This page is one small part of Good Sites for Kids!
Children's Music Web has links, art contests, several kid "channels" on Penelope's Radio (in Real Audio). For teachers, Mind Over Music has ways to use music for classroom management!
Classics for Kids has four interactive music games, info on classical music and composers, a musical dictionary, and radio broadcasts. A good site for learning about classical music.
Creating Music is a children's online creative music environment for children of all ages. It's a place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles. Come discover fun and easy ways to make music!
Music from Starfall is part of Starfall's literacy site. This section covers some of the main composers, with biographies, and plays some of their music as well.
Music
Sites For Kids
- A HUGE music resource
site. Cross-curriculum links, too. Go there and take a look!
Musicards
Online Music Theory Flash Cards. "Welcome to Musicards, an ever-growing
collection of highly-customizable online music theory flash cards. These music
flashcards can be used by beginning music students who are becoming acquainted
with key music rudiments, all the way up to intermediate and advanced students
who wish to fill in gaps here and there or increase fluency with existing knowledge."
Excellent!
Roxie's
ABC Fish is a computer version of a venerable children's card game.
Practice upper and lower case letters, numbers, and a surprise music
composition program at the end! Thanks to its publisher, Latticework
Software (thanks guys), Roxie is now freeware!
New York Philharmonic Kid Zone! Oh, yeah, we are always looking for more good music sites! This one is all you would expect from this legendary orchestra. A Game Room of musical games. An Instrument Room area that explains every instrument and lets kids hear it play. An Instrument Lab that lets kids create their own instruments, and a Composition Workshop that lets kids compose! (That one needs Shockwave.) Kids can also learn about famous composers, famous NYP conductors and soloists, and NYP musicians.
SFS Kids is the kid friendly music ed site of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra! Various parts of the site explain principles of music so kids can understand. Interactive activities so kids can experiment, too. Colorful, well done site.
The Music Room This Dallas Symphony Orchestra site is laid out like a music classroom. Every object is a link that can be clicked. You'll probably want to try them all. Includes a composer trivia baseball game that's a hoot! Also has a Teacher's Lounge with even more things to click.
PBS Kids Music The music section of the huge PBS Kids site. Links to songs from various PBS Kids shows.
Songs for Teaching
"The Definitive Source for Educational Music"
Based on what we've seen of this site it is THE SOURCE for classroom
music! " Creative teachers can use music to
teach content across the curriculum -- to students of all ages. A host of educational
experts brings you tested ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson
plans. This site contains thousands of pages for you to peruse -- many with
lyrics, sound clips, and teaching suggestions. The top educational pros offer
practical suggestions based on the latest in brain-based learning. Innovative
teachers share their classroom pointers and extension activities using children's
music. Songs from a wide variety of popular artists are presented by academic
subject. See the categories below to find educational music and children's songs
that complement your lesson plans."
We need more music sites! If you know of some good ones, let us know! With NCLB chasing Music out of US public schools, this is more important than ever.
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