Thursday, February 7, 2019

Misc. Links Index

Dot to Dot Links
File Folder Links
Preschool Mazes Links

Music Theme

Here are some pages found on this blog.

Children's Music
Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments A to Z

Find various musical instruments in the MP3 / CD The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34.   Including: Full Orchestra, Woodwinds Family, Brass Family, Strings Family, Percussion Family, Piccolo and Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Bassoons, Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses, Harp, French Horns, Trumpets, Trombones and Tuba, and Full Orchestra.

Coloring Pages
BayArea Little Symphony Including instrument coloring pages

Virtual Tours
National Music Museum

Audio Recordings and Pictures of Instruments
DSO Kids | Learn + Listen: Instruments or search at DSO (Dallas Symphony Orchestra) Kids (if the link is expired).

A to Z Instruments

Musical Dictionary
List of Musical Instruments - Wikipedia This site has a list of instruments from different countries.
AZ pbslearningmedia: ZOOM
ZOOMTube - YouTube

A 

Accordion

Accordion | Wikipedia
Bay Area Little Symphony Including an accordion coloring page.
PBS: Accordion Dreams

Alphorn / Alphehorn
Alphorn (Alpenhorn) | Wikipedia

Anklung
Anklung | Wikipedia

B 
Bass Drum  
C 

Castanets 

Cello 

Chimes 

Clarinet

Concertina
Tune Basics: Kerin Gedge: - YouTube
Kerin teaches the very basics of how to play the harmonica, tin whistle, piano and concertina.

Conga Drum
Dallas Symphony
 
Contrabassoon 

Cowbell
Cymbals 
Dayereh (or doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja, daire)
This instrument is a frame drum with jingles.

Double Bass 

E 

English Horn
Dallas Symphony

F 

Flute
The Flute Player by Lacapa Michael


French Horn

G


Gong
Harmonica
Tune Basics: Kerin Gedge: - YouTube
Kerin teaches the very basics of how to play the harmonica, tin whistle, piano and concertina.


One tune he teaches is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. There are many more lessons on his channel.
How to Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the Harmonica - YouTube


Harpsichord
J

Janggu
Mallet Percussion

Maracas
Make maracas and
Play music on them.
Mexican Maracas (using a balloon) @ DLTK-Kids

Melodeon

Mbira
It is Zimbabwe’s national instrument. This country is located in Africa.

Celebrating Mbira
Mbira | Wikipedia 

O

Oboe
Dallas Symphony

P

Piano
Music: Pretend to play the piano while music plays or play a real piano.

Dallas Symphony

Tune Basics: Kerin Gedge: - YouTube
Kerin teaches the very basics of how to play the harmonica, tin whistle, piano and concertina.

Music Games and Interactive Links
Chrome Music Lab
Compose Your Very Own Music! - ClassicsforKids
FunBrain.com Piano Player
Music Memory - Primary Games
Music Quizzes, Games, Worksheets and Music Theory Help by Ms. Garrett
Musical Notes - Primary Games
PianoNanny.com Lesson for all stages. It has a "12 Note Companion" on the bottom of each lesson where you can play the piano as you do each lesson.
Piano Practice and Chord Chart - Music Tech Teacher

Piccolo
Dallas Symphony

S

Saxophone 
Snare Drum 

T

Tambourine 

Tenor Drum
Timpani
Dallas Symphony

Tin Whistle
Tune Basics: Kerin Gedge: - YouTube
Kerin teaches the very basics of how to play the harmonica, tin whistle, piano and concertina.
 
Triangle 

Trombone
Trumpet 

Tuba 

Violin
Violin | Wikipedia
Listen to violin music.

Play music with different string instruments and have the child pick out the violin when it is playing.

Composer: Vivaldi (Four Seasons and other classical pieces)

Dallas Symphony
Violin Online - Interactive Fingerboard
Violin Online Violin Basics, Sheet Music and MP3, Online Violin Class, Exercises, and Free Violin Christmas Music (Violin Sheet Music and Violin MP3)
Mom's Network Alphabet Coloring Pages: Letter V and a Violin
Bry-Back Manor: Musical Clipart: Violin

W

Wood Block

X

Xylophone 

The letter "x" sounds like a "z" in English.
ZOOM | Experimenting with a Glass Xylophone

Z

Children's Music Links

Music Games and Interactive Links
Chrome Music Lab
Compose Your Very Own Music! - ClassicsforKids
FunBrain.com Piano Player
Music Memory | PrimaryGames
Music Quizzes, Games, Worksheets and Music Theory Help by Ms. Garrett
Musical Notes | PrimaryGames
PianoNanny.com - Lesson for all stages.  It has a "12 Note Companion" on the bottom of each lesson where you can play the piano as you do each lesson.
Piano Practice and Chord Chart | Music Tech Teacher
PrimaryGames | Music Games

