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!

Age 7 -This pack combines active listening with practical music making. It gives busy teachers a fingertip resource of recordings of music and related classroom activities which will help children understand their own and other people's music. The approach is involving practical and accessible requiring no music-reading ability. There are twelve complete recordings of music from different times and places chosen to demonstrate the elements: duration dynamics tempo timbre texture pitch and structure. Photocopiable material is included along with supplementary recordings supporting the activities.

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.

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.

Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage is a fantastic new edition of a long-established resource for Early Years practitioners. The new edition incorporates the whole Early Years age range from birth to five and includes old favourites alongside exciting new songs rhymes and activities. Authors Sue Nicholls Sally Hickman and Patricia Scott have fully revised this edition to support the 2012 Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage comprises a book and three audio CDs and is supported by videos graphics and lesson plans on the Early Years section ofthe Music Express website. Forty-two starting points and holistic activities guide the practitioner through the revised curriculum for Early Years from birth to Early Learning Goals. Arranged in popular themes within the areas of learning and development the content ranges holistically from songs stories and rhymes to dances and games for indoor and outdoor learning. The fresh new design incorporates photographic images of children in real play situations and includes new features such as ideas for child-initiated learning and parent participation plus even more activities for exploring the outdoor environment. Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage was a 4-star winner in the Teach Early Years Awards 2018. ?This resource offers simple enough songs that even the youngest children can actually sing and participate in making the music.? ?It features a good range of musical activities including creative opportunities for dance instruments and singing all clearly set out in age-specific sections.? Judges? comments Teach Early Years Awards 2018

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

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 1 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!

Complete Singing Scheme For Primary Class Teachers - Site Licence Edition-Singing Express is a complete scheme for singing in the primary years. It supplies everything that children and teacher need for singing together - brilliant cross-curricular singing materials which naturally and easily help grow confident voices and full guidance and help with using them.This book and DVD-ROM pack provides songs chants rhymes stories and warm ups. Easy to access easy to learn and share with children. The materials are designed for whiteboard display and include backing tracks lyrics song movies and specialist singing help whenever needed.Also included is an audio CD with performances of all the chants rhymes andsongs.

Songs and Activities for Schools (audio and video access included). Enhance music-making in your school by teaching with Rhythm Cups. Using just simple plastic cups and fantastic songs, Rhythm Cups will develop performance skills, musical literacy, teamwork and coordination in all children. Learn amazing group rhythmic patterns to perform together, using our easy-to-read rhythm cup notation and popular song collection. Each book comes with a unique code for online access to audio resources and demonstration videos. Differentiated into simple to more challenging rhythm cup patterns, Rhythm Cups is a flexible and affordable resource to engage musical learning across Key Stages 2?3. With no need for a specialist music classroom or expensive resources, this is the ideal musical tool for all primary and KS3 school teachers. Perfect for classroom learning and assemblies!

A fun view of school through songs and topic ideas. Ideal for classroom use school choirs or as an assembly item. The exciting Topical Ideas with each song provide fascinating background information fun performance ideas and lots of cross-curricular possibilities. Use as additional material or expand to make a complete project. Topical ideas by Maureen Hanke music by Carol Barratt. Complete with cross-curricular topic ideas by Maureen Hanke making the collection ideal for both concert and classroom.