More Big Learning Treasure Troves!
Art
Birds
Cooking
Engineering
Gardening
Inventing
Navigation
Nature
Photography
Woodworking
Music Activities for Kids and Families
Music Activities for Kids - Music Activities for Families
Have you ever seen a baby bouncing along with music? From the start, there's music inside everyone - kids and adult alike. You say you have a tin ear? Don't let that stop you from enjoying and making music with your kids. You'll help them learn to love music and put them on the road to a lifetime of confident musical participation.
Whether or not your child is involved in formal music instruction, you'll find on this page lots of fun music activities the whole family can enjoy. And whether your tastes lean toward classical or country twang, you give your child a great gift when you share your love of music.
Music Activities for Kids - Articles on BigLearning.org
Book Review: The Sound that Jazz Makes
Web site: Compose funny music with Toon Beat
Web site: Let them Sing It for You
Campfire song and car song lyrics for children
Weaning kids from children's music
New York Philharmonic Kidzone - Web Site Review
San Francisco Symphony for Kids - Web Site Review
Product Review - Peripole Recorders
Book-CD-Video Review: Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Guitar and Piano Chords on the web
More Music Activities on the Web
Especially for Kids Lyrics and chords Creative Activities Online Lessons Music Museums Tips for Parents Radio and Downloads for Kids History, Culture and Musical Genres Fun Stuff
Especially for Kids
Orchestra activities from the San Francisco Symphony: http://www.sfskids.org/
New York Philharmonic Kidzone: http://www.nyphilkids.org/
Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids: http://www.dsokids.com/
Classical and more: http://www.classicsforkids.com/
Orchestra activities: http://www.playmusic.org/stage.html
Singing Alley Cats Game: http://www.kiddonet.com/kiddonet/allycats/allycats.htm
KUSC Creative Kids Central: http://www.kusc.org/kids/
Music Maker: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Music
Melody Factory: http://www.melodyfactory.com.au/kids_new.htm
Lyrics and chords
Bluegrass and Traditional Country lyrics: http://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/
Online Guitar Archive (OLGA): http://www.olga.net/
Country lyrics and chords: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/
International Lyrics Playground: http://lyricsplayground.com/home.html
Jumbo Jim's Lyric Archive: http://www.jumbojimbo.com/
Bus Songs (Fun song lyrics for kids and families) http://www.bussongs.com/
KiDiddles Song lyrics (Songs for kids): http://www.kididdles.com/
Creative activities
Make your own drum loop: http://www.artopod.se/groovelab/
Creative Activities: http://www.fullpitcher.co.uk/kids'_pages.htm
Music Maker: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Music
Creating Music: http://www.creatingmusic.com/
Free online lessons
Berklee Shares - free lessons from Berklee College of Music http://www.berkleeshares.com/
Guitar Lesson links: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/instruction.html
Guitar Lessons: http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/lessons.php
Bass Guitar lessons and links: http://www.harmony-central.com/Bass/#instruction
Keyboard, Drums, more: http://www.harmony-central.com/
Interval Ear Training: http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/
Drum lessons: http://www.tigerbill.com/subjects/webdrumlessons.htm
Jazz Piano introduction: http://www.jazzpianolessons.com/freemovies.html
Online Violin: http://www.violinonline.com/
Note Reading Practice: http://www.emusictheory.com/drillNoteReading.html
Note reading and intervals: http://www.pedaplus.com/games.html
Music Museums
Experience Music Project (Seattle, WA): http://www.emplive.org/
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com/
Country Music Hall of Fame http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/
National Music Museum: http://www.usd.edu/smm/
Stax Museum of American Soul Music: http://www.soulsvilleusa.com/
International Bluegrass Music Museum: http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/
Tips for Parents
Research, advocacy, and tips: http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/
Research on Music Learning: http://www.giml.org/frames.html
Fun activities to do with kids: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/contents.htm
Songs for beginning readers: http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/alphlist.html
Radio and Downloads for Kids
Kids Music Planet guide to children's radio: http://www.kidsmusicplanet.com/
Radio Time children's music listings: http://www.radiotime.com/toppicks.aspx?p=1&m=0&g=76
Kids Domain downloads: http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/_music-index.html
Free piano sheet music: http://www.pitt.edu/~deben/freebies.html
History, Cultures and Music Genres
Fiddling around the world: http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/
World Music: http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/
This Day in Music History: http://datadragon.com/day/
History of Country Music: http://www.roughstock.com/history/
Smithsonian music history resources: http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/music.htm
A Passion for Jazz: http://www.apassion4jazz.net/
Other Fun Stuff
Online Metronome: http://www.metronomeonline.com/
Singing Ally Cats Game: http://www.kiddonet.com/kiddonet/allycats/allycats.htm
Create a Rock Band: http://www.createbands.com/
Singing horses: http://www.clickpix.de/horses.htm