No prep, no mess activities that are simple, easy, and fun.
Who Was Scott Joplin? Scott Joplin was an African American composer who is famous for the Ragtime style of music. Watch this short video about Joplin or read some of the facts below. Important Facts: Share this with your children to talk about Scott Joplin’s life, his challenges, and his successes. He came from a […]
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Composers throughout history have used their music to tell a story or to imitate sounds that they hear around them. Some of the most common sounds composers have imitated in their music are bird calls. Music from hundreds of years ago all the way to music written today features bird calls played by instruments all
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Los compositores a lo largo de la historia han utilizado su música para contar una historia o para imitar los sonidos que escuchan a su alrededor. Algunos de los sonidos más comunes que los compositores han imitado en su música son los cantos de pájaros. La música de hace cientos de años hasta la música
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Music is a powerful tool for expressing and processing emotions – and for finding ways to rest, get creative, and have fun. Here is a quick resource list of resources and activities for different emotions and moods. For anxious moments, here is a short playlist of soothing music along with two quick mindfulness activities you
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Use your imagination to adventure to faraway places, imagine exotic animals, and turn yourself into fun characters. Take a Look & Listen Watch and listen as Inside the Orchestra’s very own flutist, Valerie Johnson, takes you on a musical adventure. Carnival of the Animals Carnival of the Animals is a short 14-movement suite by French
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Musical Graphs Find the full Activity Guide to go along with this story here: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! 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
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Instrument Families Orchestra instruments are grouped into four main families: the string family, the woodwind family, the brass family, and the percussion family. Today, we will learn about the string and woodwind families. The String Family String family instruments are any instruments that use vibrating strings to create their sound. In an orchestra, the most
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All About Rhythm From the Activity Guide: Tempo and Rhythm – Let’s Jam! Rhythm in music is patterns of long and short notes combined together. Rhythm is what gives the music it’s groove. Rhythms can be simple- a song like Twinkle, Twinkle Litte Star has the same quarter note rhythm throughout the whole piece. Or
Les compositeurs à travers l’histoire ont utilisé leur musique pour raconter une histoire ou pour imiter les sons qu’ils entendaient autour d’eux. Certains des sons les plus utilisés que les compositeurs ont imités dans leur musique étaient les chants d’oiseaux. Chants d’oiseaux dans la musique d’orchestre Écoutons quelques chants d’oiseaux dans la musique d’orchestre! Beethoven
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Canción de animales del zoológico De la Guía de Actividades: Inside the Story: Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo
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Partons à la chasse au trésor! Vous pouvez rester dans votre propre maison ou dans votre cour ou partir pour une aventure encore plus grande à l’extérieur. Une fois que vous avez rassemblé vos articles, vous pouvez faire tellement de choses créatives. Merci à l’artiste Heather Hughes d’avoir travaillé avec nous sur ce guide d’activités
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Chanson des animaux du zoo From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story: Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo Utilisez les animaux de votre choix en chantant avec la mélodie Wheels on the Bus – vos enfants ne manqueront pas de comprendre rapidement.
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