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Government Sites
Kids and Families Page - Library of Congress - View the collections, stories , webcasts
and find out what happened today in history.
Latino
Center's Kids Corner - Smithsonian - View three major galleries: 1) a Kids Gallery; 2) the Son Clave
Lounge featuring Latino music; 3) Meso Time, a virtual visit through Mexico’s pre-Columbian past. (Flash
required)
Musical Instruments - Library of Congress - Gives descriptive
information about the instrument collections, as well as photos and audio.
Sing-Along - NIEHS
has included this sing-along section to teach environmental health science through song.
Uncommon Instruments - America's Library - You might play the
trumpet, the violin, or the flute, but how about the marimba, the oud, or the zurna? Although these may sound like
ingredients in an exotic recipe, they are actually musical instruments.
Other Resources
Dallas
Symphony Orchestra - DSO Kids - DSOKids is the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to
a world of musical fun and learning for students. The site's mission is to provide attractive, accessible and child-
friendly resources that introduce symphonic music, the orchestra and its instruments, and to encourage young
people to explore the world of the symphony orchestra.
Instruments of the Orchestra - You’re introduced to four families: Strings, Woodwinds,
Brass and Percussion. Each of these families share similar characteristics: how them make their sounds, how
they are constructed, and the materials used to make them.
It's Fun To
Read! - This is a great site from Starfall.com where you and your friends have fun learning to read.
There's an art gallery, poetry and even fun tongue twisters!
Listen
by Instrument - Listen to different instruments from each of the orchestra families: Strings,
Percussion, Woodwinds and Brass.
Music Around the
World - Sesame Street Playlist - Learn with Grover and his global love for music. (Flash required)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra - NSO Kids - Find video clips of musicians talking about
their instruments and what they enjoy most about playing them.
New York
Philharmonic Kids Page - Check out the instrument lab, the composition workshop, and the musicians
lounge of the New York Philharmonic.
Playmusic.org - A cool
site for kids from the American Symphony Orchestra League. Learn all about classical music and the different
instruments that make it.
Page Revised - 11/8/2011
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