Looking for ready to teach lessons for music? Try these sources.

Family Classroom.net  has a free unit study on "music."  http://happyhomeschool.familyclassroom.net/Archives/Music.shtml

Enchanted Learning has lots of worksheets to help teach music. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/

Teach-nology has several music lesson plans.

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lessonplans/music/

The Lesson Plans Page has free music leeson plans arranged by grade level. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music.htm

Lesson plans sorted by grade level: http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music

Want to make your own musical instruments?

THe Musical Scientist offers lesson plans on how to make your own musical instruments: http://members.aol.com/Alsabbeth/Music.html

Crafty music teachers offers ideas on how to make lots of musical instruments. http://www.craftymusicteachers.com/otherinstruments/

Need Song lyrics for your classic songs?

The National Institute of Environmental Health Services has song lyrics for many classic songs: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/musicchild.htm

Need hymns for Bible or Music studies?

Find many hymns here at Cyber Hymnal : http://www.cyberhymnal.org/

Find more hymns at Hymn Site: http://www.hymnsite.com/

Hymnal Net has many, many hymns:  http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/index.php

Digital Hymnal also has a selection of hymns: http://www.digitalhymnal.org/dhindex.cfm

This site has a section on teaching about the Classical age, as well as a section that teaches about all the instruments in the orchestra.  It also has a monthly featured composer.

Classics for kids:  http://www.classicsforkids.com/

This site has a timeline of classical composers. http://www.danmansmusic.com/composers.htm

If you are trying to develop a music appreciation class for high school, the Oklahoma Homeschool site has one planned for you: http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/musicApprHSU.html

This site teaches about the different eras of music, over seventy composers, and has a musical glossary.

Essentials of Music: http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

This site has downloadable teaching kits about famous composers. (You must click the teacher's section.)

Arts Alive:  http://www.artsalive.ca/en/

Find free composers pictures to make flashcards or use in notebooking here: http://www.montessorimaterials.org/music/Composers.pdf

Online adventure for learning about the orchestra:  The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall: http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/ovr_weill_music_inst.html

A guide to the orchestra can be found here: (from The British Broadcasting Company): http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide/

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra for kids:  http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp

Creating Music.com allows your child to compose his own masterpieces.  http://www.creatingmusic.com/

The San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra also offers a site for kids: http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

This site has an online musical note flashcard game: 

The Violin Case:  http://www.theviolincase.com/Flashcards/index.htm

This site has customizeable music theory flash cards, including piano note names, guitar note names,  note names, triads, and more. 

Musicards.Net : http://www.musicards.net/

 This site is in the works but includes several flashcards on musical notes:  Flashcards for Music:  http://www.rath.ca/HomeSchool/FlashCardMusic.shtml

The Montessori Site also has musical note flashcards in a pdf file:  http://www.montessorimaterials.org/music/musicnotation1.pdf