EXPLORE THE ORCHESTRA! ACTIVITY BOOK
Draw yourself, your friends, or your family in an orchestra.
WE ARE MUSICIANS
COLOR BY NOTE
Using the key below, color this out of this world musical image.
KEY: : BLACK : PURPLE
: RED
: YELLOW
Some spaces don't have music notes in them. Choose whatever color you'd like for those!
COMPLETE THE CELLO Draw the missing parts onto the cello body using the guide cello image.
MUSICAL BINGO
Use this musical bingo sheet as you watch a Tiny Tots programs. When you see or hear an item in a box below, color it in or place a marker of some sort on the square so you can play multiple times. When you get five in a row, you win!
5 brass instruments in one piece
A clarinet
Gentle sounding music
A piece with less than 5 musicians
A singer
Any high instrument like flute, violin, oboe, or trumpet
Music that makes you feel happy
Slow music
2 woodwind instruments in one piece
A trombone FREE SPACE!
2 percussion instruments in one piece
Music that makes you want to dance
Fast music
A piece with 6 musicians
A drum
Soft music
Loud music
Music you can sing along with
Any low instrument like bass, tuba, trombone, or bassoon
A dancer
A piece with only string instruments
Music with only strings and woodwinds
A piece of music you really love
A cello
Choose a piece of music from any of the Tiny Tots programs and, as you listen, create your own art based on what it makes you think of or how it makes you feel.
GET INSPIRED
ORCHESTRA SHADOW PUPPETS To create your own orchestra shadow puppet concert: 1) Cut out each musician with as much detail as possible. 2) Attach your musician shapes to a stick of some sort to help you hold on to them. 3) Shine a flashlight on your cutouts to project their shadows onto the wall.
PROGRAM ZOOM
Tiny Tots programs always feature different styles of music. Check out some styles we've explored.
JIG
A jig is a dance from Ireland. Featured in Let's Get Moving.
CLASSICAL
Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous classical composer. Featured in Orchestra Mystery.
RAGTIME
Scott Joplin was a famous ragtime composer. Featured in Explore the Outdoors.
TANGO
Tango is music and dance from Argentina. Featured in Ocean Adventure.
GUIDED LISTENING
Choose a piece of music from a Tiny Tots program and fill out this page as you listen.
Draw some of the instruments you saw and heard.
This piece was:
FAST
SLOW
SOFT
LOUD
CALM
ENERGETIC
Draw how the music makes you feel.
I give this piece
stars.
I SPY
Count and write down how many of each instrument and music symbol you see.
ORCHESTRA GAMES
Have fun with some musical games.
WHICH INSTRUMENT IS DIFFERENT? Circle the instrument that is in a different instrument family than the others in the row.
ORCHESTRA WORD SEARCH Find and circle these words in the word search. Cello Music Note Oboe Solo Tempo Tuba
FIND THE DIFFERENCES Find and circle the 3 difference between the violins.
TRACE THE DOTS Trace the dots to connect the conductor to his music.
WOODWIND FAMILY
PERCUSSION FAMILY
STRING FAMILY
BRASS FAMILY
Color and cut out the instruments from the page to the right and glue them into their instrument family squares.
INSTRUMENT FAMILIES
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