← Back to discover
Music
Music apps for kids
Making music, learning an instrument, rhythm games and songs.
Ages 2–5
- Chrome Music Lab: A collection of browser experiments for playing with sound, pattern and rhythm.
- GoNoodle: GoNoodle has short movement and dance videos for kids, built around music, characters and simple instructions.
- Blob Opera: In Blob Opera, a Google Arts & Culture experiment, kids drag four opera-singing blobs to change their notes while the others join in.
- CBeebies Get Creative: Little ones paint, doodle, build with blocks, invent toys and make music alongside CBeebies characters.
- Classics for Kids: Kids hear composer stories on a weekly radio show, play note and rhythm games, and write little tunes of their own.
- Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
- Hoffman Academy: Kids learn piano a step at a time from Mr. Hoffman’s video lessons, with songs, ear training and practice games.
- Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers: Young kids sing, dance and learn songs from musical traditions around the world with Carnegie Hall artists.
- Danny Go!: Kids jump, dance and freeze along with Danny’s high-energy songs, games and make-believe adventures.
- Canticos Bilingual Preschool: Preschoolers sing nursery rhymes, watch videos, read books and play games in English and Spanish.
- Osmo Coding: In Osmo Coding, kids line up chunky physical coding blocks on the table and watch an on-screen character act out the sequence.
- Daniel Tiger’s Play at Home: Kids help Daniel Tiger through bedtime, bath time and a visit to the doctor across six short games.
- Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
- Sesame Street Games Club: Preschoolers appear to bake with Cookie Monster, climb a beanstalk with Elmo and tinker with the Mecha Builders.
- PAW Patrol Academy: Preschoolers work on letters, numbers, shapes and feelings during missions with the PAW Patrol pups.
- Noodle Loaf: Kids sing, clap rhythms and dance along with short, playful music episodes led by educator Dan Saks.
- Lions and Legends: Kids listen to myths, fables and folktales from many cultures, retold as fantastical audio adventures.
- Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
- Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
- Tiny Wrist Bilingual Books: Bilingual Vietnamese and English board books, picture books and a sing-along music book about Vietnamese rhymes, colours and festivals.
Ages 6–8
- Chrome Music Lab: A collection of browser experiments for playing with sound, pattern and rhythm.
- Incredibox: A music game in which kids drag sounds onto animated performers to build a mix.
- GoNoodle: GoNoodle has short movement and dance videos for kids, built around music, characters and simple instructions.
- Toy Theater: Short learning games mixed with virtual manipulatives, creative tools and classic puzzles.
- Blob Opera: In Blob Opera, a Google Arts & Culture experiment, kids drag four opera-singing blobs to change their notes while the others join in.
- Piano Maestro: Kids play a real piano or keyboard while the iPad seems to listen in and light up the notes they hit.
- Classics for Kids: Kids hear composer stories on a weekly radio show, play note and rhythm games, and write little tunes of their own.
- Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
- Hoffman Academy: Kids learn piano a step at a time from Mr. Hoffman’s video lessons, with songs, ear training and practice games.
- Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers: Young kids sing, dance and learn songs from musical traditions around the world with Carnegie Hall artists.
- Danny Go!: Kids jump, dance and freeze along with Danny’s high-energy songs, games and make-believe adventures.
- GarageBand: Kids play touch instruments, trigger loops and record songs, beats and their own voices on an iPhone or iPad.
- Groove Pizza: Kids build drum beats by placing toppings on a spinning pizza and hearing the patterns play.
- Osmo Coding: In Osmo Coding, kids line up chunky physical coding blocks on the table and watch an on-screen character act out the sequence.
- Makey Makey: Kids clip wires to bananas, play-dough or pencil drawings and turn them into keys for computer games and music.
- Simply Piano: Kids play a real piano or keyboard while the app listens to each note and responds.
- Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
- Sesame Street Games Club: Preschoolers appear to bake with Cookie Monster, climb a beanstalk with Elmo and tinker with the Mecha Builders.
- Noodle Loaf: Kids sing, clap rhythms and dance along with short, playful music episodes led by educator Dan Saks.
- Lions and Legends: Kids listen to myths, fables and folktales from many cultures, retold as fantastical audio adventures.
- Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
- Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
Ages 9–12
- musictheory.net: Short lessons and drills on reading notes, rhythm, scales and chords.
- Chrome Music Lab: A collection of browser experiments for playing with sound, pattern and rhythm.
- Ableton Learning Music: Browser lessons from Ableton on how beats, basslines, chords and melodies fit together.
- Incredibox: A music game in which kids drag sounds onto animated performers to build a mix.
- GoNoodle: GoNoodle has short movement and dance videos for kids, built around music, characters and simple instructions.
- Toy Theater: Short learning games mixed with virtual manipulatives, creative tools and classic puzzles.
- Blob Opera: In Blob Opera, a Google Arts & Culture experiment, kids drag four opera-singing blobs to change their notes while the others join in.
- Piano Maestro: Kids play a real piano or keyboard while the iPad seems to listen in and light up the notes they hit.
- Classics for Kids: Kids hear composer stories on a weekly radio show, play note and rhythm games, and write little tunes of their own.
- Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
- Hoffman Academy: Kids learn piano a step at a time from Mr. Hoffman’s video lessons, with songs, ear training and practice games.
- GarageBand: Kids play touch instruments, trigger loops and record songs, beats and their own voices on an iPhone or iPad.
- Groove Pizza: Kids build drum beats by placing toppings on a spinning pizza and hearing the patterns play.
- Osmo Coding: In Osmo Coding, kids line up chunky physical coding blocks on the table and watch an on-screen character act out the sequence.
- Makey Makey: Kids clip wires to bananas, play-dough or pencil drawings and turn them into keys for computer games and music.
- Pencil Code: Kids steer a drawing turtle with code to make pictures, tunes and games, flipping between blocks and typed text.
- Simply Piano: Kids play a real piano or keyboard while the app listens to each note and responds.
- Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
- Lions and Legends: Kids listen to myths, fables and folktales from many cultures, retold as fantastical audio adventures.
- Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
- Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
Ages 13+
- musictheory.net: Short lessons and drills on reading notes, rhythm, scales and chords.
- Ableton Learning Music: Browser lessons from Ableton on how beats, basslines, chords and melodies fit together.
- Ableton Learning Synths: Interactive lessons on how synthesizers shape sound, with controls kids drag and then listen to.
- Incredibox: A music game in which kids drag sounds onto animated performers to build a mix.
- Blob Opera: In Blob Opera, a Google Arts & Culture experiment, kids drag four opera-singing blobs to change their notes while the others join in.
- GarageBand: Kids play touch instruments, trigger loops and record songs, beats and their own voices on an iPhone or iPad.
- Groove Pizza: Kids build drum beats by placing toppings on a spinning pizza and hearing the patterns play.
- Makey Makey: Kids clip wires to bananas, play-dough or pencil drawings and turn them into keys for computer games and music.
- Pencil Code: Kids steer a drawing turtle with code to make pictures, tunes and games, flipping between blocks and typed text.
- Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.