Explore the Orchestra Activity Book

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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