REMIX- Added accessibility enhancements Use the book Tanka, Tanka, Skunk! by Steve Webb to teach one or more of the following music concepts:  quarter notes and rests, beamed eighth notes, piano, forte and time signature.

This collection of activities is designed for exploring, listening to, and creating sounds from a wide variety of sources using the environment, the voice, the body, and instruments. Activity ideas are designed to accompany sound identification lessons from ages infant to sixth grade to aid in an increased understanding of how sounds are produced and organized.

Students will learn about the instruments of the orchestra by using the CD and book Those Amazing Musical Instruments. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical terms forte, piano, lento, allegro, staccato and legato. They will demonstrate the ability to keep the beat by using their bodies as well as conducting batons made from popsicle sticks.

Students listen to Vivaldi's The Four Season, Autumn, and describe emotion, tempo, and dynamics. Students engage kinesthetically as they move to the music and learn about the composer. Students learn the scientific reasons for fall leaves changing color. Students sing the poem "Little Leaves" to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle and the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Students do a choral reading of "Colors of Fall." Students will collect real autumn leaves, then draw and paint them as their interpretation of Vivaldi's Autumn.

Students will understand and demonstrate four dynamic levels (p-f) with this "Easter Egg Hunt" themed lesson plan. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #7 of the National Standards for Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

Students will learn to appreciate the process of telling a story through song, while learning basic musical skills like rhythm, singing on pitch, and call-and-response format.

Students will gain a keen understanding of the Musical Instrument Families. They will understand how instruments are played. Finally, their experience will bring an understanding of the culture and climate of the Symphony, as it becomes truly accessible to students of all socio/economic backgrounds.

This is a short lesson that allows students to utilize speaking, whispering, and calling/shouting vocal timbres. It could be used as written or easily modified to allow the students to experiment with different timbres and phrases. Discussion of simple math and subtraction is easily possible with this lesson as well dramatization.