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I believe the best learning happens when we are having fun! I try to provide games and resources to help both teachers and students learn through play.

I believe the best learning happens when we are having fun! I try to provide games and resources to help both teachers and students learn through play.
Music Match It Grade 1 Dobble Style Music Theory  Card Game
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Music Match It Grade 1 Dobble Style Music Theory Card Game

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Music Match It! An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Includes 31 cards. Level 1 - This game has been designed with beginner level musicians in mind. The game is particularly suitable for musicians who are currently studying music to a grade 1 standard. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play!
Piano Keys Note Names and Keys Snap and a pairs Game
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Piano Keys Note Names and Keys Snap and a pairs Game

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A series of cards with key names and note positions. How to use your cards: Place all the cards face down and take it in turns to turn over two cards at a time. If you find a matching pair, you keep that pair. The player with the most pairs at the end is the winner. Divide the cards into two piles and play snap, identifying snaps for the same key name, the same key or the key name with the correct key. Use the cards with the keyboard. Place a pile of the cards face down beside the keyboard. Turn over the cards one at a time. If you turn over a key name, play all the keys on the keyboard that have that note name. If you turn over a keyboard card, name the note and then play every key on the keyboard that have that note name.
Boom Whaker Composition Game
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Boom Whaker Composition Game

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This game can be played in a group or used in one to one teaching. The pack contains a treble clef card, bar lines, three time signature options and colour co-ordinated note name cards. Give each child a different pitched boom whaker. Lay out your treble clef and choose which time signature you want to use. Choose how you plan to compose your piece. Either allow a student to choose the note cards and the order that they wish to lay them, or shuffle the cards and randomly lay them out. Make sure to put your bar lines in after the correct number of note cards. The group can then play their composition using their boom whakers. This exercise encourages and empowers students in composition and grows students understanding of group and collective music making only playing when it is your turn to play.
Ghostly Interval Solfege Game for group or one to one Singing Lessons
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Ghostly Interval Solfege Game for group or one to one Singing Lessons

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The Ghost Conductor has lost his voice and needs the help of an Interpreter to teach his choir the new song. Suitable for groups or one to one lessons, choose between the role of Ghost Conductor or Interpreter. In the group setting you also have the role of Ghost Choir. The Ghost Conductor Signs a small sequence of notes, or lays out a sequence using the Solfege Cards provided. The Interpreter then interprets the signs or reads the cards and sings the phrase or sequence to the Ghost Choir. In a group setting those playing the Ghost Choir then sing it back in their best Ghostly voices. Practice Interval Singing Practice Hand Signs Begin thinking and talking about Composition, feel empowered in your composition skills by signing any phrase you like. Level the exercise up bu encouraging notating of the phrase being signed or presented.
Music Match It Violin
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Music Match It Violin

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Music Match It! Violin edition. Special thanks to Jessica Landes of landesstringstudio.com for her request for and collaboration on this edition of Music Match It! This is an instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Includes 31 cards. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play! This edition has been designed for those learning the violin and contains both parts of the instrument and notation symbols. Please note you are purchasing a file to download and print at home. Find other teaching and learning resources from FunMusicMatters. Check out our other versions of Music Match It! Music Match It Piano Music Match It Sight Singing and Music Match It Levels 1 to 5
Music Theorise Grade 1, music theory game
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Music Theorise Grade 1, music theory game

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An instant Download Card Game for learning Music Theory through play. The game is aimed at beginner level musicians and can be played with just two players or in a group. Answer music theory questions to gain Drum Cards for your Drum Tower. build the tallest Drum Tower before all the cards run out. But look out, there are some Tuba Take Downs hidden amongst the Drums. Tuba Take Downs, can knock your Drum Tower down in an instant. If you’ve got a Bass Blocker then you just might be able to save your Tower. If you’ve found a Piccollo Push Back you’ll be able to push the Tuba Take Down back on to the other player. Simply print the file, cut out your cards and get playing. Each question card comes with the answer as well as the question. Players take it in turns to ask questions and answer questions. This has been deliberately included in the game to aid with learning. Full instructions on how to play are included in the game.
Lyric Learning Cards, 50+ different designs, learn your song words more easily
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Lyric Learning Cards, 50+ different designs, learn your song words more easily

