Online Educational Resources

A family-recommended virtual field trip resource (A BIG Thanks to the boys, Sam & Jake, for sharing :) ):

 

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MUSIC WEBSITES FOR KIDS

  • Performer-Based Websites

    http://www.dariamusic.com/
    World Music With DARIA is a website from this multiple award-winning educator and musician. The website was given a 2009 Parent's Choice Award for its family-friendly introduction of world music to young people and it's resources for teachers, parents and special education professionals. The instrument section allows children to color, hear and find pdf instructions on how to make world music instruments such as cajónes (box drums), didgeridoos, shekeres, pow-wow drums and guiros along with cultural background information.

    http://www.fromthetop.org/
    The From The Top website is designed for young classical musicians. This clever website has: The Green Room, Hall of Fame, Answer Zone, Student Lounge, a Reference Room and an area for parents and teachers. Partnered with the highly successful From The Top radio program, this site offers the more “serious” young musicians an opportunity to hear from others like them and benefit from socialization of sorts with others like themselves.

    http://www.jazzkids.com/
    JazzKids was created for children of all ages. The website offers teachers, parents and even the youngest students the opportunity to be introduced to jazz. The interactive audio, video and curriculum are not intended to replace a teacher!

  • Symphony-Based Websites

    http://www.sfskids.org/
    The new SFSKids presents an updated online experience entirely different from the original SFSKids. Some of brand-new features and content throughout SFSKids include: a fun and playful series of educational modules presented as immersive environments and using animal avatars as guides; the ability to explore various linkages between composers, instruments and music compositions; the use of some game-based techniques to motivate repeated listening and engagement; gesture-controlled simulation scenarios using the mouse and keyboard to provide “hands-on” experiences of playing instrument and conducting music; interactive online tutorials to learn about music basics; the opportunity for users to compose and notate their own original music; and much more.

    www.dsokids.com
    The site features games, listen and learn, and various teacher resources, from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

    http://www.nyphilkids.org/
    Great graphics and fun games-like the clarinet scavenger hunt-make this New York Philharmonic website great, especially for instrumental students.

    play.lso.co.uk
    LSO Play allows you to experience the orchestra from multiple points of view.

    Cincinnati Music Hall Tour
    Walk in this virtual tour through Cincinnati Music Hall, home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Take a turn looking out from the conductor’s podium, learning about the instrument sections and experience the architecture.

  • Music Game/Theory/History/Listening Websites
    www.teachrock.org
    TeachRock empowers teachers and engages students by using popular music to create interdisciplinary, culturally responsive education materials for all 21st century classrooms.

    Launched by Stevie Van Zandt and the Founders Board of Bono, Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, and Bruce Springsteen, TeachRock.org provides free, standards-aligned resources that use music to help K-12 students succeed in disciplines like science, math, social studies, language arts, and more.

     

    www.musiclearningcommunity.com
    This website contains hundreds of learning games of varying levels, all carefully planned to gain mastery of the elements of music theory, ear training and rhythmic skills in an exciting, challenging environment.

    http://pianoeducation.org/pnokids.html
    This site is just for kids—to talk to other kids about piano, listen to the Taz-man, jump to other cool places, time travel to meet a famous composer or pianist, get a great tip to help withlessons, get help with writing piano or music reports or even ask a question!

    www.yellowcatpublishing.com
    The Yellow Cat piano program offers students the opportunity to excel at the piano. Its learning methods enable students to learn quickly and to achieve higher levels of success than the standard music program.

    http://www.funbrain.com/
    Funbrain offers games on composers, instruments, reading and vocabulary.

    www.datadragon.com
    Learning about and listening to different instruments, reading music, musical genres and links to additional sites are the features of this site.

    http://www.teoria.com/
    This is a great site for music theory.

    http://www.uptoten.org/
    This site includes games and songs. You also can use this site to search for more related sites.

    http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/
    "Name That Tune," a link to the American Symphony Orchestra League, Instruments, lesson plans and games all can be found on this website.

    www.homeworkspot.com/theme/classicalmusic.htm
    This site offers many links to quality classical music sites.

    http://www.tritonemusic.com/
    Features online, interactive piano lessons that can be used in conjunction with traditional piano lessons.

    http://www.musictheory.net/
    Includes quality theory tutorials, and interactive identification and ear training drills in note reading, key signatures, intervals and triads.

    www.quia.com/web
    Students can test their music knowledge with quizzes, matches, concentration card games and other activities.

    www.creatingmusic.com
    Elementary-age students can enjoy exploring, creating and manipulating music.

    pbskids.org/chuck/index.html#/jazz
    Elementary students can enjoy playing with an interactive Improvisation Station.

    www.anvilstudio.com
    Enable students to compose from a MIDI keyboard and add voice-overs or other audio recorded through a microphone.

    http://www.smartmusic.com/
    Access online accompaniments that function as virtual accompanists.

    http://www.ezmusictheory.com/
    This site is devoted to ear training and theory skills.

    http://www.good-ear.com/
    This site offers ear training and theory skills.

    http://www.MakingMusicFun.net
    This site contains lots of free music resources for elementary music classroom teachers, private music instructors and homeschool parents, for the purpose of building kids up in positive ways and enriching their lives with an appreciation for music and learning.

    http://www.happynote.com/en/music-notes.html
    Happy Note! music games (shareware and freeware) are both amusing and educational. They offer a way to learn to read music notes in treble clef and bass clef the fun way.

    www.foriero.com
    A music educational portal designed especially for kids and music beginners. Primarily focusing on the piano basics, they produce games to learn music easily with fun.

    www.kidsclick.org
    KidsClick! is a web search site designed for kids by librarians—with kid-friendly results! The site includes links to kid-friendly websites about music and music history.

    www.sphinxkids.org
    Sphinx Kids contains interactive games and videos.

    www.classicsforkids.com
    Classics for Kids contains games, music lessons, lesson plans and information on composers and classical music. (For students and teachers.)

    www.musick8kids.coom
    Fun music stuff just for kids.

    http://trainer.thetamusic.com/en
    Theta Music Trainer features music and ear training games.

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