This unusual collection of secular songs is perfect for Christmas time and the winter season. It contains a mixture of new songs and well-known favourites encompassing styles from show-time to sentimental. Sing about chestnuts crackers wild geese flying south and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Includes a backing CD as well as Piano accompaniments and Guitar chords second voice parts and Recorder descants - all carefully written for easy learning.

A Short Musical Play About Kids' Healthy Habits-Cover your sneeze please! See the doctor every year. Brush and floss your teeth. Wash your hands. Reinforce healthy habits with simple songs and raps for very young singers. Roger Emerson's K-1 4 Fun series features short 15-minute musical plays for Kindergarten and 1st Graders designed with simplicity in mind for busy teachers on-the-go. New lyrics have been set to familiar tunes for quick learning and the connecting rockin' raps spoken by the entire class are sure to be a hit! The Teacher Book includes piano/vocal arrangements with simple movement ideas. Teach these five songs and raps by rote or use the reproducible pages with lyrics and raps for additionalreading challenge. As a bonus the original song lyrics to these timeless children's melodies are included in the back of the book! The Enhanced CD offers performance and accompaniment-only track recordings with a melody instrument to help guide these young singers and PROJECTABLE/PRINTABLE PDFs of lyrics and raps. For additional vocal help there are also TRACK PLUS recordings for each song that feature the vocals at half volume. Use this to help transition the students from singing with the full version or have them perform with these tracks if they need a little extra help! Available: Teacher/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades K-1.

A Musical Revue Celebrating the Importance of Music in Our Lives-Who are the very best advocates for your school's music programs' The kids! Advocacy is a continuous process of diligent education to bring awareness about the benefits of music learning to the general public. And kids can expertly share the joy of music making and learning in a variety of different ways. The authors worked together to develop a musical revue about the wonder of music. Each of the seven original songs can be performed together as a complete program or they can be sung in other contexts as well. The 30-minute revue includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography short narrations for up to 65 speaking parts and digital access to student PDFs. To performwith recordings the Performance Kit includes the Teacher Edition and digital access to student PDFs and performance/accompaniment audio recordings. Songs include: Music Is an Everyday Thing Many Things I Learned I Learned Through Music Playing Music Is Hard Work A Song in My Heart Working Together If I Didn't Have Music Our Place in the Choir. In addition to a musical revue the second half of the book is focused on strategies ideas and conversations about the importance of music study in children's and adolescents' lives. There are even writing and advocacy activities to engage students in the promotion of the critical role that music plays in their lives. The ten chapters concentrate on attributes of music education and how children benefit from music study highlighted in the Broader Minded Campaign put forth by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME): Decision Making Grit Multiple Ways of Knowing Creativity Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking Emotional Awareness Reflective Learning and Process Orientation. Suggested for grades 2-6.

The delightful story of the little green frog and his hibernating friends. It is a misty damp autumn day. The playful wind suddenly dashes around the trees whisking off their beautiful leaves. The animals are preparing for theirlong winter hibernation so the little green frog decides to give a harvest party but things almost go terribly wrong. In the end the frog learns to say 'thank you' and his friends learn that wrongly lit fires can be verydangerous indeed! Seven new songs and simple improvised percussion with opportunities for mime and animal dances.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.Professionally recorded demonstration and backing tracks are available to purchase and download here .

A moving Christmas cantata which has become a classic over the years. Richard Hepburn's masterpiece for children contains narration in story sequence telling the Biblical Nativity for concert use or with tableau or mime. Songscan also be used individually as part of any Christmas program. The music is excellent whilst being reasonably simple and complements the feel of this traditional Nativity play. Arranged by Alison Hedger for piano voice withoptional second parts and two recorders. Guitar chords are given. Duration: 25 mins. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

