Good morning, I would like to introduce you to two new Homeschool Resources: Music. Which you might want to check out. If you’ve used these resources in your classroom leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of them and why.
Award-winning Maestro Classics is a classical music series written for the narrator and Orchestra and uses fun stories and musical explanations designed to help your family cultivate a love of music through education and joyful performances.
PhilTulga.com: Music Through The Curriculum
All grades, children with parental supervision
Phil Tulga is a professional musician and music instructor. He has developed educational programs that weave music through the curriculum in almost every subject.
As a complement to his music programs, Phil has developed a series of FREE, interactive language arts, math and music activities that are available on his website.
When you get to the site you will see a menu that includes Language Arts and Math and Science. In the “Language Arts” section, get Phil’s tips for how to encourage a love of reading in your child.
Then, use the innovative “Cucumber Pickle Machine” to show your kids how to make rhythmic meters by combining two and three syllable words! Phil uses the musical score of “Peter and the Wolf” to teach storyline components complete with story maps!
In the “Math and Science” section, Phil takes popular math manipulatives and enhances them with rhythm and music.
You’ll find:
- Unifix Cube Drum Machine – This shows students how famous composers have used repeating patterns to create music. Students can make their own rhythm or drum patterns with popular Unifix cubes.
- Pattern Block Rock – Song melodies are patterns of short and long sounds. In this activity, students compose and play their own rhythmic songs using geometric shapes.
- Musical Fraction Bars – Mathematicians like Pythagoras discovered that musical pitches are derived from fractions. In this activity, students compose and play their own songs using Musical Fraction Bars. Not only that, you’ll find instructions for how to build a homemade musical instrument that is based on these fractions.
- And more!
Don’t miss “Homemade Instruments” where you’ll find directions for making your own panpipes, water bottle xylophone, tubular Glockenspiel, and melodic tube drums!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