Symphonies and Halls Interactive Links
ArtsAlive
DSO Kids
New York Philharmonic KidZone
SFS Kids Fun and Games With Music
SFS Kids Fun With Music: Classics
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Music Links with Some Lyrics and Music
NIEHS Kids' Pages: Music
BusSongs.com
Children'sSongs | The Teachers Guide
Diversi-tune Midi Files

Other Music Links
Children Songs | Step by Step
Judy's and David's Online Songbook
MakingMusicFun.net | Creative Resources for Elementary Music Education
Mama Lisa's World of Children' and International Culture
Preschool Education: Music and Songs
Songs and Fingerplays | The Endter Family Splish Splash Song, Five Little Monkeys, Mr Alligator Song, and Little Ducks Song
The Idea Box | Music and Song


File Folders

August: Creating File Folders Games - SpeechTX

File Folder Games and Activities - Enchanted Learning

Games For Learning Ideas

Preschool Printables: File Folder ~ Beautiful Butterfly, Bright & Sunny Letters, Christmas Tree, Fire Safety, Hearts, Icy Igloo Alphabet, Mitten Match, Numbers In Bloom, Shamrocks, Pumpkin Patch, Snowman, Turkey Lurkey Watermelon Numbers, and they might have more in the future.

Preschool Printable File Folders Games - Daycare Resource

Hassle Free Clip Art

Google Images

The ABC's of Snacking: Letter A

Animal
For any of the "... (animal) Dig", you can use my chocolate pudding recipes.

Animal (Bear, Dinosaur, Insect, Reptile, Worm, etc.) Dig
Place one or more gummy bear(s), dinosaur(s), insect(s), reptile(s), worm(s), or whatever you find in the stores in a cup.  Add rocks or dirt (chocolate cereal or pudding) to it.  Eat with a spoon.

Make gelatin jigglers.  Use a cookie cutters of an animal shape.  (If you like don't like using food coloring/dyes, make you own gelatin using unflavored gelatin and add blended up fruit.)

Ant
Ants in Sand
Place a graham cracker in a bag that zips or that you can twist tie.  Roll a rolling pin over it or have the children crush the cracker into small pieces.  (For younger children, the second option children like more.)  Place some raisins or chocolate chips in the bag.  Eat with a spoon or with your hands.

Ants on a Log (Graham Crackers)
Spread frosting, peanut butter, jam/jelly/preserves, etc. on a quarter of a graham cracker.  Place raisins, chocolate chips, or  pieces of fruit on top.

Ants on a Log
Spread some peanut butter or other nut butter onto celery.  Place raisins or chocolate chips on the nut butter.

Apple
Cut and core some apples and eat them.

Make Apple Crisp, Apple Spice Cake, or Cocoa Apple Cake

Apple Boats
Cut an apple into fourths.  Cut out the cores.  Place a wooden toothpick in one side of the apple and then a large marshmallow on it.

Apple Smiles
Peel and core an apple.
Cut it into slices.
Place some caramel or peanut butter on it.
Have the children decorate it using raisins, chocolate chips, gum drops, etc. to make a happy apple.

Apple Volcanoes
Ingredients:
Apple
Peanut butter/other type of nut butter, or caramel
Raisins, chocolate chips or other type of chip
Knife
Teaspoon

Cut off the top of the apple. Using spoon, scoop out core of apple.  Fill the apple with butter/other type of nut butter, or caramel and top with raisins, chocolate chips or other type of chip.
If you want to eat this later, brush the apple edges with lemon juice to prevent browning and wrap in foil.

Copyright © 2000-2017 Barbara Pratt.  All rights reserved.

Letter A

I first put this on my website in 2001 (before I had this blog). I have added more resources since then.

ABC's of Snacking: Letter Aa

LANGUAGE ARTS

"A" Book

Letter Book
If you want, you can make a letter book (especially for preschoolers). You can have your child or student make their own book.  Have them draw pictures or glue in pictures that begin with the letter.

Note: When I have time I will put my own one sheet book template onto this blog.

Version One:
Place each of the pages on construction paper.  Fold it in half before having the child do his/her activities.  Glue each page to each other.  Take a piece of construction paper and glue that to the front and back pages.  Write on the front the child's name, below that, use yarn for the upper and lower case of that letter, and then, write "Letter Aa Book", "My Letter Aa Book", or anything you think up.

