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PlayMusic.Org
Learn about instruments, read interviews with musicians,
find an orchestra or a music teacher
www.playmusic.org
Morton Subotnick’s Creating Music
An on-line creative music environment
for children on all ages, a place for kids to compose music, play with
musical instruments, music games and music puzzles
www.creatingmusic.com
Classics for Kids
Web broadcast radio shows on classical music for
kids, interactive games, resources
www.classicsforkids.com
PBS Kids
Home of your favorite PBS kids characters with learning and
fun games to explore
www.pbskids.org
ExperienceLA
Listings of loads of events for kids at L.A.'s Official Cultural Calendar and Trip Planner
www,experiencela.com
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
LACO Kids! Online, a series of “Let’s Discover
Music” activities with music, interviews with musicians and composers,
resources and more
www.laco.org/kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony’s magical doorway
to a world of musical fun and learning for students, parents, and teachers,
searchable database of musical lesson plans
www.dsokids.com
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic’s Kidzone is
a place for kids to come and learn about the orchestra, the instruments,
musicians, composers and conductors
www.nyphilkids.org
San Francisco Symphony
Excellent interactive site for kids, music
fundamentals taught within entertaining learning experiences
www.sfskids.org
Cyberkids
This site includes mystery stories, interviews, contests,
and a club, for ages 7 – ll
www.cyberkids.com
Funschool
An educational gaming site, hundreds of interactive games
divided by subject and grade level
www.funschool.com
American Girl
Fun for girls, web games, activities for pre-teen girls
www.AmericanGirl.com
National Gallery of Art
Games and activities in the fine arts
www.nga.gov/kids
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Arts Ed Mail
An email news bulletin dedicated to informing and connecting
all segments of the arts education community in California
www.artsed411.org
Teaching Arts .Org
Information and resources on dance, music, theatre,
visual arts, and interest groups for teachers in the arts
www.teachingarts.org
Arts Ed Partnership
A national coalition of arts, education, business,
philanthropic, and government organizations that demonstrate and promote
the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of children
www.aep-arts.org
MENC (National Association for Music Education)
Includes links to all things related to music education, including networking communities,
standards and benchmarks, industry information
www.menc.org
California Music Educators Association
Promotes access to a sequential
music education for all Pre-K – grade
12 students, publications for advocacy
www.calmusiced.com
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
resources for music educators
and students of all areas and education levels, divided by area of
speciality/interest
www.hickorytech.net/~cshirk/k-12music/
Children’s Music Workshop
The most referenced web site for
music education on the web, resources including advocacy, reading suggestions,
grant information, instrument advice, free music downloads and more
www.childrensmusicworkshop.com
Music4Kids
On line
catalogue of quality musical instruments for children, musical
toys, cds. Videos, printed music, teacher resources and musical gifts,
music development and music and the brain articles
www.music4kids.com
Lesson Plans Page
2,500 free lesson plans for Pre K – grade
12, divided by subject
www.lessonplans.com
GoCityKids Los Angeles
The City Guide for Parents, events calendar,
activity finder, list of children’s concerts and activities
www.gocitykids.com
PBS Parents
Useful
advice on reading & language, health & safety, work & family
www.pbs.org/parents/
Nursery Songs
Classic nursery songs and children’s music
composed by J.W. Elliott
www.nursery-songs.com
Opera America
Music!Words!Opera! 3 level set of curriculum materials
on opera for K-12 students based on work of master teachers and opera
professionals
www.operaam.org
M.I.N.D Institute
A community based non profit research institute
dedicated to brain research, articles on the “Mozart effect” and
Math & Music,
combining non-language based computer games with specialized piano
training
www.mindinstitute.net
The Children’s Music Web
Music.org,
non profit resource for kids, parents
www.childrensmusic.org/
California PTA
Click on the “Smarts” icon, the California
PTA wants to bring the arts back into our schools and back into the
lives of our children, wonderful advocacy resources, music, art and
movement lessons and projects on-line, parent activities, grants and
funding sources, arts and education research, museums on-line
www.capta.org
The Dana Foundation
Resources, advocacy resources, excellent review
of print resources in arts education
www.dana.org/grants/artseducation/resources.cfm
Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts
An internationally respected program that provides innovative arts-based teaching strategies and services to early childhood teachers, caregivers, parents, and their children from 0 to 5 through the disciplines of drama, music, and movement
www.wolftrap.org/Education/Institute_for_Early_Learning_through_the_Arts.aspx
Arts Edge
Established with the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment
for the Arts, resources, excellent lesson plans in the arts, web
links, articles and reports, and advocacy essentials.
artsedge.kennedy-center.org
The Rand Corporation
Books and publications in arts research available
on-line, including “Gifts
of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts”, “Arts
Education Partnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District’s
Experience” and “Improving Arts Education Partnerships.”
www.rand.org/publications
Technology Institute for Music Educators
Information and links for music education and technology
www.ti-me.org
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Classics for Kids
Parent resources, “tips and advice,” how you as a parent can interest your child in classical music
www.classicsforkids.com
Kaboose.com
Parenting guides for the internet, Filtering tools, resources
and links, safe surfing guide, a family-friendly search engine with
top parenting searches
www.kaboose.com
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