Dictionary of Dance for Young Performers-What is a Grapevine? How do you perform the California Raisins? Or the Cabbage Patch? These questions and more will all be answered in Kids Gotta Move! This handy book/DVD pack features over 100 choreography terms definedand demonstrated with the young performer in mind. The movements are alphabetized for ease of use with easy-to-follow definitions diagrams and dozens of demonstration photos for further visual reference. The DVD features JohnJacobson and two student dancers demonstrating each move and the submenus on the DVD will allow you to go directly to the move you desire without fast-forwarding through an entire videotape! You'll never have to wonder what theCrocodile Smile looks like again. With Kids Gotta Move! all the moves you'll ever need are right here for you. So get moving with Kids Gotta Move!

Hardback-A beautifully presented and colourful collection of songs poems and stories that celebrate the natural world and all creatures great and small. Read about the adventures of the Ugly Duckling or the tales of The TownMouse And The Country Mouse. Inside you will find lyrics to more than twenty-five songs that explore the worlds of our furry feathered or slimy friends. The included CD contains performances of every song by achildren's choir and also contains stories and poems featured in the book.

Performing Together-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 unit Performing Together is the second of six 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 extensions 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 designed to be as easy and accessible as possible even for those with little music teachingexperience. This is a lively unit in which the whole class works together to prepare and perform a two-part song. Pupils learn to sing the song play the instrumental parts from notation or by ear and plan rehearse and perform as an ensemble. The activities encourage confidence imagination and interaction 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!

My First Theory Book by Lina Ng is the first workbook in a series of three designed to offer a smooth transition to Grade 1 Theory.There are plenty of exercises and games to encourage a wider understanding of music even at the very early stages of learning. Included within this first book are exercises in writing treble and bass clefs note names and counting time signatures the piano keyboard writing notes in treble clef writing notes in bass clef rests accidentals stem positions time signatures completing bars with missing notes completing bars with missing rand games. My Second Theory Book and My Third Theory Book are also available as is a series of five books in the Theory Made Easy series.

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!!!

12 excellent topic-based songs-Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music brings you 12 excellent songs that teachers and children will love! Based on popular Key Stage 2 topics these catchy tunes enable primary class teachers to teach music while supporting learning across the whole curriculum. Each song comes with an easy-to-follow teaching video with on-screen lyrics and demonstrations of Makaton signs performance and backing audio PDF lyrics for whiteboard display and teaching notes. In addition many have optional percussion parts which are also demonstrated on the videos and there?s a selection of warm-ups and focus-builders to get everyone ready for singing! Written with thegeneralist class teacher in mind the accompanying notes are divided into three main sections: SING ? Straightforward step-by-step instructions to help you teach the song from scratch; PLAY ? Ways to use the song to meet the requirements of the Primary Music Curriculum and First Access (Wider Opportunities); LEARN ? Creative extension activities relating to the song or topic. Supports the National Curriculum for Music Topic-based approach Ideas for First Access (Wider Opportunities) Supports SEND (via Makaton signs) No music reading required Promotes physical activity Ridiculously fun! ?What a lovely voice Al Start has and I love the way she uses real instruments to accompany her songs? ~ Julia Donaldson