Cheaper Version:
Another way to do letter books is to cut the amount of construction paper you need for the book in half (this saves on paper and glue).  Reduce the activity sheets to fit on one side (this saves computer ink).  Staple the pages together when you have finished that letter of the week.  Write on the front the child's name, below that, use yarn for the upper and lower case of that letter, and then, write "Letter Aa Book", "My Letter Aa Book", or anything you think up.

You can use any of these ideas or use your imagination for the words you would like to use for your "A Book".

Page 1:  Use an "Apple dot-to-dot".
Apple Dot-to-Dot: Google
 
On the top left hand side, glue half of a tooth pick and then two tooth picks to make "A".  Make an "a" using glue.  Sprinkle rice (arroz in Spanish) on it.

Animals: Cut out pictures of animals from pet store ads and/or magazines and glue them on the page.

Ants: Follow the same instructions as "Ant Art".

Apple: Apple seed, picture of apple/apples from grocery store ads and/or magazines, and make apple prints using paint.

Label the objects.

Page 2:  Collage of "A" words.
Page 3: Use your "Ant Art".

CRAFTS

Puppets: Letter A
Alligator (first-school)


Alligator Paper Bag Puppet Craft
Use a small paper bag.  Cut a green piece of construction paper to be about 9 x 5" (or the size of the bag).  Glue it on the bottom part of the paper bag.  Cut a piece to be 6 x 5" Round off the bottom (use this as a pattern).  Cut another piece but make it 4 1/2 x 5".  Glue the top part of the alligator's snout to the top of the paper bag. Make two eyes about 1 1/4".  Color black pupils on them.  Color two nostrils on the alligators snout on the bottom.  Glue onto the bottom part of the flap but only where the flap ends.  Cut two pieces of white paper together and fold over.  Cut teeth using the pattern (making triangles).  Cut them out to make a set of teeth.  Glue on the top and the bottom of the alligator's snout.  Make a large red tongue to be about 4 1/4" long.  Glue on the bottom of the flap.  Make two eyes and make pupils on them.  Glue on the top of the head.  Make green or brown marks on the alligator. 


MATH
abacus
acute
add
addition
adjacent
algorithm
altitude
a.m. (ante meridiem)
amount
analog clock
annual
area
array
ascending order
associative property
asymmetry
average

Higher Math
absolute value
algebra
angle
apex
axis

MUSIC
Musical Instruments - Located on this blog

Accordion
Alphorn (Alpenhorn)
Anklung

Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes by Country and Culture

SCIENCE

Activity: Learn about an animal that starts with the letter "a". Write about the animal. Illustrate the animal.

A Animals
Aardvark
Acorn woodpecker
African buffalo
Albatross (Gooney Bird - in the North Pacific)
Alligator
Allosaurus (dinosaur)
Amphibians
Ant
Anteater
Ape
Arachnids
Armadillo
Arctic Fox
Arctic Hare
Arctic Wolf

Activity: Visit an aquarium or a pet store with aquarium inside it.

Aquatic
Arachnids
Asteroid
Acorn
Astronomy
Air
Airplane / Airport/ Aviation

SNACKS
ABC's of Snacking: Letter A

Eat: amaranth, apple sauce, apple sauce muffins, apples, apricots, etc.

SPORTS
Archer: Alphabet Teddy Bear Coloring Pictures

SOCIAL STUDIES

People

Apache


Countries

Activity: Learn about an country that starts with the letter "a". Write facts about the country.

Africa
Asia

You can find many more countries that start with the letter A.

Link
Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes by Country and Culture

Mountains
Alps / Alpine Region
Andes
Appalachian

United States


Activity: Learn about an state that starts with the letter "a". Write facts about the state.

Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas 
Arizona

United States Resources  - Located on this blog

Alphabet Links

Alphabet Charts
American Manual Alphabet & Numbers: Chart

Alphabet Charts for Jack Hartman Kindergarten Balanced Literacy


Music and Books
LDS Church Music: Children's Songbook has various songs you can view the music and listen to too.
 
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Book and CD)

Alphabet Activities
- Sing the Alphabet Song

Alphabet Theme List
Letter A

Dot to Dots

Mazes

February: How Many Words Can You Make?

I remember when I was in the sixth grade were we had a class activity thinking of words from a particular word the teacher told us that day. We had a certain amount of time to do it in but I can't remember how long the teacher gave us. It was always fun to do this in class. This is an excellent activity to make class time fun and not boring. Of course, the students (or your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.) are learning indirectly and using their brain to find words.

