Elementary Music Activities (2nd-5th)

Choose an activity or two from the list below each day we would meet together for music. Students are welcome to do extra activities for enrichment or as they wish to explore.

Keyboard & Midi Resources

These are keyboard and Midi resources we use in class

  • Play, listen and record piano sounds that create beautiful colors and patterns
  • Explore and find the controls that change how the picture looks. Do the sounds change as well?
  • If you have a usb piano keyboard, you can connect it to your keyboard and see the notes you play on your screen
  • You can also use a computer keyboard to play music

Explore

These sites are best enjoyed with adult assistance!

  • Requires Chrome
  • Interact with the scenery to interact with the music
  • Hint: try the triangle at the bottom of the screen!
    • A musical model of the solar system
    • Explore and find the controls that change the tempo, scales, and sound effects

Play and Sing Along

Play along with handbells or any other C instrument!

Play along with percussion instruments (drums, shakers, sticks, tambourines, and things that jingle)!

A playlist containing many of the songs we sing at school

Videos & Concerts

George Meets the Orchestra

Royal Ballet: Peter & The Wolf

The Carnival of the Animals

Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Here are some videos of people playing the many instruments that we explored in the instrument cards we explored.

Here are some videos of people playing the instruments we have heard in Band Match.

Other Activities

Listen

John Denver sings The Garden Song on The Muppet ShowThis is something I watched when I was a child!

Not quite the way I learned it, but pretty close!

A handful of performances to introduce instruments and the sound of jazz.

Read Along Books

The books below are linked to their records in the Greene County Library

TumbleBook Library

First sign in to the TumbleBook Library. (You will need a Greene County library card to sign in. An adult can get a temporary one here). Then select a book from the links below.

Listen: Joshua Bell playing in the D.C. Subway

  • The video is sped up, the violin playing is not :)

If you enjoy listening, you may try listening to this much longer work. It’s ok to enjoy it while you play or have lunch!

Listen: Joshua Bell - Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35

Pitch Challenges

We'll start with some guided practice: The spaces spell FACE from the lowest space (1st space) to the highest space (4th space)
We will focus on whether the note is on a line or space before we focus on the names of pitches! This activity requires an adult that knows the treble clef pitch names and can ask the student whether the note is on the line or in a space.