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Available in 53 different designs, choose the design that you want to use for your song and print out as many cards as there are words in the song. Each design comes with 6 cards per sheet of A4. The learner then writes the words on the cards, one word per card. The act of writing out the words one at a time helps the learner to engage with the words in a physical way. Just as when young children are learning to read and write we encourage them to make marks and form letters using not only pens and paper but moulding clays or writing letters in the sand, the simple act of writing out the words help us notice and receive them in a new way. You might find a design that reflects the mood or the theme of the song amongst the 53 different styles. Or you might just like to choose one that you like. If we find our learning tools visually pleasing we’re much more likely to pick them up and use them. Here’s some suggestions for how you can use your cards: Shuffle the cards and then lay them out putting the words in the correct order. Lay out the cards in the correct order, remove some of the cards, see if you are able to sing the words correctly with just a few missing. Continue to remove a few cards at a time, checking to see if you can remember all the words before you remove some more, until there are no cards left. Use the cards to help you understand your prompt words. Prompt words are those words that prompt you to remember a whole line. You might have three of four prompt words in a verse of a song. They might be the first word of each line or they might not. Once you have established which are your prompt words, lay out only those cards and practice reciting the words. Use your cards to help you see structure and repetition in the song words, count how many times a word or a phrase is repeated. Use your lyric cards to remove you from the music and focus only on the story of the song. Lay out your cards and practice reciting your words as a poem. If we really understand what it is we are saying we will more accurately express the meaning of the song. Use your lyric cards to help you find the natural accents of the words of the song. Lay out your cards and recite the words of the song. Where do the natural stresses of the words fall. Imagine you are reciting them as a poem aloud. This can be particularly useful for music from the Baroque era. But it can be useful for music of any era.
Rhythm and note length game in the style of scrabble music theory game
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Rhythm and note length game in the style of scrabble music theory game

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Scrabble meets music notes in this fast moving game, great for beginners. Cement your music reading skills by playing this fun game. The aim of the game is to build your rhythm crossword, using all the tiles, and complete it before your opponent! Decide between the players if you are creating rhythms in 4/4 or 3/4. If you are playing in 4/4 you will be creating rhythm patterns that total 4 beats in a bar or in this case a line. If you are playing in 3/4 you will be creating rhythm pattens that total 3 beats in a line. This game will be great for those who are beginners and are learning to read music notation. The game is most suitable for students who have reached the grade 1 level. A really great way to help build a strong foundation through play. A key is included to help those who are not familiar with notation to join in. Two packs are included one with notes and another with rests.
Rhythm Bears Music Match It! Preliminary Level, music theory game, beginner level
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Rhythm Bears Music Match It! Preliminary Level, music theory game, beginner level

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Music Match It! An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Includes 31 cards. Rhythm Bears Music Match It! preliminary Level - This game has been designed with early beginner level musicians in mind. The game is particularly suitable for musicians who are just beginning their musical journey. The game contains some musical symbols and some pictures of the lovely Rhythm Bears and some musical instruments to identify. A key is provided. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play! Please note you are purchasing a file to download and print at home. Find the Rhythm Bears in other teaching and learning resources from FunMusicMatters. Check out the Kodaly inspired Rhythm Bears games for beginner level musicians.
Major Second Minor Second Shark Chase Music Theory Game Grade 1
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Major Second Minor Second Shark Chase Music Theory Game Grade 1

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A fun instant download card game that helps players learn to spot major and minor seconds within the scales of C, F and G major. A great tool for assisting in learning sight singing at grade 1 level. Inspired by the Jaws theme music, this game helps players learn to spot melodic intervals of major and minor second. Players race their fish to safety whilst trying to avoid the shark. A game for up to 3 players. Instructions have been provided for playing the game in person and remotely. Many teachers are currently having to come up with fun ideas to engage their students in online lessons. This is a great way to learn together whilst having fun! Building in the understanding that a major second has two semitones and a minor second has one semi tone the game involves moving one and two spaces depending on the interval. Your Shark Chase game includes: 1 playing board. 3 fish counters and 1 shark. 3 scale cards showing the scales of C Major, F Major and G Major to help players who are uncertain of the scales. 2 sets of key signature cards, one with the key signsture named, one without. Use whichever option is most suitable for your players. 2 sets of melodic interval cards, one with the minor seconds indicated with a picture of a shark, one set without sharks. Choose the set most suitable for your players.
Jumping Pirates Song Pack a beginner level song with interval singing and sol-fa cards Do-So
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Jumping Pirates Song Pack a beginner level song with interval singing and sol-fa cards Do-So

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The Jumping Pirate Song is an easy to learn song that helps students learn interval singing whilst have lots of fun. Jump like pirates, or use your printable pirate finger puppets and sing while you hunt for treasure. An Instant download printable pack with everything you will need to enjoy the song and learn. Also included are additional ideas to take the song and learning further and full instructions for how to use the pack and the things included. Pack includes: sheet music for the song, full instructions and additional ideas, printable finger puppets and treasure coins, printable pirate treasure chests, a warm up exercise using he finger puppets, a Jumping pirates interval game using Sol-after cards which are also included. Great for students at beginner level, or for those wanting to improve their interval singing in a fun and engaging way. Can be used in group lessons or one to one.The Jumping Pirate Song is an easy to learn song that helps students learn interval singing whilst have lots of fun. Jump like pirates, or use your printable pirate finger puppets and sing while you hunt for treasure. An Instant download printable pack with everything you will need to enjoy the song and learn. Also included are additional ideas to take the song and learning further and full instructions for how to use the pack and the things included. Pack includes: sheet music for the song, full instructions and additional ideas, printable finger puppets and treasure coins, printable pirate treasure chests, a warm up exercise using he finger puppets, a Jumping pirates interval game using Sol-after cards which are also included. Great for students at beginner level, or for those wanting to improve their interval singing in a fun and engaging way. Can be used in group lessons or one to one.
Music Theory scavenger Hunts worksheets and PowerPoint grade 1
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Music Theory scavenger Hunts worksheets and PowerPoint grade 1

