Popsicle Stick Harmonica Follow the directions below to make your own popsicle stick harmonica, using just a few materials for each student Materials per student: Two wide popsicle sticks (tongue depressors) Two thin rubber bands One thick rubber band Two approximately 1 inch straw segments Stretch the thick rubber band around one of the craft […]
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Orchestra Guess Who Use the game packet downloads to play orchestra games with your family in person or play Orchestra Memory online. Guess Who is a classic game that is perfect for teaching about the instrument families in the orchestra. It can help children learn about the differences and similarities between instruments. This Orchestra Guess
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Protest Music Start the lesson by having students discuss or think about some or all the following questions: What issues are important to you? What injustices do you see happening in your world/life? What do you do when you don’t agree with something? What are some other things people do when they don’t agree with
Create A Playlist All About You For a long time, people (young people especially!) have been creating their own musical playlists to share and connect with their friends and communities around them. Thanks to digital media and software, it’s now easier than ever for people to create their own playlists. Help your students create their
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Create a Concert Program From the playlists of music below (or from all the pieces of music students know or have access to), have student choose multiple pieces of music to create a concert program. The music chosen for a performance is called repertoire. Some things for students to think about as they choose their
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Opera Parts Puzzle What does it take to stage an opera? Cutout and put together this puzzle to find out. And if you haven’t watched the opera conducting video yet with your students, now is a great time!
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Plan an Arts Event It’s time to plan a musical event! Follow these steps and make some decisions around the basics of what you need to think of when planning an event. Fill out your worksheet as you go. Have student think through the following questions. Below each question are some suggested answers, but encourage
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Practice Conducting Patterns Since most of us can’t just call up an orchestra to conduct, we’ve created a fun playlist so that you can conduct an orchestra you’d like! Use the handy chart below to remind yourself of what conducting music in 2, 3, or 4 looks like. On this playlist, the first four songs
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Vibrating Spoons STEAM Activity For young elementary students, we suggest starting with the dancing sugar experiment. Once your students understand that sound is vibrations, check out this great yarn and spoon experiment from Edventures with Kids that will help them explore sound even more.
Water Xylophone Handmade water xylophones allow students to hear and see the science of sound in action. Follow this easy tutorial to create your own water xylophones in the classroom. Engage your students in the scientific process by following these steps: Create your hypothesis: What will happen to the sound when different amounts of water
Water Whistle Experiment Time to nail down the scientific process using this guided activity packet. You can download the packet and print the worksheet from it or access the printable worksheet directly here. Science-Inspired Playlist Wrap up your scientific exploration with this playlist full of science-inspired music.
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Musical Graphs and Equations Make your own music graphs and charts. While preschool and early elementary children can stick with simple tally charts, older children can gather data and turn them into bar graphs or pie charts. Follow these simple steps: Choose what information you’d like to track. Some ideas: Is the music in a
