Five fantastic songs full of fascinating facts-Linked with the Key Stage 2 curriculum these songs are modern fun and easy to learn. They uncover amazing facts about important areas of history including: the Romans the Vikings the Ancient Greeks World War II and the first railways. These songs are perfect for concerts assemblies and classrooms and a brilliant way of bringing music and singing into other areas of the curriculum. Dates facts key historical figures and the catchy melodies will not be forgotten once these songs have been sung! Each song is presented first as an easy-to-follow lyric sheet for use along with the CD. A Piano score for each song also gives Guitar chords for teachers whoaccompany their pupils or find following a score helpful. After the Piano score you will find a helpful step-by-step guide to teaching the song. We hope these songs will bring music and history lessons alive!

Scattered around Scotland are massive stones with intricate carvings upon them relics of The Picts. These early Scots were a wild barbaric nation who caused the building Hadrian’s Wall but between the 2nd and 10th centuries A.D. they also displayed a fascination for carving stones with a skill that leaves modern generations standing in awe over 1000 year later.This spellbinding colouring book will help you discover the ancient art of shadowy painted people with the mysterious designs of their carved stones.Suitable for colourists of all ages Joy-Elizabeth Mitchell presents a selection of Pictish Art which represents a wide range of the skills of this racethrough its known history.

Children's Song Favorites is a collection of 75 songs for children of all ages most of them from the folk tradition. They have been collected over more than fifty years by a professional folk singer who is also a mother andgrandmother. Each song has the melody line complete lyrics and suggested accompaniment chords for guitar or other instrument. Many of them are unusual— for example all 13 verses of 'The Three Blind Mice ' 'Hail to Britannia' (aBritish nursery rhyme song) and for older children 'Chopo My Pony' (a cowboy song) 'Old Thompson's Mule' (of minstrel origin) and 'The Housewife's Lament.' Audience requests have persuaded the author to include two pieces shehas written—'The Doll Song' and 'The Solution to Pollution.' More than three-quarters of the songs involve audience participation making this an ideal repertory resource for teachers and youth leaders. A few descriptivesentences sometimes with suggestions for creative activity precede each song. The songs are arranged alphabetically and an extra table of contents lists the songs by categories: animals cowboys and the West creative activity dance tunes history holidays quiet time and teaching. Although this book was designed primarily for children the author regularly uses many of these songs with grown-up audiences.

Age 5 -The Listening to Music series actively engages children in listening to music so that they can perform it and compose it themselves. Each pack comprises a visually exciting book a CD of all the recordings and a CD-ROM of interactive whiteboard activities and printouts.The book brings together music from China West Africa India South America and Europe ? an eclectic mix of traditional historical and contemporary music. Through the activities children recognise and use the building blocks of music: long and short sounds high and low loud and quiet fast and slow. They then perform their own versions of some of the recordings and theycompose others ? always listening perceptively to their own and others music.Teachers will find this title a useful accompaniment to Music Express Years 1 and 2 and and an enjoyable source of alternative activities for their primary music scheme of work.

Bridging Unit-The Music Express Series provides a range of activities and ideas to aid the teaching of music helping to make it fun and factual! This Bridging Unit Book 1 is the first of six units in the Year 7 series and builds on the skills and experience developed in previous years. There are plenty of helpful suggestions and ideas for classroom activities homework and extension of the course to suit individual timetables. Superbly planned user-friendly and inclusive this is a terrific method guide and resource for teachers. with diagrams symbols and graphics this is designed to be as easy and accessible as possible even for those with little music teachingexperience. You will find this to be an exciting composing unit that encourages supports and inspires children for any instrument: acoustic classical or electric keyboards whilst also fully supporting the Music Curriculum. With a Book for all lessons and a CD and CD-Rom jammed packed to the brim with resources materials and inspiration this informative and enjoyable method will change the way you teach Music!!!

This series of books uses a fun and novel way to teach children the fundamentals of music theory. Games and stickers are used to introduce all of the essentials such as staves, clefs, note identification, time signatures, key signatures, note values, and rest values. This child-centered series uses clear and simple instructions, appealing illustrations, and a variety of self-motivating exercises, such as tracing, coloring, and pasting. Includes: Treble Clef Notes * Bass Clef Notes * Notes on the Stave * Bar-Lines and Time Signatures * Rests * Time Names and Time Values * Accidentals * Assessment. / Formation Musicale

It's the first day of gym class and you're dreading it! This upbeat 30-minute musical for young performers shows that everyone can be a champion in some way shape or form. John Jacobson's staging and choreography will give yourshow extra pizzazz! The Teacher's Manual comes complete with full script accompanied songs choreography and a helpful production guide while the Singer's Edition includes vocal lines script and choreography. Add extra?muscle? to your performance with the professionally recorded CD. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (full performance) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. ForGr. 1-6.

It's storybook time in music class! This useful collection adds instrument playing and sound exploration to well-known literature. The 16 sound stories have been thoughtfully organized by season, providing a choice for every month of the school year. Included are 'The Spider and the Fly,? 'The Legend of the Poinsettia,? 'Babe, the Blue Ox,? 'The Tortoise and the Hare,? and more. For convenience, each story is included as a PDF on the Data CD, allowing you to easily display it on a whiteboard or print student copies. Recommended for grades 1-5. / Formation Musicale

An All-School Revue featuring songs from GEMINI. It doesn't matter if we speak different languages or have different color skin or even dress differently because deep inside we are all much more alike than we are different!And the most obvious way is that ... we all started out as KIDS!! Even Babe Ruth had to eat all his vegetables to grow up strong! This 30-minute all-school revue features some 'old favorites' and some new original songs by GEMINI(San and Laz Slomovits) along with choreography by John Jacobson and short connecting dialog perfect for one group or the entire school.The Teacher's Manual includes full script and accompanied songs along withadditional classroom enrichment activities making this a production that can truly involve your whole school long after the show is over! Perform the songs with piano alone or use the professionally recorded ShowTrax Cassette orCD.Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Preview Cassette (Full Performance) Performance/Accompaniment Cassette and CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Grades 2-5.