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This pack includes pdf colouring sheets and a PowerPoint. The PowerPoint contains a mixture of scavenger hunts. There are hunts for note naming in both treble and bass clef, a sheet with hidden dynamics, a musical theory terms at grade 1 level. The student is encouraged to name the note shown and then find an object in the picture that starts with the same letter. These have been designed to encourage fun conversations around the the meaning of music theory terms and to consolidate note naming skills. Also included is a pack of pdf sheets that includes note naming scavenger hunts in treble and bass clef covering two octaves, a dynamics hunt and theory terms hunts. The sheets have been designed so that they can also be coloured in by students either in the lesson or at home, thereby encouraging further consolidation of learning and recap of conversations had with the teacher in the lesson. The pdf includes 4 sheets of note naming in both treble and bass clef and 3 other sheets about music terms. This is another pack that would be great for teachers working online or parents at home trying to encourage and support music home learning. Aimed at students working at a grade 1 level or beginning to build their music theory knowledge.
Music Theory Word jumble PowerPoint game and pdf sheet grade 1 bear motif,
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Music Theory Word jumble PowerPoint game and pdf sheet grade 1 bear motif,

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Help to inspire learning music theory terms with these fun word jumbles. This pack includes a PowerPoint containing 28 word jumbles and the answers and a pdf worksheet. Both have been designed to help inspire fun learning over a virtual platform, or can just as easily be used in the classroom or teaching studio. This has been designed with students studying at grade 1 in mind. Have you got to the end of Music exam board grade 1 practical and want to consolidate your students or your own learning before you level up? Keeping up with theory in the early stages can play huge dividends later on! Suitable for those studying towards music exam boards grade 1. This pack has been designed with a bear graphic.
Rhythm Bears Snap and Happy Families Music Theory Card Game Beginner Level
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Rhythm Bears Snap and Happy Families Music Theory Card Game Beginner Level

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An Instant download, 2 games in one, snap and happy families, with a music learning twist, with our friends the Rhythm Bears. This game is great for beginner music students who are playing at a grade 1 level or even those just beginning to explore music. It’s a great way to introduce some of the symbols without the student needing to know their meaning. It can be played by those learning music and those not learning music alike. A great way for parents, friends and families to support music students to build a strong foundation through play. A great way to solidify existing knowledge. Great for end of term fun in music classrooms or even term time fun! Great for private music teachers to play with students to facilitate learning in a fun way. Great for parents to play at home.
Music Theory Word jumble PowerPoint game and pdf sheet grade 1 music notes motif,
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Music Theory Word jumble PowerPoint game and pdf sheet grade 1 music notes motif,

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Help to inspire learning music theory terms with these fun word jumbles. This pack includes a PowerPoint containing 28 word jumbles and the answers and a pdf worksheet. Both have been designed to help inspire fun learning over a virtual platform, or can just as easily be used in the classroom or teaching studio. This has been designed with students studying at grade 1 in mind. Have you got to the end of Music exam board grade 1 practical and want to consolidate your students or your own learning before you level up? Keeping up with theory in the early stages can play huge dividends later on! Suitable for those studying towards music exam boards grade 1. This pack has been designed with a music notes graphic. Please note this pack has the same content as the music theory word jumble pack with the bear motif. The difference between the two packs is the design. Different designs have been provided to cater for students of different ages and stages.
Take your term to the music classroom, music theory terms game level 1
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Take your term to the music classroom, music theory terms game level 1

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An instant download game to be printed at home, to help with the learning of music theory terms. A game for 2-6 players, it can be played with teacher and student in person or over an online learning platform. It can be used at home with friends and family, or in group learning settings. We learn best when we’re having fun! So learn as you enjoy this word based game. Be the first to guess the music theory term before the classroom is filled with instruments. Choose your music theory term and keep it hidden, as the other players guess which letters might be in the word, add an instrument to the classroom for each incorrect letter guessed and a letter tile for each correct letters guessed. Can you guess he word and it’s meaning before the classroom is filled? Full how to play instructions are included and additional ideas for teachers and players wanting to add variety or challenge to the game. This game has been designed with grade 1 students in mind.