ElementaryLinks

=** Elementary age Music sites These four sites are especially for K - 2: **=

===**[|Drumsteps] - the amazing rhythmic composition activity from the BBC in England - make the red balls roll down steps, go down ladders, disappear into & reappear out of "wormholes", & more! (only works w/ Internet Explorer)**===

**[|DSO Kids Music Room] - lots of fun stuff, from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra**
===**[|Families of the Orchestra] - Pictures, sounds and info about the different instrument families and the instruments in each family - from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra**===

**[|Kazounds] - a musical memory game - see if you can outwit "Zounds"! **
===**[|Keeping Score] - the companion website to the TV series of the same name. Hosted by the conductor of the San Fransisco Symphony, Micheal Tilson Thomas. This site has amazing interactive features, & a wealth of information about how symphonic music is put together by the great composers. Features music by Beethoven, Aaron Copland, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky.**===

**[|Music Match'em] - match the pictures of instruments to the correct sound**
===**[|Music Through the Curriculum] - a whole bunch of fun musical things to do that also help you with your reading and math! Includes favorites like "Cucumber Pickle Machine" & "Counting Music", with the computer voice counting the rhythms!**===

**[|Pianolina] - play with floating tones, & create your own deconstruction of Beethoven's "Fur Elise"**
===**[|San Francisco Symphony Kids Page] - more info about instruments of the orchestra, & experiment with the sights & sounds of music in the [|Music Lab]**===

**[|Thumb Piano Tunes] - learn some tunes to play on the African thumb piano, or make up your own!**
===**[|Virtual Piano] - play a song on this keyboard, & add drums or chords; you can also change the sound to other instruments**=== 

=** Resources **=

**[|Encyclopedia Britannica Online] - ask Mr. McDade for the password if you don't know it**
===**[|Essentials of Music] - information on the different eras of classical music, composers & a music glossary **===

**[|PBS Jazz for Kids] - has information about important jazz musicians**
=** Vocabulary  **=

**[|Music Master Glossary] - from Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE)**
=** Design Squad Vidz - engineering challenges solved by kids: **=