Carnival of the animals

Note: this blog post has been updated (March 2016). Some of the links and resources in the original version were […]

Engaging, interactive games to help reinforce musical concepts and develop music appreciation!

Carnival of the Animals activities and resources for young children.

Carnival of the Animals is a set of orchestral character pieces, perfect for exploring classical music at circle time.

I've been enjoying opportunities to create characters for my music education site, MakingMusicFun.net. This listening map is my latest. Worksheets like this one help kids to visually understand elements within a piece of music. This one in particular focuses on pitch and musical form. If you're interested, you can download the worksheet here: Kangaroo from Carnival of the Animals | Free Listening Map

Lions, swans, donkeys and… pianists? Here are all 14 movements of The Carnival of the Animals, and what they’re about.

I'm having fun creating Montessori-inspired music appreciation activities!

Recently, I added a new item on my TeachersPayTeachers store. It was a set of listening maps to go with each movement for the Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS …

I am preparing for my spring semester lessons and have compiled my Carnival of the Animals resources. Because all the classroom teachers ...

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I begin by discussing the composer Camille Saint-Saens. We discuss how he enjoyed jokes and wrote this piece to entertain his students. I would ask students to think of a time when they were acting silly with their friends and pretending to be chickens or other animals. Some say that Saint-Saens liked to write songs about his friends and how they acted. This is not bullying because is was good natured humor and his friends knew he was just being silly. We listen to the piece after discussing…

Carnival of the Animals Plus Variations of a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35 and Polonaise for Two Pianos, Op. 77 / Camille Saint-Saens [CD]

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Series of 15 illustrations created for 'Kid's Play' festival at the Melbourne Recital Centre. All illustrations were animated by 21.19 and played alongside a live orchestra and narrator to the music of Camille Saint Saens 'Carnival of the Animals', Januar…

Carnival of the Animals Listening Maps Fossils Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

Carnival of the Animals Activities in English and Spanish Free PDFs

FREE PDF printable for the Carnival of the Animals including 14 teacher cards and posters with movement activity ideas and a set coloring pages for students.

Maestro Classics Stories in Music are stories set to classical music. With performances by one of the world's leading orchestras, plus historical and musical educational tracks, guide parents and children effortlessly into the world of classical music.

One of my favorite units of study is Carnival of Animals by Saint Saens. I love the music and the way it sparks students' imagination. I love the way they listen so intently on hearing the musical secrets and "finding" the animals in the music. Often I like to have students listen to one of the pieces repeatedly. That is not easy for little listeners to do, so often we will color a picture of the animal we are listening to and with some groups we will make Carnival of the Animal crafts. One…