Have fun with music lessons, games, and activities in April!

Parents: Be sure to check the game sites to see if they are still available. Sometimes sites go down, and others take over the domain. They were good when I checked on 3/24/25.

For Art Appreciation this month, view the John James Audubon Fine Art Pages with standard and full-size versions of the pages since April 26 is National Audubon Day! (Download below). Suggestions for how to use them are included in the download. Head here if you'd like to order a beautiful set printed on cardstock.



Suggestions:

• If you don't do music every day in your homeschool or classroom, just choose which lessons each week you'd like to do!
• If a lesson includes music to listen to that takes longer than 15 minutes, just skip some of the videos or only play a little bit of each!
• I rarely play an entire video for my own kids when we do a lesson; watch your children, and don't play more than is necessary for an introduction to the technique/composer/style.

Mon. March 31 ~ Today is Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday. Do the Bach Cartoon music lesson.

Tues. April 1 ~ Today is April Fool's Day. Do the April Fool's Day music lesson.

Wed. April 2 ~ Listen to music of Portugal today.

Thurs. April 3 ~ Today is National Film Score Day. Listen to some film scores here.

Fri. April 4 ~ Today is Elmer Bernstein's birthday. Do the music lesson about Elmer Bernstein here.

Mon. April 7 ~ Saturday (April 5) was National Nebraska Day. Do the Nebraska music lesson here.

Tues. April 8 ~ Learn about the Theremin today.

Wed. April 9 ~ Listen to music of Romania and Bulgaria today.

Thurs. April 10 ~ Saturday (April 12) is National Colorado Day. Do the Colorado music lesson here.

Fri. April 11 ~ Today is National Barbershop Quartet Day. Listen to barbershop quartet music here.

Mon. April 14 ~ Yesterday (April 14) was National Look Up at the Sky Day. Do the Music Inspired by Space music lesson.

Tues. April 15 ~ Listen to music of Russia today.

Wed. April 16 ~ Listen to music of Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbia today.

Thurs. April 17 ~ Saturday (April 19) is National North Dakota Day. Do the North Dakota Music Lesson.

Fri. April 18 ~ Today is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter. Do the Easter music lesson.

Mon. April 21 ~ Listen to music of Spain today.

Tues. April 22 ~ Today is Earth Day. Do the Earth Day music lesson.

Wed. April 23 ~ Today is Sergei Prokofiev's birthday. Do the Prokofiev cartoon music lesson here.

Thurs. April 24 ~ Saturday (April 27) is National South Dakota Day. Do the South Dakota Music Lesson here.

Fri. April 25 ~ Tomorrow (April 26) is National Audubon Day. Do the Birds in Classical Music Lesson.

Mon. April 28 ~ Listen to music of Turkey today.

Tues. April 29 ~ Tomorrow (April 30) is National Bugs Bunny Day. Watch Bugs Bunny play the piano.

Wed. April 30 ~ Today is International Jazz Day! Do the International Jazz Day music lesson.

Thurs. May 1 ~ It's May Day, or Lei Day if you're in Hawaii! Listen to "May Day is Lei Day":

Fri. May 2 ~ Sunday (May 4) is May the Fourth/Star Wars Day! Do the Star Wars music lesson here.