Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun! Folksongs are not only fun to sing, but teach multicultural heritage and provide a better understanding of music concepts with repetitive rhythms and melodies. So, what better way to introduce young singers to beginning part-singing than with folksongs! The popular writing team of Mary Donnelly and George Strid add their creative touch to twelve folksong favorites with this flexible collection that can be used throughout the elementary grades. The reproducible singer songsheets feature each folksong and its partner on separate pages for a variety of teaching options. Teach these folksong favorites in the lower grades. When singers are ready, teach the partner song, and you've added twelve more songs to their singing repertoire. For further challenge, partner them up for twelve more performance options! A helpful teaching sequence and extension activities are also included. Accompany your singers live with simple piano parts printed in the Teacher Edition, or use quality recordings on the Performance/Accompaniment CD, available separately or in the Classroom Kit. Fresh new originals partnered with these folksong favorites: Zum Gali Gali, A-Tisket A-Tasket, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, Down the River, Here We Go Looby Loo, Mi Chacra, Shake the Papaya Down, The Crocodile, Look There Is the Steamer, Yankee Doodle, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me. Suggested for grades 1-6.
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Welcome to K Y D Z, the radio station that plays the hits while you sing along! Meet disc jockey Marvelous Mike and sidekick Jivin' Judy as they play the oldies, the goodies and all the songs kids have loved throughout the years. From the Depression and WWII to Elvis, the Beatles and disco, the radio is where America hears the songs that become the soundtracks of their lives. This Express musical features 6 “top hits” with short set-up scenes for up to 25 speaking parts that combine into a show that will appeal to kids and adults alike while requiring minimal rehearsal time! The Teacher Edition includes fully-accompanied songs, choreography and narration. Exciting FULL-COLOR student editions add extra visual appeal, and come in handy 20-paks, sold separately or combined in a classroom kit with the Teacher Edition and performance/accompaniment CD! Performance Time: Approx. 25 minutes. For grades 4-8.
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Welcome to K Y D Z, the radio station that plays the hits while you sing along! Meet disc jockey Marvelous Mike and sidekick Jivin' Judy as they play the oldies, the goodies and all the songs kids have loved throughout the years. From the Depression and WWII to Elvis, the Beatles and disco, the radio is where America hears the songs that become the soundtracks of their lives. This Express musical features 6 “top hits” with short set-up scenes for up to 25 speaking parts that combine into a show that will appeal to kids and adults alike while requiring minimal rehearsal time! The Teacher Edition includes fully-accompanied songs, choreography and narration. Exciting FULL-COLOR student editions add extra visual appeal, and come in handy 20-paks, sold separately or combined in a classroom kit with the Teacher Edition and performance/accompaniment CD! Performance Time: Approx. 25 minutes. For grades 3-8.
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Are you “ready” for a way to “set” your students up for music success? Well, let's “go Orff!” Using Carl Orff's approach of “sing, say, dance, play,” this collection will give you multiple ways to introduce your children to the world of music making. Within the pages of this resource, you will find songs that involve singing games, Orff and unpitched instrumental accompaniments, simple choreography and extension activities. In addition, there are colorful interactive slides to assist in learning and playing games. The collection features reproducible singer songsheets and step-by-step teaching suggestions for the songs, games and Orff parts. For extra value, projectable, full color song charts are included via digital access and viewed in your browser, so there is no need for special software. Just download the files onto your computer and you're ready to go! These charts include song lyrics and interactive activities for enhanced learning. Songs include: Name Game, 'Round the Circle, Pay Allegiance to America, Little Turkey in the Woods, Decorate the Tree, Make New Friends, Do Your Best, We Are Marching, and more! Suggested for grades 1-3.
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Take the stress out of assessment with this musical playground of activities and singing games your students will love! Elementary music specialist, Cristi Cary Miller shares a wealth of material in this easy-to-use resource to help identify and define students' musical skills and progress while having a barrel of fun! Designed for students in grades K-5, this creative collection of 18 seasonal songs and activities will provide hours of fun throughout the school year while assessing students on rhythm reading, steady beat, matching pitch, solfege, vocal tone colors and much more! Make assessments a vital part of your lesson planning this year! 18 songs including: Telephone Time, Hello Neighbors, Rhythm Charades Rap, Sol La Sol Mi Dance, Listen Very Carefully and much more!
