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Music by Kids for Kids, is a website dedicated to the incorporation of composition and notation software into music classrooms. The "Education" tab on this site will suggest software programs and resources to use in any music education setting.

Good resource for anything in music education. Marching band, general music, guitar, music theory, and composition links can be found on this website. Students can interact with games, videos, worksheets, and lessons. Teachers are able to get ideas, lesson plans, and units.

Vic Firth's education resources include videos on all things percussion related.  There are video and audio clips regarding beginning snare drum/mallets, drum set, rudiments, concert percussion, and marching/world percussion.  This is a great resource for teachers and students.

Purpose of this resource: This website contains many educational videos, articles, and resources for educators and students about percussion playing technique and history. Musical Content: The Vic Firth Educator page contains fundamental playing technique for snare drum, keyboard percussion and drum set as well as demonstration videos, articles, and sequential playing exercises. There are also videos about instrument set up and maintenance. Other information: The resources on this page are geared toward both educator and student. Many of the music reading articles and exercises are also applicable to non-percussionists and can be readily adapted for classroom use.

Aside from quality percussion equipment, Vic Firth provides a wealth of information on percussion education. The site includes videos, articles, and pdf's of exercises as well if needed.  

This is a companion website to a series on improvisation for students, ranging from beginner to advanced. Has anyone ever used this series? I'm considering buying it to see what it has to offer.

An all around great site for piano teachers. Lesson and teaching ideas in plain English without all the teacher speak. This particular article applies to Group Piano / Class Piano, but there are other resources for private instructors. Very well done, and a great source for lesson plan ideas.

This website has many piano/keyboard resources that can be printed. It has great, colorful visuals for students to use that are decently explanatory on their own.

This website provides many resources pertaining to teaching piano. There are games, worksheets, improv help, and ear training resources to help teachers and students.

Visual and audio representation of musical instruments, separated by family. Especially useful for classes age 7+, when first discussing wind and brass; and for classes 11+ when discussing composition and instrument timbre.

Great resource for introducing young students to the instrument families. Provides a picture and sound file for many of the instruments in each family. along with a short description of the family.