PLN Blog: Dallas Symphony For Kids Site

http://www.dsokids.com/
I had a blast reviewing internet resources for music educators while completing the social bookmarking assignment. Everyone should try the link above, which will bring you to the Dallas Symphony Kid's site and click on 'Games.' It's a blast!! You can play Beethoven baseball and actually create a baseball team of composers. The other notable game is Composer Time Machine, in which a time machine actually "spits-out" composers of various eras. The composer stands-up and states an interesting fact about him/herself, and the player needs to place the composer in the appropriate historical era. The fact which the composer mentions actually has nothing to do with the era he/she represents, but it's cute. The web site also includes tutorials on basic music theory and brief biographies of the big name composers in the history of Western music. DSO For Kids has also posted information about all of the orchestral instruments along with sound clips to accompany both the instruments and the composers. This would be great for very young students (and apparently for me as well).