Express Musical for Young Voices-An Express Musical for Young Voices. ?Move that car! We're ready to begin. A garage is a place to make music in. With keyboard drums guitar and bass; add a singer and we're all in place!? Explore the instruments of arock band and start your own garage band. This unique musical revue features fresh new arrangements for unison voices with optional harmony that are accessible and appropriate for upper elementary and middle school singers. Usethe program dialog for performance options; connect to the standards with teaching objectives for each song; and extend learning with online video interviews featuring John Jacobson and the studio musicians who recorded the songsin musical revue. ?Here we go; the band is complete. We got the singer and we got the beat! Let's twist and shout and harmonize too. We're ready to play a tune for you.? Songs include: We Got the Beat Twist andShout Stand By Me Your Song Livin' on a Prayer Making the Band. 25 Minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

You'll shudder...you'll shake...with this wonderful collection of 'pumpkin carols' for Grades K-6. Each song features clever Halloween lyrics set to well-known familiar melodies! Use the songs in your music classes or create yourown all-school program or Halloween parade. You'll love the ?scary? sound effects on the professionally recorded CD. And there's more! The collection includes reproducible song sheets for your students and innovativesuggestions for adding movement rhythm instruments or games.Available: Songbook Performance/Accompaniment CD. Grades K-6.

A witty and innovative version of the well-known and much-loved pantomime story. Puss In Boots helps the hero Edwin to win the hand of the fair princess by scaring away the nastiest ogre ever who is allergic to cats! There arelead roles to challenge more able pupils and a large cast of non-speaking roles for younger pupils. The play is in rhyme. Duration: 50 mins. Script available in student book.You will require a license to performthis work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.Professionally recorded demonstration andbacking tracks are available to purchase and download here .

Young Women's Edition-This practical collection of lively theatre and movie musical music comes with a valuable bonus: a CD of excellent recordings by talented young singers and also an accompaniment track for each song for practice. Contents ?Young Women's Edition: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) ? God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) ? Honey Bun (South Pacific) ? I Enjoy Being a Girl(Flower Drum Song) ? I Got the Sun in the Morning (Annie Get Your Gun) ? I'll Know (Guys and Dolls) ? Much More (The Fantasticks) ? Reflection (Mulan) ? Shy (Once Upona Mattress) ? Unexpected Song (Song and Dance). Contents ? Young Men's Edition: Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) ? Close Every Door (Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat) ? Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Misérables) ? Leaning on the Lamp Post (Me and My Girl) ? Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls) ? On the Street Where YouLive (My Fair Lady) ? River in the Rain (Big River) ? Santa Fe (Newsies) ? Steppin' Out with My Baby (Blue Skies) ? Try to Remember (The Fantasticks).

Teacher's Manual-A baker! A sailor! A cowboy! A movie star! Life offers so many choices for kids today; they are free to be whatever they choose to be! WHEN I GROW UP explores these choices in today's lingo for today's kids.From a drivingrock opener to a burly sailor chantey a soft-shoe baker song to an ambling cowboy tune this 30-minute all-school revue lets kids explore a variety of occupations and careers through music. The easy-to-learn songs andprofessional recording will make your show a hit for any audience whether it be a general assembly a community program a class project or an evening concert. The Teacher's Manual contains staging ideas choreography costumingand enrichment activities for a complete all-school project.Let your kids project themselves into the future build self-esteem and have fun as they shout to the world ?I wanna be me WHEN I GROWUP!?Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Preview Cassette ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Gr. 1-6.

These attractive new songs for young choirs give a refreshing new rendition of the traditional Biblical story. The songs can be sung alone or performed in a cycle as a cantata. Narration is included and a mime or play could beadded. Duration: 30 mins. Script available in student book. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.Professionally recorded demonstration and backing tracks are available to purchase and download here .

Marko the Miser is designed the children to mime sing and play and can be done either as a concert performance or a stage piece. The words are by the composer and Frederic Samson and are based on a story taken from the Afanasievcollection of Russian Folk Tales. The characters are Marko a rich peasant the Beggar Marko’s Wife and Robbers. The instruments include glockenspiel chime bars recorders clarinet guitar piano and a large array ofpercussion instruments.