Free music appreciation lessons

I've finally been able to start working on my new site, which will have piano lessons, music theory lessons, children's songs, sheet music, and lessons about composers and musical genres.

It turns out the starting point became the composer lessons. I have four of them ready at this point and will be adding more.

Famous composers - free online music appreciation lessons

For each lesson I include pictures of the composer, an easy reading about his life, and then several pieces of music, both videos and audios to listen to.  I tried to choose the most famous pieces of music for each composer.


Take a look! The lessons are totally free, and should work alright as music appreciation lessons for elementary level.

Top 10 posts of 2010

Inspired by Denise's similar post, I decided to check my stats to see which ones were my most popular blogposts in 2010.

So if you missed some of my top 10 of 2010, here's the list along with pageviews the post received within 2010:

1. Exponent Worksheets 2,660 views
This is somewhat of a surprise to me because I'd think some of the posts further down this list would have been more popular than exponents. But you just never know!

2. Order of Operations / PEMDAS 2,131 views
The title tells it all.

3. World Math Day 2010 2,113 views
This is not much more than a link pointing to the site.

4. Language Arts Resources 1,888 views
These are L&A resources I've used in my homeschooling.

5. American Math Challenge 1,729 views
Again, not much more than a link pointing to the site.

6. Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks book 1,713 views
This was a review of a humorous book.

7. Resources for Multiplication Tables 1,574 views
I guess multiplication tables are always "in fashion" so to speak, or popular. Many kids need help with them so many parents search for help online.

8. Math Teacher's Error 1,568 views
Basically an image showing an erroneous correction.

9. Subitizing Video Review 1,215 views
Review of a video on subitizing.


10. Teaching Long Multiplication 1,214 views
I think that is also a topic many children need help with.

These are just the blogposts. I have all kinds of pages on my other math sites (MathMammoth.com and HomeschoolMath.net) that get more views than these, but I haven't checked which ones there were the most popular. (Well, for HomeschoolMath.net the most popular pages are always the worksheet making pages so I don't even need to check that.)

I aim to continue blogging in 2011, and helping people with math!

Games for order of operations

Photo courtesy of minibe09

If your student or child needs more practice with order of operations, here are some online games for that. These shouldn't include integers, but just the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and parenthesis.

Most kids just love using games and interactive quizzes for practice instead of worksheets. Have fun!


Choose Math Operation
Choose the mathematical operation(s) so that the number sentence is true. Practice the role of zero and one in basic operations or operations with negative numbers. This helps develop number sense and logical thinking.
www.homeschoolmath.net/operation-game.php


Division and Order of operations and

Division and Addition - Order of Operations
Two mystery picture games.
www.dositey.com/2008/math/m/mystery2MD.htm
www.dositey.com/2008/math/m/mystery2AD.htm


Order of Operations Quiz
A 10-question online quiz that includes two different operations and possibly parenthesis in each question. You can also modify the quiz parameters yourself.
www.thatquiz.org/tq-1/?-j8f-la



The Order of Operations Millionaire
Answer multiple-choice questions that have to do with the order of operations, and win a million. It can be played alone or in two teams.
www.math-play.com/Order-of-Operations-Millionaire/order-of-operations-millionaire.html


Exploring Order of Operations (Object Interactive)
The program shows an expression, and you click on the correct operation (either +, —, ×, ÷ or exponent) to be done first. The program then solves that operation, and you click on the next operation to be performed, etc., until it is solved. Lastly, the resource includes a game where you click on the falling blocks in the order that order of operations would dictate.
www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/html/object_interactives/order_of_operations/use_it.html


Order of Operations Practice
A simple online quiz of 10 questions that use parenthesis and the four operations.
www.onlinemathlearning.com/order-of-operations-practice.html


Quick Calculate
Practice your arithmetic of all four operations plus order of operations.
themathgames.com/arithmetic-games/addition-subtraction-multiplication-division/quick-calculate-game.php