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What's that sound? It's full of surprise and honesty; joy and sadness, strength and improvisation ... it's gotta be jazz! And it's America's music! Experience the history and development from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Saint Louis and Chicago and around the world. Find out why original jazzers had interesting names like Dizzy, Satchmo, Lady Day, Jelly Roll and Yardbird! Jam-packed with jazz history and fun facts, this unique revue features an original theme song and 5 jazz classics in kid-friendly arrangements, narration for up to 50 or more speakers, riser choreography by John Jacobson and professionally-produced recordings in true jazz form! Extend learning further with “The Story of Jazz,” a spectacular full-color timeline and recorded history complete with narration and music excerpts of jazz standards spanning over a hundred years. Enjoy the sounds of Ragtime, Blues, Dixieland, Swing, Big Band, Bebop, and more! Jazz music is only a little over a hundred years old and it is always changing. Who knows what it might sound like in another hundred years? Available: Teacher Edition, Singer 20-Pak (in full color), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (all components). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.
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Capture the spirit of calypso, zydeco, bossa nova, gospel, jigs, jazz and more with this unique collection of global rhythm styles. Each ensemble includes 3 to 4 rhythm parts for classroom percussion instruments, and one part is always the pulse, so even your youngest students can join in! There are also body percussion parts to help learn the rhythms before the instruments are distributed, and when there aren't enough instruments to go around. Optional Orff instrument parts and piano are also included for additional layers of tone color! The enclosed CD offers two recorded tracks for each groove: an instructional track and a play-along track without the percussion instruments for the flexibility of adding any number of performers. PDFs of all the parts are also included on the Enhanced CD. All parts are 4 to 8 measures, and once they are secure, the parts can be layered in one-at-a-time, in different orders. You decide! Then add your new world groove accompaniments to different songs in these styles from your music library! There is even an overall theme song called “The Beat of the World” for your students to experience. Let the spirit groove you! Music grooves include: Calypso, South African, Hora, Gospel, Irish Jig, Zydeco, Rock and Roll, Bossa Nova, American Jazz, Irish Reel. Available: Book/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades 3-6.
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From Latin America to the Philippines, discover a diverse sampling of musical heritages with this global collection of songs, articles and activities for the music classroom and beyond! Experience authentic folk songs, children's songs and work songs along with some of the native instruments used to accompany them. Read about traditions and cultures and how they have influenced music around the world. The all-in-one resource features reproducible songsheets, articles and activity sheets, step-by-step instruction for each song based on the National Standards, piano/vocal arrangements, lyric translations and recordings of each song, with vocals and accompaniment tracks only... a great budget saver! Featured songs and articles include: Guantanamera (The Music of Cuba), Las Posadas (Christmas Latin-Style!), Imo Gal (Instruments from Latin America), Mi Caballo Blanco (Music from the Andes Mountains), Hala lala layya (Music of the Arab People), Shiri yakanaka (Africa: Music and More!), Bahay kubo (Music in the Philippines), Gypsy in the Moonlight (Sounds of the Caribbean). Suggested for Gr. 4-8.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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What's that sound? It's full of surprise and honesty; joy and sadness, strength and improvisation ... it's gotta be jazz! And it's America's music! Experience the history and development from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Saint Louis and Chicago and around the world. Find out why original jazzers had interesting names like Dizzy, Satchmo, Lady Day, Jelly Roll and Yardbird! Jam-packed with jazz history and fun facts, this unique revue features an original theme song and 5 jazz classics in kid-friendly arrangements, narration for up to 50 or more speakers, riser choreography by John Jacobson and professionally-produced recordings in true jazz form! Extend learning further with “The Story of Jazz,” a spectacular full-color timeline and recorded history complete with narration and music excerpts of jazz standards spanning over a hundred years. Enjoy the sounds of Ragtime, Blues, Dixieland, Swing, Big Band, Bebop, and more! Jazz music is only a little over a hundred years old and it is always changing. Who knows what it might sound like in another hundred years? Available: Teacher Edition, Singer 20-Pak (in full color), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (all components). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.
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Celebrate music cultures and traditions as they happen around the world with this multicultural collection of festivals, songs and activities that will enhance global awareness and provide rich experiences in the music classroom and beyond! This all-in-one Book/Audio Access provides everything you need: background on each festival, step-by-step instruction for each song based on the National Standards, piano/vocal accompaniments, lyric translations, reproducible songsheets, expanded activities and recordings of each song, with vocals and accompaniment only - a smart buy for every music classroom! Songs and festivals include: Respect for the Aged Day (Japan) Hamabe no Uta, Aloha Festivals (Hawaii) Ulili E, Festival of Lights (India) Aeyaya balano sakkad, St. Lucia's Day (Sweden) Sankta Lucia, Carnaval (Brazil) Cidade Maravilhosa, New Year (Laos) Dok Djampa, Freedom Day (South Africa) Singabahambayo, Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) A la Rueda de San Miguel. The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard. For Grades 2-6.
