Connection Materials

Free Downloads

Please download and enjoy these fun and effective tools for your class or studio!

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10 Little Fingers Chart

Count and color as you sing the song with Miss Heather!

Count fingers freebie.pdf

ABC Pointing Cart

ABC Chart.pdf

Enjoy pointing to the letters as you sing along! Print onto colored paper or card stock and laminate.

Autoharp Sheet Music with Chords

Print off and play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "On Top of Spaghetti" with an Autoharp App and sing along with this music.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Autoharp and Chords video!

Making Musicians Twinkle and Spaghetti lead sheet.pdf

(Click the image above to download the autoharp app)

BINGO Game

Our fun musical bingo reviews the names of accidentals, notes, rest, clefs, time signatures, and more! This download requires that you have colored paper to print on. Includes seven unique game cards plus instruction sheet and calling cards.

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Bingo Complete Packet 2018.pdf

Mr. Manners Song and Memory Game

Mr. Manners teaches us all about germs and how to stay healthy! Download the song to listen and learn! Download and print the memory game below. Print two sided or print and glue back to back. Then cut into squares and play! You can also see the video on our YouTube channel.

Let's Play Music Mr. Manners.mp3

Mr. Manners Memory Cards front

Mr. Manners Memory Cards back

Note Naming and Staff Reading: Smart Staff and Quiet Keyboard

This useful tool is a grand staff on one side and a keyboard on the other. Print back to back and laminate for an incredibly versatile write on/wipe off board, or for use with manipulatives such as Smarties candies. Ideas for use included with download.

Smart Staff.pdf

Note Naming and Staff Reading: Cut-outs for Magnet Staff

This set of cut-outs fits on any staff with lines 2" apart. You may use with our Magnetic Staff Board. We also have a pre-printed set of cut-outs available HERE, which includes Treble and Bass Clefs and time signatures.

Cut outs for Magnetic Staff 2.pdf

This set includes:

8 generic round notes
4 middle C and middle B shaped notes
8 quarter notes
4 half notes
3 whole notes
4 quarter rests
2 half/whole rests
6 accidentals

Note Naming: Keyboard Family Worksheet

Print and laminate or put into a sheet protector to practice naming the white keys on a piano.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Naming the White Keys on the Piano video.

keyboard family card download.pdf

Note Naming and Staff Reading: Large Note-naming Flashcards, Song, and At Home Activities

Our 8.5 X 11 flashcards are perfect for games and group lessons. Includes cards for notes G2 through F5, prompt cards and instruction sheet for our catchy "Treble, Bass, Line, Space" song.

You can can also use our 'Making Musicians at Home Note Naming Made Easy' videos to learn the names of the notes with our 'Treble, Bass, Line, Space" song (you can even sing in harmony at the end) and for ideas for games you can play at home or in your studios.

Print flashcards onto your choice of paper or cardstock and laminate or place in sheet protectors. Enjoy!

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Note Naming Made Easy video!

Large Sized Note Naming flashcards and Song.pdf

Link to video of Treble, Bass, Line, Space Note Naming Song

Piano Sheet Music: Hot Cross Buns (for beginners)

Play this simple song from the sheet music.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Play a Song in One Lesson video!

Hot Cross Buns download.pdf

Piano Sheet Music: Happy Birthday and Blank Template

Once you know how to play your primary chords, you can use them to figure out the accompaniment to all sorts of melodies!

Print off our Happy Birthday withOUT chords as a great activity to use your ear and chord theory knowledge to figure out the chord accompaniment in C Major.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Figuring Out the Chords to a Song video.

We have also provided a completed version of Happy Birthday with chords already written, as well as an entirely BLANK template to allow you to figure out songs on your own! If you use our template be sure to tag us in a picture to celebrate your accomplishment!

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Happy Birthday withOUT Chords.pdf

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Happy Birthday WITH chords.pdf

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Blank Music Template.pdf

Piano Sheet Music: Primary Chords Song

This is a great song to reinforce chord progression and primary chord fingerings on the piano.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - How to Play Primary Chords video.

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Primary Chords Song.pdf

Puppet Show: Bizet "Magical Lamp" (music from Carmen)

This fun puppet show brings the music of Georges Bizet's Carmen to life! Download instructions for presenting, and the colorful, enticing puppets. Click below to purchase the music from Amazon for .99 and view a video of a demonstration presentation.

Can be used along with our Making Musicians at Home - Classical Music Playtime video.

Bizet Puppet Show.jpg