Extra Music Activities
Instead of saying, "What do I do now?"
Use this page to find lots of ways to enjoy learning through music!
...and fun ways to learn about music!
Just keep scrolling down for more and more music fun...
Use this page to find lots of ways to enjoy learning through music!
...and fun ways to learn about music!
Just keep scrolling down for more and more music fun...
Have fun singing, dancing, listening, and responding
1. Send me a video of yourself singing and dancing to a song from the Essential Elements "Dance Party Sing Along" playlist.
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2. Watch one of the "Cresskill Virtual Concert" Youtube Playlists and tell me what you liked best about it.
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3. Submit a new or different video of yourself to the VIRTUAL TALENT SHOW FlipGrid
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HISTORICAL COMPOSER CARTOONS
- Click the pictures below to watch any of these Musical Cartoons.
- Then do some coloring if you want
- *You can email photos of your coloring to [email protected]*
Sing and Dance with Disney, Nickelodeon, GoNoodle, and ABC Mouse!
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Get up and Dance!
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Go to a JAZZ Concert!
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Listen to, and sing, some Patriotic Music
Why do we have Patriotic Music?
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The Mbira is an African instrument - like a hand held piano.
Google is celebrating this instrument with fun interactive lesson. Click here - or on the picture - to learn more about this cool African Instrument! |
Let's take a JAZZ Field Trip!
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (or JLCO) is one of the coolest groups in the world for live jazz music, and they are based right in New York City! Since we can't take a real field trip to see them, let's take a virtual trip...
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (or JLCO) is one of the coolest groups in the world for live jazz music, and they are based right in New York City! Since we can't take a real field trip to see them, let's take a virtual trip...
Classics For Kids
This is one of my favorite websites for sharing all the things I love about the history of music.
Follow the link below to explore this cool site!
This is one of my favorite websites for sharing all the things I love about the history of music.
Follow the link below to explore this cool site!
Listen, create, play, and explore with
"Music K-8 Kids" (better for grade K-3 students) listen to songs or watch music videos, play virtual classroom instruments, create and color musical characters, and play games that help you learn about music in a fun way! |
Create your own Beat Boxing songs with "Incredibox"
(better for grade 2-5 students) a fun, interactive music game that allows you to level up and unlock cooler and cooler beats and you learn about musical patterns. |
Click the "Chrome Music Lab" picture below to find fun music games for everyone!
- Create your own music in a fun way.
- Explore patterns of sound - beat, rhythm, melody, harmony
- Share your creations with your teachers and friends.
- Email your creations to Mr. Mello at [email protected]
Celebrate Spanish Music
Listen, Sing, Dance, and Play
Listen, Sing, Dance, and Play
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Sing, Dance, and Play along with The Learning Station
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Lincoln Center concert for kids!
*Music from India - 30 minute cultural concert*
*Music from India - 30 minute cultural concert*
Some Music Science (Physics) and History...
- Recommended by a 4th Grade student
- Maybe a little advanced for younger kids, but safe to watch
- For students who always wanted to know how and why music works the way it does
Science - How instruments make notes using sound waves
Math - How to use numbers to figure it out |
History - Why does the musical alphabet start with "C"?
Social Studies - Who made up the idea of a musical scale? |
Celebrate our Earth with these songs
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Watch these cool dance videos...
A ballet style dance for Earth Week - "This Bitter Earth"
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A mix of famous Broadway dances
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Then do a dance with the Kidz Bop Kids!
Learn this one, step by step...
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or just dance along with this one...
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Amazing Cultural Concerts from NYC and Paris
Moona Luna is a bi-lingual (English and Spanish) performing group that sings some of their original songs for you to enjoy.
Sing along! Dance around! Enjoy the music! |
Joshua Bell, a world famous violinist, brings the music of India to Paris, France.
He performs with famous Indian musician, Anoushka Shankar. |
Music Class sing-along and dance-along fun!
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GoNoodle Brain Break Music Fun!
Learn a new dance with the Kidz Bop Kids!...
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or Sing Along with the Kidz Bop Kids!
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15 Minutes of learning fun with music!
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or just sing some songs about SPRINGTIME!
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Songs about OPPOSITES...
2 versions of "Open Shut Them" with different pairs of opposites
2 versions of "Open Shut Them" with different pairs of opposites
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Play Freeze Dance with Abby! ...
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... or Freeze and Rhyme with Jack Hartmann!
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Sing and Dance - using a High, Low, Fast, and Slow voice!
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Learn a new dance with the KIDZ BOP Kids!
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A great book for young music lovers
I read this and I loved it!
Click the picture below for a link to FREE AUDIOBOOK LISTENING on Audible.com
- I recommend this audiobook for kids that enjoy magic, fantasy, and music
- Imagine "Harry Potter" with musical instruments instead of wands, where the songs are the spells!
Mr. Mello's favorite songs about Rainbows
to inspire you as you create COLOFUL ARTWORK
(Draw and color whatever you want as you listen to some of these songs)
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BRAIN BREAK CHALLENGE
Get up and move! And make some music with the GoNoodle Kids!
Click the blue button below to see if you can "Repeat The Beat"...
(Note: GoNoodle.com is free)
Get up and move! And make some music with the GoNoodle Kids!
Click the blue button below to see if you can "Repeat The Beat"...
(Note: GoNoodle.com is free)
More GoNoodle.com stuff!
Follow the link below for "Good Energy At Home" activities with GoNoodle...
Follow the link below for "Good Energy At Home" activities with GoNoodle...
COUNT BY TEN with this fun music video by NumbeRock!
Remember your SHAPES as you sing along with the Bounce Patrol and Singing Walrus!
"NEVER EAT SOGGY WAFFLES" - from GoNoodle.com
A fun way to remember the Compass Rose - finding the directions on a map.
(Note: GoNoodle.com is free)
A fun way to remember the Compass Rose - finding the directions on a map.
(Note: GoNoodle.com is free)
The SEVEN CONTINENTS SONG will help you remember the big land masses of our globe!
Sing along with the HopScotch gang!
Sing along with the HopScotch gang!
Keep time and TELL TIME with these fun CLOCK SONGS from Jack Hartmann, Pink Fong, and NumbeRock!
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Sing about the STATES OF MATTER (Solid, Liquid, Gas) with Harry and Jack!
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Sing about THE WATER CYCLE for some more Science fun!
Sing about our SOLAR SYSTEM with the Kids Learning Tube kids!
Sing and Dance with Blazer Fresh as you COUNT THE MONEY in this video from GoNoodle.com
Sing this fun song about THE EXPLORERS to help you remember all the English and Spanish adventurers!