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2025 Music of the World Learning Resources Keep the fun and learning going with our downloadable Music of the World Resource Packet! Inside, you’ll find activities for kids aged 3-12, a playlist of the music you heard today, and more! Spanish MOTW Resource packet Música del Mundo Paquete de Recursos
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Tiny Tots: Diverse Colorado In this Resource Packet for Kids, we’ll explore the rich and diverse musical landscape of Colorado! Inside, you’ll find activities, Composer Spotlights, a link to a Diverse Colorado Playlist, and more!
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Tiny Tots: Ocean Adventure Dive into the depths of orchestra music with our downloadable Ocean Adventure Resource Packet for Kids! Inside, you’ll find songs from Tiny Tots, DIY percussion instrument guides, links to playlists, and more!
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This activity is quick, easy, and mess-free! Ages: 3-8 You’ll need 10 orange pipecleaners (6-10 inches long) and 10 pieces of green pipecleaner cut to about 2 inches long. Skills: fine motor skills, color sorting, scissor skills, counting, and of course singing! Your little one can assist you with selecting the correct colors, cutting the
Gustav Holst was a British composer who lived from 1874-1934. As a young man, Holst learned piano, violin, and trombone. However, he had poor eyesight, asthma, and neuritis, which made it difficult for him to perform, so he turned to composing. One of Holst’s most famous compositions is The Planets Suite, which he worked on
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In 1977, two identical spacecraft called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched carrying two identical phonograph records. The records contained music and sounds that represented cultures and life from across the globe, just in case the probes ever came across alien life! Voyager 1 is currently the farthest manmade object from earth. It hasn’t
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We are gearing up for our Tiny Tots: Outer Space concerts in October and November! It’s going to be out of this world! It has us thinking about music in space. Did you know that many astronauts love to make music? It’s true! Some of them have even taken instruments with them into space. Astronaut
We’re getting ready for Tiny Tots: Outer Space, so we have space on the brain! Let’s make a paper plate moon. This craft takes less than 5 minutes and costs less than $5! You’ll need: a paper plate, cotton balls (or pompoms), and washable paint in white and black. Optional: string and tape OR dark
Let’s make our own sheet music craft! This activity is great for kids aged 2-7. For this craft, we used buttons and pipe cleaners, but you could also use pompoms and craft sticks. You’ll also need liquid school glue and the printable music staff below. Glue your buttons in a row on the music staff.
Let’s make a DIY harp! For this project, you will need an empty tissue box (long boxes work best) and rubber bands (may be different widths and lengths). Optional: paper, crayons, markers, stickers to decorate your harp. If you don’t have an empty tissue box, we know a few toddlers who can help you empty
We have been loving all this rain! We enjoy splashing in puddles, drawing with wet chalk, and looking for earthworms. We also love to sing songs about rain. Here are some of our favorites. “I Hear Thunder” is sung to the tune of “Frère Jaques” (and also “Where is Thumbkin?”). When you sing the first
At our summer Tiny Tots “Let’s Build” shows earlier this month, young listeners learned how to build music with the building blocks of the orchestra. Did you know you can also build your own instruments? In this video, we challenged two of our professional musicians to play the famous Also Sprach Zarathustra on their usual
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