A Year of Music - Artist Flashcards

52 artists your kids can hold in their hands.

Vivaldi. Aretha Franklin. Bob Marley. Beyoncé. Yo-Yo Ma. Fifty-two double-sided cards covering four centuries of music, from Baroque violin to reggae to EDM: the same fifty-two artists at the heart of A Year of Music.

Print them, cut them, and music history stops being something you read about and becomes something you can sort, quiz, match and argue over at the kitchen table.

What's on a card

Front: a portrait of the artist and their name.

Back: country of origin, genre, years active, two famous works, and a "Did you Know?" fact written for a child to remember and repeat.

Bob Marley: Jamaica · Reggae · 1962–1981
One Love · No Woman, No Cry
He carried reggae music from Jamaica to the world.

Ways families use them

• Timeline: lay them out by decade across the floor and watch a century of music take shape
• Sorting: by genre, by country, by group versus solo artist
• Narration: your child picks a card and tells you what they remember about that artist
• Morning basket: pull the card for whoever you're studying that week, and let the collection grow as the year goes on

Who it's for

Built as a companion to A Year of Music, one card for every artist in the curriculum. But you don't need the curriculum to use them: explore each artist your own way as a family, in any order, at any pace.

Printable digital download. Nothing ships. The file is yours the moment you check out.

Already own the curriculum? The Keepsake Edition bundles these cards with the full 52-week curriculum and the Musical Passport for less than buying them separately.