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Just print & play! Do you need fun and engaging activities for your Carnival of the Animals unit? This bundle includes six listening and activity packs!

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You'll have everything you need for a month of classical music appreciation with 100+ listening activities in this activity vault. You will also receive periodic updates for this resource for free! Keep an eye on your "My Purchases" tab for update notifications.

Bundle Benefits:

• Save time! The music selections are already curated for you
• Add music appreciation to various lessons and unit studies
• Students explore social-emotional themes through listening
• Low-prep engaging and mindful activities for students
• Easily find the music on YouTube or your favorite music services
• No musical training is required - just print and play!

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of The Carnival of the Animals
• compare and contrast which instruments represent animal sounds and behavior
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Carnival of the Animals Listening Activities

Introduce students to the music of The Carnival of the Animals! From the magical notes of "Aquarium" to the soothing strings of "The Swan," Saint-Saëns "The Carnival of the Animals" is a wondrous musical journey.

What's Included:

1-page Resource Guide

Word Composer

Composer Rating Sheet

Listening Sheet Star Rating Guide

Listening Sheets

Weather and Emotions Listening Sheets

Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

01. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

02. Hens and Roosters

03. Wild Donkeys Swift Animals

04. Tortoises

05. The Elephant

06. Kangaroos

07. Aquarium

08. Characters with Long Ears

09. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods

10. Aviary

11. Pianists

12. Fossils

13. The Swan

14. Finale

Carnival of the Animals Music Note Matching

This music note matching activity reviews & strengthens treble and bass note skills. Cut and laminate for extended use. Cards feature Carnival of the Animals and bright, colorful backgrounds!

*An additional set of posters & cards are included without background graphics.

18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)

Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e

Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f

Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g

Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a

5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets

Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves

Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like

Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef

Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like

Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef

Carnival of the Animals Drawing/Journal Pages

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? These NEW drawing/journal sheets feature Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns! Students can draw or write notes/stories while listening to each piece.

Printable Listening Sheets Include:

1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
2. Hens and Roosters
3. Wild Donkeys Swift Animals
4. Tortoises
5. The Elephant
6. Kangaroos
7. Aquarium
8. Characters with Long Ears
9. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
10. Aviary
11. Pianists
12. Fossils
13. The Swan
14. Finale

Carnival of the Animals Research Sheets

Students research each animal and record their habitat, diet, and more! Also includes a space to draw a scene with each animal.

Animal Research Sheets Include:

1. Lion
2. Rooster
3. Donkey
4. Tortoise
5. Elephant
6. Kangaroo
7. Fish
8. Cuckoo Bird
9. Bird
10. Swan

Carnival of the Animals Blank Sheet Music

Do you need fun and engaging Halloween music activities? Designed with the youngest composers in mind - these blank manuscript pages allow students to compose their own pieces! Draw the music notes or use small stickers to piece together a classical composition. Treble & bass clef tracing sheets are also included.

Carnival of the Animals Listening Sheets

Which carnival rides and activities would best fit a piece of music? Does the tempo feel like a roller coaster or a peaceful swing ride in the sky? Choose a tasty treat from the snack bar, then stop at the prize booth before finishing. There are no wrong answers!

Printable Listening Sheets Include:

1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
2. Hens and Roosters
3. Wild Donkeys Swift Animals
4. Tortoises
5. The Elephant
6. Kangaroos
7. Aquarium
8. Characters with Long Ears
9. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
10. Aviary
11. Pianists
12. Fossils
13. The Swan
14. Finale

"I love this resource - so many options and well thought out layout that will work for consistency for the kids from month to month!" - Holly H.

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This 100-page music journal pack includes Baroque, Opera, Jazz, and more! Each page lists 5 musical selections for a total of 500 pieces to explore. There are no wrong answers - students document the listening experience in their own creative way.

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of popular classical music composers
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

How to Journal:

• Choose from 100 composers/performers!
• 5 musical selections are included per page.
• Get creative in the sketch & journal box.
• Highlight or circle any descriptive keywords.
• Write down thoughts & feelings while listening.
• Color in a star rating for each piece.
• Write notes & final thoughts about the musician.

Resource Ideas:

• Bulletin board displays
• Add completed pages to a music binder/journal
• Adjust the print size and glue into a notebook
• Homework, sub plans, and distance learning
• Study a different composer every week & complete one piece for each day
• Incorporate music easily/quickly into unit studies

Composers and Musicians Included:

1. William Alwyn
2. Carl Philipp E. Bach
3. Johann Christian Bach
4. Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Wilhelm F. Bach
6. Samuel Barber
7. Béla Bartók
8. Arnold Bax
9. Amy Beach
10. Ludwig Van Beethoven
11. Alban Berg
12. Hector Berlioz
13. Leonard Bernstein
14. Georges Bizet
15. Luigi Boccherini
16. Joseph Boulogne
17. Johannes Brahms
18. Benjamin Britten
19. John Cage
20. Frédéric Chopin
21. John Coltrane
22. Aaron Copland
23. Arcangelo Corelli
24. Jean Coulthard
25. Miles Davis
26. Claude Debussy
27. Frederick Delius
28. Paul Dukas
29. Tan Dun
30. Antonín Dvořák
31. Edward Elgar
32. Duke Ellington
33. Danny Elfman
34. John Field
35. Carlos Gardel
36. George Gershwin
37. Dizzy Gillespie
38. Alberto Ginastera
39. Alexander Glazunov
40. Christoph Gluck
41. Edvard Grieg
42. George Frideric Handel
43. Hamilton Harty
44. Franz Joseph Haydn
45. Gustav Holst
46. Charles Ives
47. Scott Joplin
48. Aram Khachaturian
49. Zoltán Kodály
50. Melba Liston
51. Franz Liszt
52. Gustav Mahler
53. Fanny Mendelssohn
54. Felix Mendelssohn
55. Charles Mingus
56. Thelonious Monk
57. Claudio Monteverdi
58. Wolfgang A. Mozart
59. Modest Mussorgsky
60. Carl Orff
61. Johann Pachelbel
62. Niccolò Paganini
63. Charlie Parker
64. Astor Piazzolla
65. Florence B. Price
66. Sergei Prokofiev
67. Giacomo Puccini
68. Henry Purcell
69. Sergei Rachmaninoff
70. Jean Philippe Rameau
71. Maurice Ravel
72. Gioachino Rossini
73. Camille Saint-Saëns
74. Erik Satie
75. Domenico Scarlatti
76. Arnold Schoenberg
77. Franz Schubert
78. Clara Schumann
79. Robert Schumann
80. Dmitri Shostakovich
81. Jean Sibelius
82. Bedřich Smetana
83. Antonio Soler
84. John Philip Sousa
85. Charles V. Stanford
86. William Grant Still
87. Johann Strauss II
88. Igor Stravinsky
89. Art Tatum
90. Pyotr Tchaikovsky
91. George P. Telemann
92. Ralph V. Williams
93. John Williams
94. Giuseppe Verdi
95. Heitor Villa-Lôbos
96. Antonio Vivaldi
97. Richard Wagner
98. George Walker
99. William Walton
100. Anton Webern