A Jazzy Day – Music Education Book for Kids
This is a great book, cool animation, nice intro to jazz. My kids don’t particularly like books on the ipad, even though they are great lovers of books, they always want games on the ipad. This one they do like. Highly recommend.
Mozart Interactive
Both the 4 and 6 year olds, esp my 4 year old, love the interactivity of this one. It is limited as an app, but still worth a go, as they do return to it periodically to revisit and have fun. Helps them recognize the sounds of certain instruments and pick them out in music. Plus, now my 4 year old instantly recognizes Mozart’s Rondo alla Turca, that’s worth the price of admission!
Monkey Drum
Kind of fun, kind of annoying, my 4 year old likes it, but I warn you, he does keep making the monkey hit himself in the head over and over…Sigh. Fun, though, for working with rhythm. Somewhat limited overall.
DooDah
Cute little guy, fun for short bursts of time if you want to reinforce note reading. Doesn’t get a ton of use, but good to have in the music folder.
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Musical Me! HD – by Duck Duck Moose
This is good for the younger set–maybe 2 or 3 through 5 is best. Cute. We’ve had it for a while now, but still like it. I do like Duck Duck Moose apps in general for preschoolers, and this is no exception. Some instrument play and can play simple songs off the staff, reinforces music reading, recognition of pitch. But not exceptional for teaching musicality, more for fun with music through interactive games in a visually nice app.
DoReMemory
Nice simple basic quiz app for reading notes off the staff.
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Steinway Etude
This one is really too advanced for kiddos, and we haven’t added music you can purchase yet beyond the included Fur Elise. But I put it on the list because my 6 year old loves it, and often will have it play Fur Elise while she watches the music. THis is an amazing program. Check it out and mark for your own, or for kids future musical growth.
Young Music Genius : Classical Wiz
We all like this one for learning instruments of the orchestra. We like the quizzes.
My First Classical Music App
This is a nice app for intro to some music appreciation–some basics on famous composers, with music samples. Recommend it–hard to find some intro to composers that aren’t overwhelming with too much detail. Nice for a younger set, I’d say 4 to 10.
