Category Archives: Fine Arts

MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages

Make Beliefs Comix – Create your own comix “in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Latin!”

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How to read a painting

How to read a painting – A suggested process for teaching students to appreciate art.

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Virtual drum set

Buckle Inc. – Use your number keys to play drums online.

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Drum lessons

Free drum lessons

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Create your own comic strips

ToonDoo – Create, publish & share your own comic strips.

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Find & listen to music you love and new-to-you music plus artist/composer bios and more

Pandora Radio – Find & listen to music you love and new-to-you music, plus artist/composer bios and more. When we’re studying a particular composer, for example, I simply type in that composer’s name and let the music play quietly in the background as we do other schoolwork.  We can read his bio too.  Very handy.

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Get familiar with four classic operas

OperaGlass – Get familiar with four classic operas,  “each related to a different important period of opera: Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (1816); Verdi’s La Traviata (1853); Bizet’s Carmen (1875); and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (1904).”

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Diagrammed Latin and ballroom dance steps

Learn to Dance Steps – Diagrammed Latin and ballroom dance steps.

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History of several types of dance

History of Dance – History of several types of dance.

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Instructional dance videos, clips and examples from movies

Free Dance Videos, Clips and Movies – Instructional dance videos, clips and examples from movies. Please be sure to preview videos before showing them to children.

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Sunrises & sunsets photo gallery

Sunrises & Sunsets Photo Gallery

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Online guitar lessons

Guitar Lesson World – Online guitar lessons.

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Customizable & printable sheet music and staff paper

Blank Sheet Music – Customizable & printable sheet music and staff paper. Be sure to browse their Staff Paper Directory as well for pre-made printables.

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Music theory workbooks

Music Theory Workbooks

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Piano lessons with audio

PianoNanny.com – Piano lessons with audio.

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Piano lessons

Piano Lessons Online – Email required.

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A suggested schedule for studying 128 classical music pieces over a 6 year period (K-5)

Classical Magic – A suggested schedule for studying 128 classical music pieces over a 6 year period (K-5). This schedule is meant to be an accompaniment to the (purchased) Classical Magic Music Program, however, it might be helpful to the (budget-conscious) homeschooler who wants to introduce classical music to their children in a systematic way, but doesn’t know where to start.  The schedule is arranged according to grade and therefore, difficulty level. Potential use of the schedule: For each piece on the schedule, a homeschooler might listen to the piece (perhaps at classicalarchives.com) and  search online for the composer’s bio & information about the piece.

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Online radio show featuring a new composer each month

Classics for Kids – Online radio show featuring a new composer each month. The short radio pieces are fun to listen to and the website includes printable worksheets and bios for the composers.

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Printable music, staff paper, worksheets & teacher resources

The Music Rack – Printable music, staff paper, worksheets & teacher resources.

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Dictionary of (mostly classical) composers

Dr. Estrella’s Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers – Dictionary of (mostly classical) composers.

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