E-learning sites for Music
https://www.quavermusic.com/info/ There are ways to use Quaver from home, and students can log in with their Google accounts if teachers have a class set up for them. They will need their Quaver code for their class to access activities and assignments. Grades K-8 (Grades 3 - 6: students have individual log-ins and passwords (email Mrs. Doud if you need help at jean.doud@wesdschools.org) ALL STUDENTS in Grades K - 6 can now access Quaver by using this class code: XX7ND Start exploring fun and exciting music activities! Open this link for step-by-step directions showing you how to create a Quaver account: How to set up a Quaver account 3rd Grade: Be sure to check out the ANIMATED RECORDER songs listed on Quaver. Have fun while practicing these songs. All but one song only use the notes B - A and G!
littlekidsrock.org: Description-Little Kids Rock is a charity in the United States that encourages and enables children to play popular music. It is a nonprofit 501 organization and is based in Verona, New Jersey. It provides free music instruction and instruments to public school districts across the country. http://jamzone.littlekidsrock.org/school-closure-resources/ Fantastic ideas and live workshops for kids. They can also go back and do all the other recorded lessons. This whole website is one of my favorites for teaching various instruments to kids! (http://jamzone.littlekidsrock.org/lessons/ I have been using their site for quite a while in teaching various instruments to my kids at school.
Help design the sets, costumes, scenery, or be a choreographer! Explore musical careers in the theater/opera by helping produce the opera, “Hansel and Gretel.” http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/opera/teachers.asp
Carnegie Hall's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" takes your students on an online safari to find all of the instruments in the orchestra in the wild. It is up to you, Violet, and her Uncle Ollie to find them, collect them, and guide them to the orchestra stage. To help your students understand more and get directions for this site, go here first: http://iwbmusic.blogspot.com/2012/01/young-persons-guide-to-orchestra-part.html
PBS Kids Music Games: This section in PBS Kids features a collection of educational games designed specifically to help kids learn music.
Orchestra websites geared for children: There are some excellent websites created for young students by professional orchestras. The ones that are well known are NY Phil Kidzone , Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO kids) and San Francisco Symphony (SFS kids). The NY Phil Kidzone can be used to have students explore a variety of composers, create compositions, and explore how to arrange orchestrations for a variety of instruments. DSO kids could be used to learn about the numerous periods of music as well as a lot of games that can be used as a whole class activity. SFS kids is an amazing website to have the students explore all of the instruments of the orchestra through a variety of interactive pictures and sound files.
PBSKids: Have fun learning about music and instruments from all over the world and create some of your own music as you travel along! All Grades
https://www.learningstationmusic.com/ Songs and movement. Has printable activities under the “Activities” tab on the top taskbar. Grades K-5
https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann Sing-alongs and movement. Can subscribe, no printables. Grades K-4
https://www.youtube.com/user/musicexpressmag Sing-alongs, movement, and animated music theory lessons. No printables. Grades K-4
https://redtri.com/homemade-instruments/slide/1 making instruments from found items (one of MANY sites). Some activities can be printed. Grades K-8
http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm LOTS of theory and composition, instrument families, and games. Has printable worksheets under the “lessons” tab. Grades 4-8
https://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml? From the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Lots of useful learning activities. Requires Adobe Flash to run. Some items can be printed. Grades K-8
https://www.virtualdrumming.com/ Build your own virtual drum kit and learn to play online. Can download and print drum sheet music. Grades 5-8
http://musicteachersgames.com/ Site contains links for activities and games for lines and spaces, music symbols, piano keys, guitar, and more. No printables. Can register for free. Grades K-8
https://www.classicsforkids.com/ Site focuses on composers, periods, games, and theory. Downloadable and printable activity sheets. Grades 3-8
https://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/ Has a par across the top to request access due to school closure. Otherwise it is a subscription through your district. Has great lessons and activities, and can be printed. Grades 3-8
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/music.html Has interactive games and activities for music and art, as well as other content areas. No printables. Grades K-8
http://www.therhythmtrainer.com/ Good site for rhythm recognition. No printables. Grades 3-8
https://www.musictheory.net/ More lessons, activities, and exercises for students to do. No printables. Grades 5-8
https://www.imusic-school.com/en/tools/online-piano-keyboard/ interactive keyboard for piano students. Grades 5-8
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ varied experiments with sound and music from Google. Grades K-8
https://www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano Free virtual piano (free for 90 days)
STRINGS: Did you know that you can find all the background music to play along with your “Essential Elements” book? Check this out.
Violin: Play-Along mp3s (226 MB)
Viola: Play-Along mp3s (226 MB)
Cello: Play-Along mp3s (226 MB)
Double Bass: Play-Along mp3s (226 MB)
Choir: There are so many songs on the internet and radio to sing along with. I know you might be missing our dancing and singing together so here is a link to a lot of the songs and dances we are currently doing or have done in the past: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+jacobson+music