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Music Activities for Emotional Exploration and Management

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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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Bird Songs – French

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Les compositeurs à travers l’histoire ont utilisé leur musique pour raconter une histoire ou pour imiter les sons qu’ils entendent autour d’eux. Certains des sons les plus courants que les compositeurs ont imités dans leur musique sont les cris d’oiseaux. La musique d’il y a des centaines d’années jusqu’à la musique écrite aujourd’hui présente des

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Scavenger Hunt – French

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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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Bird Songs – French

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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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Búsqueda del tesoro de artes y música

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¡Vayamos a la búsqueda del tesoro! Puede quedarse en su propia casa o patio trasero o emprender una aventura aún más grande al aire libre. Una vez que haya reunido sus artículos, hay muchas cosas creativas que puede hacer. Gracias a enseñarle a la artista Heather Hughes por trabajar con nosotros en esta divertida guía

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Canciones Musicales de Pájaros

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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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Musical Bird Songs

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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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Scott Joplin – The King of Ragtime

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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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Explore the Instruments of the Orchestra

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On this page, you can learn all about each instrument of the orchestra, what they sound like, and even test your skills by identifying instruments in a sound quiz. To start, let’s explore each instrument more in depth. Click on each instrument to: Hear its name and its sound Watch original Inside the Orchestra videos

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