Create your own music with:
Practice your note reading skills
Explore the Jamzone at Little Kids Rock
Make your own instrument!
How can you produce sound using materials around your home?
How do you amplify your sound?
Can your instrument make more than two pitches?
Read a biography of a composer or musician.
What do you notice?
How did this artist find their unique musical voice?
Music Scavenger Hunt
There’s music all around us! Look around your home to see what you can find to demonstrate our music concepts. Be sure to ask an adult before playing any of your new instruments. Take a picture of what you find!
Find something that…
Makes a HIGH sound
Makes a LOW sound
Makes LOUD sounds
Makes SOFT sounds
Moves FAST
Moves SLOW
You can SHAKE to make a sound
You can SCRAPE or RUB to make a sound
You can tap that is made out of METAL
You can tap that is made out of WOOD
BONUS: Make up a song using a ‘found instrument’ from your house.
Learn about Music
Gaming music! Bit Music Theory
More Music Theory Lessons
Code a Dance at code.org
Explore the Jamzone at Little Kids Rock
Learn about Music with cool videos on TedExTalk
Learn about music from all around the World at Smithsonian Folkways
Experiment with pitch with jars and water
Make your own music
Musescore: free notation platform