Welcome to one of the most well-known pieces of music from the Romantic era, Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint- Saens.

The first song is the Introduction and Royal March of the Lions.

Click here for the Royal March of the Lions Listening Map.

Click here for a body percussion and rhythm stick activity.

Click here for a piano version.

Click here for another piano version.

Click here for a rhythm activity.

Click here for a picture of Saint-Saens and the orchestral version.

Click here for another orchestral version.

Click here for some beautiful illustrations of lions with the Royal March.

Click here for an animated version!

Click here for another animated version with a live orchestra.

 

 

Click here and go to 2:45 on the video to see the map and listen to the music.

Click here for a piano duet and symphony version of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for a computer graphic version of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for a cute graphic of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for another graphic of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for some live “chicks” for Hens and Roosters!

Click here for some beautiful illustrations for Hens and Roosters!

Click here for the wild donkeys computer graphics!

Click here for  wild donkeys piano duet!

Click here for real wild donkeys!

Click here for another piano duet of wild donkeys!

Click here for beautiful illustrations of  wild donkeys!

 

Click here for The Tortoise rhythm play along.

Click here for an instrumental version of The Tortoise.

Click here for a Tortoise graphic.

Click here for another Tortoise graphic.

Click here for a Tortoise graphic.

Click here for some beautiful tortoise graphics with a symphony orchestra.

Click here for some information on tortoises.

 

 

Click here for The Elephant.

Click here for a double bass and piano version of The Elephant.

Click here for a cute graphic for The Elephant.

 

 

Click here for The Kangaroo

Click here and go to 45 sec. for The Kangaroo Listening Map.

Click here for a bit of Ogden Nash’s poem and some live kangaroos in The Kangaroo.

 

 

 

Click here for a beautiful graphic for The Aquarium!

Click here for The Aquarium!

Click here for The Aquarium scarf activity.

 

 

 

Click here for Animals with long ears!

Click here for Animals with long ears graphic!

Click here for live long ears!

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for a Cuckoo in the  Woods listening map.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods graphic.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods clarinet and piano duet.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods piano computer graphic.

 

 

 

Click here for The Aviary scarf activity!

Click here for The Aviary cute graphic.

Click here for another Aviary graphic.

Click here for The Aviary orchestral version.

 

 

 

Click here for Fossils Rhythm Stick Play along

Click here for a Fossil listening map.

Click here for an interesting Fossil scarf, movement, and rhythm activity.  All in one!

 

Click here for an orchestral version of The Pianists.

Click here for a computer version of The Pianists.

Click here for the pianists.

Click here for all the songs!

 

 

 

 

Click here for Yo Yo Ma’s beautiful cello version of The Swan.

Click here for an orchestral version of The Swan with a ballerina.

 

 

 

 

Click here for the computer version of The Finale!

Click here for the orchestral version of The Finale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 7, 2021.

Some of you may know that there are some chicks hatching around our school for the next few weeks!  There’s no better time then, to do a unit around “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” by Modest Mussorgsky.

Click here for some body percussion fun.

Click here for a fun graphic!

Click here for another fun graphic!

Click here for the final graphic.  Which one did you like the best?

Click here for a fun piano version!

Click here for an orchestral version.

Click here for a listening map.

 

April 5, 2021.

Click here to use your scarf for “Walking on Sunshine”.

Click here for a scarf number from Mr. Noe!

Click here for another winner from Mrs. Gibbs!

Click here for a “Star Wars” scarf activity!

Click here for a beautiful scarf activity to “Aquarium”

Click here for “The Best Day of my Life!”

April 5, 2021.

Wow!  More body percussion songs to groove and move your body to!

Click here for “I Want you Back” from The Jackson Five.

Click here for “The Pink Panther”.

Click here for “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours”.

Click here for “The Greatest Showman!”

Click here for “Count on Me” by Bruno Mars.

Click here for a tricky one from Mr. Noe!

Click here for a tricky one using classical music from Beethoven!

Click here for our favourite Imagine Dragons “Believer” body percussion!

Click here for Katy Perry’s Smile!

Click here for “I Just Can’t Wait to be King!

Click here for Bim Bum.

Click here for Soul.

Click here for Happy!

Click here for Wipeout!

Click here for On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons!

Click here for Under the Sea!

Click here for Let it Go from Frozen!

Click here for Dance Monkey!

Click here for Happier!

