Free Sheet Music, Theory Lessons, and MoreSeptember 19th, 2020
It’s Saturday, September 19, 2020, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website: Age Range: 7 and up (Grades 2 and up; children with parental supervision)
This website from Red Balloon Technology Ltd. in St. Albans, England, is a fabulous resource for free sheet music for all kinds of instruments. 90% of this website is free to use with subscriptions to additional features available for $20 a year. The free portions of this website are ad-supported, but they are minimal and do not interfere with use of the site. When arriving at the link, visitors will see sections broken down into smaller categories with image links. Sections include:
Music lessons and resources include basic lessons for drum, guitar, piano, saxophone, violin, music theory and more. Find guitar, ukulele, piano, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, recorder, and trumpet, and interactive finger and chord charts in the Chord Charts, Fingering Charts & Scales section. There is also a Music Biographies collection to explore to expand your knowledge of music greats. When selecting from a music category, you are presented with a chart of available music within the genre. You can easily make selections by searching for difficulty level, artist, or title from the information in the chart. Click on the song title and another list shows all the instrument versions that are available. Select the instrument and the sheet music page will open. When the sheet music pages open, you can not only view the music but also print out the sheet music. There is also access to use an online metronome and review other information about the piece. Music lovers will want to bookmark this website and check the “Latest Additions” category in the Resources section to see all the new additions to this continually building website. Video to Explain Daylight Saving Time!November 4th, 2019
It’s Monday, November 4, 2019, and time for Math at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website: Daylight Saving Time Explained (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4) Age Range: 8-18 (Grades 2-12, with parental supervision)
C. G. P. Grey, an American living in England, cheerfully shares his insights on history, politics, and more, by means of illustrated videos. This YouTube video explains Daylight Saving Time and why we change the clocks in the spring and fall. Once you understand Daylight Saving Time, you can go to Mr. Grey’s site and see more of his featured videos. His YouTube videos are surprisingly fun to watch, well-made, and highly informative. Even if you find yourself disagreeing with some of them, they are still good launching points for discussion and further study. Some of the math related videos are:
As always, parents should preview the site and the videos to determine suitability of content, and supervise all Internet use. Step Back in Time with a Visit to Old Sturbridge VillageOctober 18th, 2019
It’s Friday, October 18, 2019, and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website: (www.osv.org/explore-the-village/historical-buildings-landscapes-and-gardens/) Age Range: 6-18 (Grades 1-12, with parental supervision)
Old Sturbridge Village is one of the country’s largest living history museums where a staff of historians in costume reenact early New England life from 1790-1840. You can explore this living history museum without leaving home. When you get to the website, scroll down to take a photographic tour of the museum that is accompanied by text explanations of the exhibits:
Learn about the Friends Meetinghouse: Members of the Society of Friends were also called Quakers and had a distinctive way of life. Visit the Salem Towne House: This Federal-style dwelling was the home of a prosperous farmer. And the Printing Office: Rural printing offices produced books, broadsides, bills, and pamphlets. Check out the Tin Shop: In the 1830s, tinware shops competed successfully with pottery stores. Be sure to see the Educator Resources under the Education link in the top menu. You can download a map and “Make History” activities. |