Welcome to my creative project

Creative Project

Welcome to my blog, where the harmonious intersection of music, education, and technology creates a symphony of learning opportunities. In today's world, technology offers an innovative platform for teachers to explain complex music concepts in a simple, engaging manner. My journey involves searching for and creating activities, videos, and games that demonstrate the transformative power of education. This blog is a testament to the joy and wonder that education, especially in the realm of music, can bring. Join me in exploring how we can make learning more effective, enjoyable, and accessible through the use of technology. 

I hope that you will enjoy my blog :) 

Incorporating Music and Musical Concepts to Math

Music and math.. I found a website that has games to encourage children to learn math through music. It is really easy and fun. They can learn many different things and play in the same time.

•  Unifix Cube Drum Machine: in the web site the child will learn pattern and ratios through drum rhythms. There are different cubes and the child can click on them to make a pattern. Then they can listen to the interesting sounds they made.

http://www.philtulga.com/unifix.htm

• Musical Fraction Bars: the fraction bars connect the children understanding of fractions and length to musical pitch. The child can choose a fraction and listen to the sounds it makes.   

http://www.philtulga.com/fractionbars.html

• Playing Fraction Pies: help connect the child understanding of fraction to musical notes.

http://www.philtulga.com/pie.html

The important of music for brain, language, social and emotional development in children

Video that shows the important of music for brain, language, social and emotional development in children because music and songs has repetition, can engage the children, move, and play with them. All of these help the children develop fantastically in those areas.

Musical Instruments

       Timbre: Are the different sounds that each instrument can make.

http://pbskids.org/jazz/bandleader.html

• Online: Form a jazz band/join the jazz band. Through the PBS Kids website i found a game that can teach children different things about music. they can learn about different instrument, the history of jazz, quiz on some of the concepts… matching game. 

Activity:

Make an Instrument: use the children imagination and let them create their own instruments. Teachers can do that in an art class.

·         For example they can use an old shoe box, rubber bands some decorations. Decorate the inside of the shoe box. Then place the rubber bands around the box. After you are finished you can say that you created a form of string instrument.

•       Empty bottles big small medium can make different sounds. Fill these bottles with different kind and shapes of dry beans. It will be colorful and make different sounds.
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Another example...

Name that Tune with Musipedia

1.      Name that Tune with Musipedia

http://www.musipedia.org/

Pitch:  one of the concepts of music which mean low/ high sounds. 

Name that Tune with Musipedia: is a very good web site for older children. It can help them look for different melodies. I can say it is like Google search engine but this one not with words. this website provide you a piano keyboard and you get to make the melody by clicking on the piano battens then chose the pitch and rhythm then click search. The website will provide you with many different results. 

Creative Kids Center.

1.       Creative Kids Center.

http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/index.asp
Styles: one of the concepts of music. 

Web site that helps children learns different styles of music. When you open the web site you can find a list of 6 different kinds of music. When the child chose one the program will provide a very nice and short definition of that kind of music. Then it will play a 3 minuets animated example. This program presents this interesting information with creative and attractive colors. 

SFS Kids

SFS Kids:

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=11

Tempo: one of the concepts of music which mean fast and slow rhythm.

a web site that help the children learn about different things like tempo, rhythm, pitch, harmony, symbols, and instruments. This web site is colorful and easy to use. It can be used with an interactive white board to help the teacher explain these concepts in a very fun way.

• Activity:

Clap and Stomp:  this activity can teach the children rhythm and tone. Teacher can play this activity with the children while they are listening to music because it is easy and it combined movement with music. Very young children can enjoy this exercise too.  

Beat & Rhythm:

1.       Toon Beats

• http://www.hbofamily.com/games/toon_beats/
• Beat &Rhythm: one of the concepts of music which represent the basic pulse of music
• Toon Beats is an online game that can help the children build their own composition and learn about beats. It has 5 different sounds, and the child just has to use the keyboard to create his/ her own composition. Then each child can save his composition and share it with the class. It is a fun and easy activity for different ages. For older students the teacher could ask them to write a short paragraph or two about what he learned from this game.