Click here for “September”

Click here for Stevie Wonder and Arianna Grande doing “Faith”

Click here for the Ninja Turtle rap!

Click here for Super Mario super easy body percussion!

March 30, 2021.

Wow!  More fun rhythms to clap or tap!

Click here for Suspicion from Among Us, the easy version.

Click here for Suspicion from Among us, slightly harder.

Click here for Among us from Mr. Henry.

Click here for NSYNC’s song using sixteenth notes…Bye Bye Bye

Click here for an easy Minecraft sequence.

Click here for a tricky Minecraft sequence.

Click here for another tricky rhythm sequence using tika-ti and ti-tika with music from “The Dark Knight”.

Click here for two different rhythm sequences.  You can do one, and someone at home can do the other…at the same time! “Fire vs. Ice”

Click here for an “Angry Birds” contest!

Click here for another one like the above one…”Peanut Butter and Jelly”

Click here for the most challenging one, “Humans Vs Zombies!”

Click here for “Pirates Vs Sea Monsters”

Click here for an easy one, “Cats Vs Dogs”.

Click here for a super hard one, “Cats Vs Dogs”.

Click here for another tricky one with tika-ti and ti-tika! “You Should”

Click here to play “Happier” with sixteenth note patterns.

Click here for “The Greatest Show” rhythm patterns.

Click here to play the Poison Rhythm Game using dog names!  So fun!

Click here for another Poison Rhythm Game using Super Mario rhythms!

Click here for a brass version of “Ol’ Town Road”.

Click here for a different rhythm challenge.  Would you Rather?  Hm…which one will YOU choose?

Click here for another more challenging Would You Rather? From Mrs. Gibbs.

Click here for an easy Would You Rather?

Click here for a super easy rhythm pattern to “Bok Bok Beach”

Click here for another tricky Star Wars Rhythm!

Click here for “This Girl is on Fire!”

Click here for Everything is Awesome!

Click here for Super Mario easy.

Click here for Super Mario challenging underground.

Click here for Super Smash!

Click here for Imagine Dragons “Thunder” using quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests.

Click here for Moana – We Know the Way!  using quarter notes and rests and eighth notes.

Click here for Rock and Roll Rhythm play along using sixteenth notes!

Click here for Pirates of the Caribbean with triplets!

Click here for the Hipcat Jazz Club!  With sixteenth notes!

Click here for Radioactive with sixteenth notes.

Click here for Are We Done Yet?  A challenge in 3/4 time!

Click here for Wipeout with sixteenth notes!

Click here for It’s Raining Tacos!

Click here for The Locomotion!

Click here for arrrrr….easy pirate rhythms!

March 5, 2021.

 

Here are some of the songs we’ve done with our hand chimes.

Click here for Pachelbel Canon in D.

Click here for Chopsticks.

Click here for Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Click here for How Far I’ll Go.

Click here for The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Click here for The Pirates of the Caribbean.

Click here for Ghostbusters!

Click here for In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Click here for The Imperial March!

Click here for some Tetris fun!

Click here for Popcorn!  Who doesn’t love popcorn!

Click here for I’m a Believer!

Click here for Star Wars!

Click here for The Imperial March

 

 

 

March 5, 2021.

As requested, here is Animal Crossing to clap or tap!

Click here for the video!

March 3, 2021.

 

Another fun body percussion and rhythmic activity to do from the Trolls movie, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

Click here to move to the groove!

Click here  to tap or clap along!

 

 

 

 

 

March 3, 2021.

Please enjoy a fun rhythmic activity to “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie.

Click here!

 

 

 

 

March 3, 2021.

The hits just keep on coming!  Here is a Star Wars rhythm challenge for you to enjoy!

Click here and may the force be with you!

 

March 1, 2021.

Happy March Everyone!  Here are 3 new activities for the month!  Two are rhythm activities, and one is a new body percussion activity!  And…a fiddle and uillean bagpipe number!  All set to Irish music!

Click here to learn about some traditions around St. Patrick’s Day.

Click here for the Body Percussion.

Click here for the easy Irish rhythms.

Click here for the harder Irish rhythms.

Click here for super duper Irish rhythms.

Click here for an extra super duper Irish rhythm pattern!

Click here to hear an example of the uillean bagpies and fiddle!

 

 

February 19, 2021

Here are a couple of new grooves for you to try!

Click here!

Click here for another great groove!

Click here for an introduction

Click here for lesson #1

Click here for lesson #2

Click here for lesson #3