Music+-+Watson

[] Listen to the melodies of your favorite kids' songs. ** With [|**Lyrics**] to read .** The words to 2,000 of the most popular children's songs. Songs are organized both [|alphabetically] and by [|subject] - all free for your viewing and listening pleasure! This looks like a nice site for you and your child to practice both their reading and singing skills. Recommended for Pre-K and up.
 * KIDiddles**

**__ Virtual Keyboard __** [] You can practice playing and learning about the piano and other instruments by reading the “Instructions” tab and using your own computer keyboard. Have fun creating your own music with this virtual keyboard. Recommended for 2nd grade and up.

[|The New York Philharmonic Kidzone!] http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml? Multimedia website with interactive activities about instruments, games, etc. Recommended for 2nd grade and up.

__ San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site __ http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp A music learning ﻿ website for kids and parents! We love music and are committed to music education, within our community and beyond. This website, in conjunction with our live performances, provides a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music. || Recommended for 2nd grade and up. [|Creating Music] http://www.creatingmusic.com/ A place for kids to compose music, play with instruments, play music games and puzzles. Creatingmusic.com 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! Recommended for 2nd grade and up.
 * || The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) welcomes you to the SFS Kids' Site.

**__ PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC __** (//[|www.pdmusic.org]//) Check out this web site for background information on many American composers. It also has several musical selections by the composers that you can listen to. Recommended for 3rd grade and up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/index.shtml Musical Mysteries is a lively interactive site allowing pupils to have fun, while exploring basic musical concepts in sound, rhythm and mood. The site provides opportunities too for pupils to investigate a range of orchestral instruments. The primary aims of the site are to develop pupils' sensitivity to sound and to stimulate an interest in music. Recommended for 3rd grade and up.
 * __ Musical Mysteries __**

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp From sound clips to sound advice, ArtsAlive.ca has a wealth of information to help you and your child learn more about music. //**ArtsAlive.ca**// is a performing arts educational website produced by the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The goals of ArtsAlive.ca are: Recommended for 3rd grade and up.
 * __ Arts Alive National Arts Centre __**
 * To engage younger generations of Canadians in information, multimedia resources and activities pertaining to the performing arts, and
 * To provide free performing arts-related primary and secondary resources to students, parents and teachers to aid them in learning about and teaching the topics presented.

**__ Big Ears __** The Original Online Ear Trainer http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/ Big Ears is an interval driller. It plays a random interval and then allows you to guess which interval was played. Recommended for 5th, maybe 4th graders.