¯`•. February 09, 2012

Free Musical Instrument Family Lapbook

Okay, I was wrong.  I said that Homeschool Helper had a lapbook so I wouldn’t have to put one together.  That actually turned out to be total horse-poo… unfortunately for me.  It LOOKED like there was a lapbook all put together for me, but there wasn’t.  And I went to sites hither and yon, and found something intriguing by a gal named JoyfulMusic, but it… I… yeah.  Let’s not go there.  S’why it’s taken me so long to put this up, here.

I’m used to reinventing the wheel.  I reinvent the wheel.  So it’s just what I do.  That’s all.  This time, too.  So I ended up taking shtuff from here and there… and putting something together from it all.  In this case, it may be my most un-inspiring lapbook, yet… but don’t flog me.  It’s not ‘fun’, but it gets the job done, and done pretty well.

Interested in a Instrument family lapbook for free?
Like what you see here?  Here’s how you get it.

First you print one copy of each of the pages linked to here:

1. http://x5f.xanga.com/355e036669735280685197/z223600953.jpg
2. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…Flute_Family_lowres.pdf
3. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…Reed_Inst_lowres.pdf
4. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…Brass_Inst_lowres.pdf
5. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…Percussion_Inst_low.pdf
6. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…Percussion_II_low.pdf
7. http://www.lancastersymphony.org/…String_Inst_lowres.pdf
8. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/4700/4712/piano_1_lg.gif (on 1/4 pg)
9. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/4700/4709/harp_1_lg.gif (on 1/4 pg)
10. http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/…conductor.htm
11. http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/…conducting.htm
12. http://www.dsokids.com/…chart/default.aspx (all 4 pgs, 1/2 pg ea)
13. http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3533025/lapbookorchestra…y
    

I also found a WONDERFUL music history timeline, that references kings/rulers at the same time as composers… ALL of the composers.  It’s here:

http://www.jennifercluff.com/…timeline-750821.jpg
http://www.jennifercluff.com/mushistimeline.pdf  (same thing, pdf)

Now printing all of this… seems like a LOT, I know, but seriously, these are really good pages, and they go together extremely well.  Trust me, it’ll be gorgeous.

1. Number one is your cover.  Isn’t that pretty?  I created that, btw.  Out of another picture, granted, but I thought it was kinda kewl, anyhow.  I have WAY too much fun making this stuff, btw.
2. If you don’t like the pictures in numbers 2-7, or prefer colored pictures, Currclick offers a series of musical instrument cut-out pics for free here: http://www.currclick.com/product…id=31073  But I personally like these pages.  They’re comprehensive.  They’re compact.  I added the piano from #8 over the marimba on the percussion page and the harp from #9 to the string page, over two of the bows… because I felt they were imperative to the families, respectively.  Then we cut the margins off and staple the stack to the right page of our lapbook.  Yup, right to it!
3. Number 12 is an amazing site, in itself, but I made a mini flip-book out of the orchestras from the different periods for our lapbook.  So we could see how things have changed over time.
4. The last one (#13) is a Word doc (2pg) that I created.  It’s like a vocabulary list, explaining what the different kinds of music are, from opera to motet, from aria to suite.  Very handy.  Also a condensed timeline that fits better than the one in my Music Theory lapbook.  But I still encourage you to print the other music history timeline… it’s worth it, even if it doesn’t fit this lapbook.  You could always stick it to the back, if you like.  ((wink!))

And I used the template of my cover sheet to make covers for the instrument families as well as the #12 mini-book, but you can just let your child create a cover, too.  I’m just anal that way.  Here’s what my lapbook looks like, the finished copy:

Cover Page!

 
Click to enlarge, as always.

I am planning one more music lapbook… on voice/singing.  It’ll have vocal ranges, styles of singing (quartets vs. barbershop, opera vs. musicals, etc.), and other things along the sight-reading, ear training line of things.  But that will be further down the line.  For now, I think these two will do just fine.

Posted by annamatrix on February 9, 2012

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