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Musicians |
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Charlotte
Diamond’s Themes -
http://www.charlottediamond.com/teachers/themes.htm
Ideas of which themes Charlotte's songs will fit; all CD's
listed. |
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Denise Gagne's Web Site: Themes and Variations -
http://www.musicplay.ca Denise is an
Alberta teacher who has built incredible resources to use with
young children. This site offers all of her CD's and music for
purchase, with samples for everyone to enjoy. I've used her
Alphabet Action CD and book all year - and it's amazing how
it's helped the children with phonemic awareness! |
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Eric Nagler -
http://www.ericnagler.com/
Music, schedule |
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Fred Penner -
http://www.fredpenner.com/
Music, games, fun |
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Greg & Steve -
http://www.gregandsteve.com/
Music, biography |
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Michael Mitchell -
http://michael-mitchell.ca/
Music, concert schedule, other |
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Music for Kids: Geof Johnson -
http://www.songsforkids.net/
I had never heard of him before browsing sites for this page,
but by listening to the song samples, I had to order 4 of his
CD’s for my classroom! |
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Raffi -
http://www.raffisongs.com/
All of his music and books; biography; teacher resources
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Song
Lyrics |
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Becky’s Campfire Songbook -
http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songbook_index.htm
Lots of lyrics! |
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Boy Scout Song Book -
http://www.accesscom.com/~daveh/sean/song/pbsong0.html
lyrics |
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Kids Songs and Lullabies -
http://worldkids.net/entertainment/music/lyrics/kidsongs/lyrics.htm
Lyrics to about 80 songs |
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Lyrics Box -
http://www.lyricsbox.com Search by
title or by decade |
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MoJo’s Musical
Mouseum
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http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
Lyrics to tons of kids songs |
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Online Songbook:
http://judyanddavid.com/cma.html
Judy and Dave have lyrics to many kids songs |
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Scout Handbook -
http://www.usscouts.org/songs/songbook.html
- lyrics |
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Songs 4 Teachers -
http://www.songs4teachers.com/
There are some free songs to download on this site - check the
left hand column... but you can also order the CD for almost
600 songs (lyrics, chords) on every holiday, topic, theme... |
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Teachers Guide:
Children's Songs
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http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm
Lots of lyrics and midi files |
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Online
Music |
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Creating Music -
http://creatingmusic.com
Children can create music right on the computer without
needing to read or write
music. Just click dots or patterns and press the composer to
listen to your own
musical track.
 Carol's
Favorite - 2005
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Cylinder
Preservation -
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/
This site has the very old songs online. |
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Dallas Symphony
Orchestra -
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
For students and a section for teachers |
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Kididdles -
http://kididdles.com/mouseum/allsongs.html
Lots of songs online |
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Kid's Corner
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http://members.tripod.com/~rosemck1/kids-corner.html Lots
of songs online |
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KidTunes by dayVel -
http://www.mp3forkidz.com/
downloadable mp3s |
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Music Mania -
http://www.musicmania.ecsd.net/
A telecollaborative project with midi tunes and lyrics for
young children’s songs that could be used to inspire children
to create their own lyrics |
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New York Philharmonic Kidzone -
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
flash presentation; amazing introduction to instruments, to
the symphony. Move your mouse over the illustrations to access
each new section.
Carol's
Favorite - 2005
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Odd Music -
http://oddmusic.com
Check out the gallery part - very interesting instruments;
see sample, hear an audio clip |
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Play Music -
http://www.playmusic.org/
Great for the youngest kids |
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San Fransisco Symphony -
http://sfskids.org - flash presentation; goes
through all instruments; radio plays several channels each
with 10 or so classical songs; more.
Carol's
Favorite - 2005
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Sing Along With Me
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http://www.singalongwithme.com/ Midi
files with active and animated lyrics. Great fun! |
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Teacher
Resources and Links |
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A to Z Kids Stuff:
Music
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http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/musicpre.html
Several fun ideas |
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A Guide to Medieval
and Renaissance Instruments -
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
This is a superb site with pictures and audio samples of many
Renaissance instruments. |
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Adventures of
CyberBee: Music Links
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http://www.cyberbee.com/music.html
Lots of great links |
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Canadian Children’s Songwriter’s Network
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http://www.geocities.com/duncanw.geo/ccsn.html
List of musicians, contacts. Check here for other Canadian
artists that you might not know yet. You can usually listen to
sample songs. |
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Children's Music -
http://www.fastq.com/%7Ejbpratt/education/music/children.html
Tons of links to sites with music for kids. |
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Children's Music and Songs -
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/songs.htm
Incredible listing of music links! |
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Children’s Music Web
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http://www.childrensmusic.org
Lots of links and resources |
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Educator’s Reference
Desk: Music Lesson Plans
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http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music
graded lessons |
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Instrument
Encyclopedia
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http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Photos and information; teacher resources |
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Kindergarten Music
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http://www.kindernetonline.com/music.html
One teacher’s ideas and recommendations |
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Music Foundations -
http://www.doe.state.in.us/primetime/pdf/foundationmusic.pdf
ideas for integrating music |
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Promoting Literacy
Through Music
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http://www.songsforteaching.com/lb/literacymusic.htm
An excellent article |
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Selecting Music for Children -
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childmusic.htm
guidelines |
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Singing as a Teaching Tool -
http://www.naeyc.org/ece/2004/01.asp
position paper from NAEYC |
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Singing With Children -
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=27
Outlines developmental stages
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Songs for Teaching –
Using Music for Learning
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http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm
songs & CD’s listed for different curricular areas |
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The Symphony: An
Interactive Guide -
http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/
There is a section on composers, a guide to the orchestra, a
symphonic quiz (use this as part of a webquest!) a section on
countries that composers come from and a crash course in
symphonic form. |
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Teachnology: Music
Resources
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http://www.teach-nology.com/subjects/music/
Incredible listing of topics within the subject of music
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Teach the Children
Well
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http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/arts.html#music
Music is the third of the categories with links for this fine
arts site |
