Makes Learning About Music Fun!



Music for Kids is packed with all kinds of fun music, games, pictures, movies, and information.  It is broken into two sections for young children and older children.  Using over 220 musical examples, it provides a fun-filled introduction to the world of music.  

• Describes the Seven Wonders of the Musical World:  Playing, Composing, Listening, Instruments, Knowledge, Teaching, and World.
• There are movies in every "Wonder", a sing-along, a musical puzzle game, a map exploration, hyperlinks to other sections, and hundreds of photos, maps, music clips, movies, graphics, interactive charts, and more.
• Two alternative interface 

On the opening screen there are two different sections, one labeled "click here for younger ages" and the other labeled "click here for older ages."  These are basically two different graphic interfaces, i.e., ways of getting around) for the same product.  The younger interface has playful, cartoon-style graphics, and the older interface has more sophisticated, photo-style graphics.  Also, there is some automatic narration in the younger interface.  Both interfaces lead to the same basic content.  "For Adults" section is a really helpful tips section, presented as a series of questions and answers. And, although "Wonders" may seem to be designed for children, it's filled with great music,  movies, pictures, and information that will also interest any adult!

Wonders of the Musical World
Click on the places of the world listed below, hear a song from that Country and highlights about the Country.  Your child can asked for the verbiage to be read to them along with clicking on the song to be played to them.

• United States
• France
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Spain
• Brazil
• Germany
• Africa
• Arabia
• Italy
• Russia
• Japan
• Tibet
• China
• Bali
• Australia
• India
• Australia

Who Plays Music?
Click on each of the categories to read about the wonder of the musical world along with viewing a short movie for each category.

• Why Do They Call It "Playing" Music?
• Song and Singers
• Conductors
• Paganini
• Liszt
• Performers of All Types
• Sing-With-Me Songbook
  • The Alphabet Song
  • America
  • B-I-N-G-O
  • The Cradle Song
  • My Bonnie
  • Oh! Susanna!
  • Polly Wolly Doodle
  • Row Your Boat
  • Three Blind Mice
  • Yankee Doodle

Listen (How Do I Hear Music?)

• What's That I Hear?
• Our Ears
• The Sounds Around You
• Do I Have To Like It?
• Radio, TV, Movies, CDs, and Tapes
• Going To A Concert
• How To Listen to Music

Compose (Who Makes Up The Music?)

• The Three B's  (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms)
• Mozart and More
• Early Composers
• Recent Composers
• Improvising
• Song Writers
• Compose Yourself

What Is A Musical Instrument

• Singing and Choirs
• Piano, Violin, And Guitar
• Other Solo Instruments
• Music In Groups
• The Symphony Orchestra
• Dance, Opera, And Musical Theater
• Musical Robots

Who Teaches Music

• Music Instrument Teachers
• Choir Teachers
• Music Historian
• Styles of Music
• Music In School
• Famous Teachers

• Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP
• Pentium processor
• 16MB available RAM
• 15MB available hard drive space
• Monitor set-up: 800x600, 16-bit (thousands of colors)
• CD-ROM Drive