Here are some ideas you can use for word game activities for the month of January and February. Some of the words can be used in other months of the year.

If you get stuck, you can check yourself at this website.
https://wordmaker.info/

JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WORDS
This can be used in either January or February.
(It depends on which month Chinese New Year's fall on that year.)

How many words can you write using the word “China”?
CHINA

How many words can you write using the word “Chinese”?
CHINESE

FEBRUARY WORDS
How many words can you write using the word “February”?
FEBRUARY

How many words can you write using the word “heart”?
HEART

How many words can you write using the word “statehood”?
STATEHOOD

How many words can you write using the words "black history"?
BLACK HISTORY

2 - Groundhog Day
How many words can you write using the word “shadow”?
SHADOW

How many words can you write using the word “groundhog”?
GROUNDHOG

6 - Massachusetts Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Massachusetts”?
MASSACHUSETTS

12  - President of the United States Birthday: Abraham Lincoln (1809)
How many words can you write using the word “Lincoln”?
LINCOLN

How many words can you write using the words “Abraham Lincoln”?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

14 - Valentine's Day
How many words can you write using the word “Valentine's”?
VALENTINE'S

How many words can you write using the words “Valentine's Day”?
VALENTINE'S DAY

14 - Arizona Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Arizona”?
ARIZONA

Use this on the day it is celebrated in February.

How many words can you write using the word “president”?
PRESIDENT

How many words can you write using the words “Presidents Day”?
PRESIDENT'S DAY

22 - President of the United States Birthday: George Washington's Birthday (1732)

How many words can you write using the word “Washington”?
WASHINGTON

How many words can you write using the words “George Washington”?
GEORGE WASHINGTON

January: How Many Words Can You Make?

I remember in fifth or sixth grade we had a class activity thinking of words from a particular word the teacher told us that day. We had a certain amount of time to do it in but I can't remember how long the teacher gave us. It was always fun to do this in class. This is an excellent activity to make class time fun and not boring. Of course, the students (or your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.) are learning indirectly and using their brain to find words.

Here are some ideas you can use for word game activities for the month of January and February. Some of the words can be used in other months of the year.

If you get stuck, you can check yourself at this website.
https://wordmaker.info/

JANUARY WORDS
How many words can you write using the word “January”?
JANUARY

How many words can you write using the word “statehood”?
STATEHOOD

How many words can you write using the words “Martin Luther King, Jr.”?
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

1
How many words can you write using the word "New Year"?
NEW YEAR

2 - Georgia's Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Georgia”?
GEORGIA

7 - President of the United States Birthday: Millard Fillmore (1800)
How many words can you write using the words “Millard Fillmore”?
MILLARD FILLMORE

9 - President of the United States Birthday: Richard Nixon  (1913)
How many words can you write using the words “Richard Nixon”?
RICHARD NIXON

9 - Connecticut's Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Connecticut”?
CONNECTICUT

20 - Penguin Awareness Day
How many words can you write using the word “penguin"?
PENGUIN

21 - Squirrel Appreciation Day
How many words can you write using the word "squirrel"?
SQUIRREL

29 - President of the United States Birthday: William McKinley (1843)
How many words can you write using the words “William McKinley”?
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

30 - President of the United States Birthday: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
How many words can you write using the words “Franklin  D. Roosevelt”?
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WORDS
This can be used in either January or February.
(It depends on which month Chinese New Year's fall on that year.)

How many words can you write using the word “China”?
CHINA

How many words can you write using the word “Chinese”?
CHINESE

Presidents of the United States

United States Presidents in Chronological Order

PRESIDENT TERM
1. George Washington (April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797)
2. John Adams (March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809)
4. James Madison (March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817)
5. James Monroe (March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825)
6. John Quincy Adams (March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829)
7. Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837)
8. Martin Van Buren
(March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841)
9. William Henry Harrison
(March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841)
10. John Tyler
(April 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845)
11. James K. Polk
(March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849)
12. Zachary Taylor
(March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850)
13. Millard Fillmore
(July 9, 1850 - March 4, 1853)
14. Franklin Pierce
(March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857)
15. James Buchanan
(March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln
(March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865)
17. Andrew Johnson
(April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869)
18. Ulysses S. Grant
(March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877)
19. Rutherford B. Hayes
(March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881)
20. James Garfield
(March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881)
21. Chester Arthur
(September 19, 1881 - March 4, 1885)
22. Grover Cleveland
(March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889)
23. Benjamin Harrison
(March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1893)
24. Grover Cleveland
(March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1897)
25. William McKinley
(March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901)
26. Theodore Roosevelt
(September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909)
27. William Howard Taft
(March 4, 1909 - March 4, 1913)
28. Woodrow Wilson
(March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921)
29. Warren G. Harding
(March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923)
30. Calvin Coolidge
(August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929)
31. Herbert Hoover
(March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933)
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
(March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945)
33. Harry S. Truman
(April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953)
34. Dwight Eisenhower
(January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961)
35. John F. Kennedy
(January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963)
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
(November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969)
37. Richard Nixon
(January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974)
38. Gerald Ford
(August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977)
39. Jimmy Carter
(January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981)
40. Ronald Reagan
(January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989)
41. George Bush
(January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993)
42. Bill Clinton
(January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001)
43. George W. Bush
(January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009)
44. Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017)
45. Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 - present)

