Music and arts activities to do at home.
Mozart & Orchestra Activity Sheets From the Activity Guide: Pick the Parts – Mozart Edition Mozart was a master of the orchestra and you can be too as you explore the orchestra through activities. Want to teach young children about Mozart’s life, including his childhood years? Check out this list of children’s books all about […]
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Interactive Activity: Pick the Parts! From the Activity Guide: Pick the Parts – Mozart Edition About the Music: Rondo all Turca Rondo alla Turca is from Mozart’s Piano Sonata no. 11. Although originally composed for piano, it has been orchestrated, or rewritten, for many different groups of instruments. It is one of his best-known pieces
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Musical Activities for When You’re Feeling Happy From the Activity Guide: Music & Activities for Different Moods Check out some orchestra music that makes us happy. Happiness Activities We think one of the best things to do when you feel happy is to find a way to share it with others. The more happiness is
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Orchestra Music for Bravery Spotify Playlist From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story – The Someone New Listen to this playlist to pep you up when you need a little help feeling brave. For activities to go along with this playlist, go to Inside the Story – The Someone New For activities to go along
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Bravery Crown Activity From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story – The Someone New Take a piece of construction paper (or any paper!) and measure to make sure it fits around your head—if you need to tape or glue a couple of pieces of paper together so that it fits, that’s great! Lay the paper
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Connection Hearts From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story – The Someone New When we’re feeling nervous or lonely it’s easy to forget how many wonderful people we have in our life. This craft will help you think about all of the people that mean the most to you and to remember that even during
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Explore Emotions: The Someone New From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story – The Someone New The Someone New is a wonderful story by Jill Twiss and EG Keller about being brave in the face of the new and unknown. Join us on an adventure as we read the story and explore its themes with
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Story Time: The Someone New From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story – The Someone New The Someone New is a wonderful story by Jill Twiss and EG Keller about being brave in the face of the new and unknown. Join us on an adventure as we read the story and explore its themes with
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Creative Instruments Spotify Playlist From the Activity Guide: Professional vs. DIY Listen for the following instruments in these songs: The Typewriter – I think it’s pretty clear what you’re listening for here! Toy Symphony – This piece uses many different toys and noisemakers throughout. Anvil Chorus – That metal banging sound you hear throughout the
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Professional vs. DIY From the Activity Guide: Professional vs. DIY We challenged two of our professional musicians to play the famous Also Sprach Zarathustra on their usual instruments and then DIY versions of their instruments. We love how this shows that anyone can make music at home, even if you don’t have any instruments. Make
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Orchestra Music that Grooves Spotify Playlist From the Activity Guide: Tempo and Rhythm – Let’s Jam! Check out our playlist full of music that grooves thanks to its fun tempo and rhythms. For activities to go along with this playlist, go to Tempo and Rhythm – Let’s Jam! For activities to go along with this
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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
