I used to struggle teaching Instruments and their Families to my students because I never got all the sound files put together in one place and my pictures were black and white, or my computer wouldn’t work and I couldn’t access the cool sites available. So I put together a blog post with 4 lesson ideas to solve all those problems. Now it’s easy to teach instruments in music class.
KEEP READING FOR ALL THE LESSON IDEAS-
TEACH INSTRUMENTS LESSON RESOURCE #1
Instrument Families Resource by Sing Play Create for music teachers in grades K-6.
This resource includes games, a story, posters, flashcards, activities and teaching pages- and SOUND FILES!
THE SOUND FILES ARE ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED
your classroom!
INSTRUMENT LEARNING BUNDLE OF *Mp3 Sound *ACTIVITIES *GAMES *PRINTABLES K-6
TEACH INSTRUMENTS LESSON RESOURCE #2
DSO KIDS- although they sell things too–great resource for composer info and pictures.
San Francisco Orchestra Teaching Kids Site-You’ll find the seating chart, the sounds, and games. Also a bit of history about the instruments.
CLASSICS FOR KIDS-Seating chart, sounds, games and explanations about the instrument.
TEACH INSTRUMENTS LESSON RESOURCE #3
USE VIDEOS
My own personal favorite!
Peter and the Wolf Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
TEACH INSTRUMENTS LESSON RESOURCE #4
TEACH WITH BOOKS
My students absolutely love this fun story book. The graphics and story line are delightful!
I’ve heard this book is a great resource to use during instrument lessons. And who doesn’t like animals?
This one comes highly recommended. It definitely looks informative and a good way to introduce the variety of instruments in the orchestra.
(*please note that I do receive a small kickback if you purchase one of these resources)
I’m hoping that these Instrument teaching ideas help you in your music classes!
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