Presidents of the United States by Birth Month
 
January
7: Millard Fillmore (1800)
9: Richard Nixon (1913)
29: William McKinley (1843)
30: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)

February 6: Ronald Reagan (1911)
9: William Harrison (1773)
12: Abraham Lincoln (1809)
22: George Washington (1732)

March
15: Andrew Jackson (1767)
18: Grover Cleveland (1837)
16: James Madison (1751)
29: John Tyler (1790)

April
13: Thomas Jefferson (1743)
23: James Buchanan (1791)
27: Ulysses Grant (1822)
28: James Monroe (1758)

May
8: Harry Truman (1884)
29: John F. Kennedy (1917)
12: George H. Bush (1924)
14: Donald Trump (1946)

July
4: Calvin Coolidge (1872)
6: George W. Bush (1946)
11: John Quincy Adams (1767)
14: Gerald Ford (1913)
 
August
4: Barack Obama (1961)
10: Herbert Hoover (1874)
20: Benjamin Harrison (1833)
27: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908)

September
15: William Taft (1857)

October
1: Jimmy Carter (1924)
4: Rutherford Hayes (1822)
5: Chester Arthur (1830)
14: Dwight Eisenhower (1890)
27: Theodore Roosevelt (1858)
30: John Adams (1735)

November
2: James Polk (1795)
2: Warren Harding (1865)
19: James Garfield (1831)
23: Franklin Pierce (1804)
24: Zachary Taylor (1784)

December
5: Martin Van Buren (1782)
28: Woodrow Wilson (1856)
29: Andrew Johnson (1808) 


Links

Presidents | Whitehouse.gov - Learn More About Each President
List of Presidents of the United States | PresidentsUSA.net - Including facts and information.


January: How Many Words Can You Make? | Pratt's EDU Blog
February: How Many Words Can You Make? | Pratt's EDU Blog
March: How Many Words Can You Make? | Pratt's EDU Blog

March: How Many Words Can You Make?

I remember in fifth or sixth grade we had a class activity thinking of words from a particular word the teacher told us that day. We had a certain amount of time to do it in but I can't remember how long the teacher gave us. It was always fun to do this in class. This is an excellent activity to make class time fun and not boring. Of course, the students (or your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.) are learning indirectly and using their brain to find words.Here are some ideas you can use for word game activities for the month of January and February. Some of the words can be used in other months of the year.
If you get stuck, you can check yourself at this website.
https://wordmaker.info/

15 - President of the United States Birthday: Andrew Jackson (1767)
How many words can you write using the words “Andrew Jackson”?
ANDREW JACKSON

16 - President of the United States Birthday: James Madison (1751)
How many words can you write using the words “James Madison”?
JAMES MADISON

18 - President of the United States Birthday: Grover Cleveland (1837)
How many words can you write using the words “Grover Cleveland”?
GROVER CLEVELAND

29 -  President of the United States Birthday: John Tyler (1790)
How many words can you write using the words “John Tyler”?
JOHN TYLER


More words to come.

February Themes

Valentine's Day eBooks

Here are the Valentine's Day ebooks I have for sale at Teachers Pay Teachers. They can be used other times of the year too.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Desert-Blossom-Learning/PreK-12-Subject-Area/Valentines-Day

They include:
Butterfly Uppercase & Lowercase Alphabet Games eBook
Valentine's Addition & Subtraction Math Mats
Butterfly Number Games: 0-25 eBook
Hearts Alphabet Match & Cards eBook
Valentine's Day Matching Games eBook
Heart Tree Addition Facts: 0-10
Valentine's Day Flashcards eBook
Heart Tree Addition Facts: 0-10 Valentine's Day Flashcards eBook
Heart Tree Alphabet Games Flashcards eBook
Heart Tree Number Games: 0-25 eBook