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Our brilliant and talented music teacher gave us a FUN assignment - form a band and play for you! BUT we have studied so many cool styles in this fantastic music class, we don't know what kind of band we want to be! Come on down to the Twist and Shout and explore some great country, reggae, Motown, surf and blues like you've never heard it before! Perfect for upper elementary and middle school singers, this jammin' musical revue features entertaining hits from the past, carefully arranged by Roger Emerson for younger unison voices along with some optional harmony. Add the program dialog and choreography by John Jacobson for some great dancing in the street! And there's more! Extend learning with interesting online video interviews that explore rockin' horns, playing reggae, country fiddle, harmonica and more! The Teacher Edition features reproducible program dialog, piano/vocal arrangements and choreography. The Singer Edition 20-pak features singer parts in attractive full color spreads. 25 minutes. Suggested for Grades 4-8. What kind of band do you want to be?
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Our brilliant and talented music teacher gave us a FUN assignment - form a band and play for you! BUT we have studied so many cool styles in this fantastic music class, we don't know what kind of band we want to be! Come on down to the Twist and Shout and explore some great country, reggae, Motown, surf and blues like you've never heard it before! Perfect for upper elementary and middle school singers, this jammin' musical revue features entertaining hits from the past, carefully arranged by Roger Emerson for younger unison voices along with some optional harmony. Add the program dialog and choreography by John Jacobson for some great dancing in the street! And there's more! Extend learning with interesting online video interviews that explore rockin' horns, playing reggae, country fiddle, harmonica and more! The Teacher Edition features reproducible program dialog, piano/vocal arrangements and choreography. The Singer Edition 20-pak features singer parts in attractive full color spreads. The Classroom Kit includes Teacher, Singer-20 and Performanc/Accompaniment CD. 25 minutes. Suggested for Grades 4-8. What kind of band do you want to be?
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Quiet! Quiet on the set, everyone! Take your seats and prepare to be thrilled with songs and special appearances by some of Hollywood's biggest stars! From the popular Express Musical series, this musical revue features favorite songs from the hit movies SpongeBob SquarePants, Finding Nemo, The Polar Express, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Shrek. It includes short connecting dialogs for over 25 speakers and spectacular music for a show that will appeal to all ages. The Teacher Edition offers piano/vocal arrangements, choreography and script. Exciting full-color Singer Editions come in handy 20-paks, and a performance/accompaniment CD features spectacular orchestrations by John Higgins - all sold separately or combined in a value-packed Classroom Kit. Easy to produce, this 20-25 minute revue is suggested for students in grades 3-6 with a performance time of 20-25 minutes. Available: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 20-Pak, Performance/Accompaniment CD, and Classroom Kit (Teacher Ed, Sgr Ed 20-Pak, and P/A CD).
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What's that sound? It's full of surprise and honesty; joy and sadness, strength and improvisation ... it's gotta be jazz! And it's America's music! Experience the history and development from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Saint Louis and Chicago and around the world. Find out why original jazzers had interesting names like Dizzy, Satchmo, Lady Day, Jelly Roll and Yardbird! Jam-packed with jazz history and fun facts, this unique revue features an original theme song and 5 jazz classics in kid-friendly arrangements, narration for up to 50 or more speakers, riser choreography by John Jacobson and professionally-produced recordings in true jazz form! Extend learning further with “The Story of Jazz,” a spectacular full-color timeline and recorded history complete with narration and music excerpts of jazz standards spanning over a hundred years. Enjoy the sounds of Ragtime, Blues, Dixieland, Swing, Big Band, Bebop, and more! Jazz music is only a little over a hundred years old and it is always changing. Who knows what it might sound like in another hundred years? Available: Teacher Edition, Singer 20-Pak (in full color), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (all components). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.
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Take an exciting musical journey of folk song and dance traditions to all corners of the globe. Learn how to do an Israeli circle dance, the German Schottische, the Brazilian Samba, folk dances from Austria, Russia and Mexico, an African welcome dance, and even country line dancing from the U.S.A! Read about these rich cultures in engaging student articles written at an age-appropriate level, and experience their music through folk songs and easy-to-learn dance steps that are kid-friendly. The value-packed book with online audio and video features reproducible articles and songsheets with lyric translations, exceptional standards-based lesson plans complete with lyric pronunciations, assessment and extension activities, piano/vocal arrangements with choreography, and a performance/accompaniment recording. There are even recorded pronunciation guides. And there's more! The classroom kit includes visual instruction for each dance as demonstrated by John Jacobson and a group of young students. We've got a lot of miles to cover, so let's get started! Suggested for Grades 3-6.
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