Listen to and create rhythms using “Rhythm” in “Chrome Music Lab:" https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Rhythm/
- Find game; paper, pencil and coloring; recorder; percussion; and singing activities in the “Kid’s Corner” at Music Express Magazine, a popular resource for music teachers: https://www.musicexpressmagazine.com/kidscorner/
5/5/2020
Primary Grades:
- See how many notes you can remember in this listening game in “Piggy's Music Lessons” (click on the bottom left box-“Copy Pig”):
https://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.php
- Join in with the “Hokey Pokey:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAnoqxKAAc
Intermediate Grades:
- Follow, listen to, and sing the major scale patterns shown in different directions in this "Do, Do-Re-Do Warmup:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTckI65BgHQ
- Learn and review musical terms in this word game: https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/musical_terms.php
Fourth Grade:
- Review low “E” and learn the following songs on the recorder (remember to add two fingers in the right hand for low "E"):
“It’s Raining:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UcHplzLPk&list=PLQadz4_Sz9CjQW3ukfB9ngoRoSWFbIoOI&index=5&t=7s
“Lucy Locket:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPB9yExZ6TA&list=PLQadz4_Sz9CjQW3ukfB9ngoRoSWFbIoOI&index=5
“Little Tommy Tiddlemouse:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADhBAiQ4Fr0&list=PLQadz4_Sz9CjQW3ukfB9ngoRoSWFbIoOI&index=20
5th Grade:
- Review low “D” and learn a new song on the recorder:
“Old MacDonald Had a Farm:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEYXJgeLo-c&list=PLQadz4_Sz9CjQW3ukfB9ngoRoSWFbIoOI&index=6
- Learn a song with high "D" (D') on the recorder:
"Amazing Grace:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2H24KXaXRY&list=PLQadz4_Sz9CjQW3ukfB9ngoRoSWFbIoOI&index=12
4/29/2020
Primary:
- Move along with and listen to lively percussion games in these multi-cultural activities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9yJ0WtEEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qti8j5xKqSQ
Intermediate:
- Listen to different rhythmic styles in this rhythm game multi-cultural activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wuh7NPeB6Q
-Try tapping along with some of the rhythms. Which style did you enjoy most? Why?
- Listen to music from around the world with this global jukebox: https://theglobaljukebox.org/
4/22/2020
Primary Grades:
- Sing along with “Apples and Bananas:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsxGHs0D9w
Kindergarten:
- Loud and Quiet (Game #12) & High Low (Game #13): https://musicplayonline.com/games/
First Grade:
- Beat or No Beat (Game #8) & Up and Down (Game #9): https://musicplayonline.com/games/
Second & Third Grades:
- Match The Rhythm: https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/rhythm_master.php
Fourth & Fifth Grades:
- Compose Your Own Music: https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/compose_your_own_music.php
4/14/2020
Kindergarten:
- Sing, move, and count with the “Animal Song:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfWmlnJl-A
-Can you make up your own animal movements?
- Choose and listen to instruments (drag the tigers and instruments): https://pbskids.org/daniel/games/music-shop/
-Move and pretend to play different instruments.
First Grade:
- Identify higher and lower pitches in this “Piggy Saves the Music” game (click on the first box-“High/Low”):
https://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.php
-Sing some high and low pitches.
- Tap along with the beat with different speeds (if you don’t have sticks, tap your pointer fingers together):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfG98nQK9RY
-Sing a song you know and add movement. Sing it again with a faster speed (tempo):
Second Grade:
- Sing along with “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6hYfyLbG5c
- Listen to instruments from different places in Carmen’s “World Orchestra: https://pbskids.org/luna/games/carmens-world-orchestra
-Draw a picture on a piece of paper of an instrument from each of the places you visited in this interactive activity.
Third Grade:
- Be a conductor! Understand how to keep the beat, and keep the orchestra playing together in harmony. Take the baton, choose the music, and lead an orchestra: http://www.sfskids.org/conduct/
-What beat patterns did you conduct? Practice drawing beat patterns on a piece of paper and in the air.
Fourth & Fifth Grades:
- Find fun facts about instruments, music, and composers. Explore how they are related and all connected together! http://www.sfskids.org/discover/
-Write down your favorite fun facts and share them with another person.
3/30/2020
Kindergarten:
- Sing along with “Rainbow Colors Song:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZcWGQQsmg
- Sing and learn in this spin game: https://pbskids.org/daniel/games/spin-and-sing/
-Sing about what you like to do.
First Grade:
- Put together a parade and march along: https://pbskids.org/peg/games/pegs-parade
-Draw a picture of your favorite character and instrument in your parade.
- Sing and move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hft6uJQIF4g
Second Grade:
- Sing “Shoo Fly:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUuXmZa5kLI
- Explore the rhythm and mood with two interactive listening games: http://www.sfskids.org/play/
-Write down the way the music you listened to made you feel.
Third Grade:
- Explore pitches of the music scale with the “piano puppet.” Create and listen to your own tunes: http://toytheater.com/piano-puppet.php
-Write down the pitches of a melody you created.
- Listen to and Sing along with “Animal Fair:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_lt8X0Yb4
Fourth & Fifth Grades:
- Identify note names on the lines and spaces when shown on treble clef staff in this interactive game:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/whackanote/whackanote.html
Choose your own skill level:
3/24/2020
Kindergarten:
- Sing “Six Little Ducks:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-GDn2xvFQQ
- Join in with the “Shapes Song for Kids:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbRDtCAFdU
- Practice steady beat in “The Beat is the Heart of Music:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kaX2l413p8
- Listen, play, and create: https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/monster-music/
- Move and dance: https://pbskids.org/pinkalicious/games/pinkadance
First Grade:
- Sing along with “Sun, Moon, and Stars:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUyDAO1Fk0
- Review steady beat in “The Beat is the Heart of Music:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kaX2l413p8
- Sing along with “Mary Had a Little Lamb:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vg_yfcAsfY&list=PL33VBjpcZgOvrGuIPy10XCWqQoeu_kZrE
- Move and dance: https://pbskids.org/pinkalicious/games/pinkadance
- Create instrument sounds and play along: https://pbskids.org/pinkalicious/games/pinkaperfect-band
Second Grade:
- Review quarter and eighth notes with these two listening examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vZ5mlfZlgk&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIxq-1a_810
- Listen to examples from each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies in this Jukebox:
https://www.starfall.com/h/ftr-music/beethoven_jukebox/?t=289576895
- Explore pitches of the music scale with the “piano puppet.” Create and listen to your own tunes:
http://toytheater.com/piano-puppet.php
- March with “The Ants Go Marching:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjw2A3QU8Qg&list=RDPjw2A3QU8Qg&start_radio=1
Third Grade:
- Explore, listen, and read about orchestral pieces: http://www.sfskids.org/listen/
- Choose orchestral pieces and explore the rhythm and mood with two interactive listening games:
Fourth and Fifth Grades:
- Review and learn about instrument groups and instruments of the orchestra with music from “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” in this interactive listening and game activity: