An At Home Musical Scavenger Hunt

To shake things up a bit, here is a fun activity that you can easily send home in a packet for those kids that do not have access to the internet ~ a musical scavenger hunt! The goal is for them to sharpen their aural skills and to see just how creative they can be! […]

Brain Breaks: Fun Music Websites for Kids!

There are some great websites out there for kids to learn musical concepts! Here are my favorite 4: https://www.nyphilkids.org/index.html ~ they offer fun games to sharpen both your listening skills, as well as your musical knowledge https://play.lso.co.uk/performances ~ you can see an orchestra from many points of views and learn about each instrument in each […]

Music At Home ~ Brain Breaks

As homeschooling gets underway and teachers post lessons, here are a list of simple “brain breaks” to bring joy and much needed movement into your child’s day! Everyday I will post new activities (videos to come)for you either to do with your child or once it is set up, he/ she can do it alone. […]

Instruments of the Orchestra Trivia Game Using “A is for Alliguitar”

Our librarian handed me the book A is for Alliguitar by Nancy Raines Day and I got really excited when I started flipping through its pages! It takes animals and combines them with various instruments for every letter of the alphabet such as an alliguitar (alligator and guitar, banjaguar (banjo and jaguar) etc.…. until zebrass […]

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

If you have been reading my posts for awhile, then you know I love using great literature in my lessons! ..and you also know that I love creating a template and building on it so as to squeeze as much out of my time, as possible! Well, today’s post accomplishes both!! Brown Bear, Brown Bear, […]

The Napping House

by Audrey Wood (Author), Don Wood (Illustrator) I love this book!! One night my husband and I were putting our 4 year old to bed and I had an idea! As I read it, my husband and my daughter acted it out. My husband was the sleeping “grampy” (instead of granny), my daughter was the […]