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.

29 progressive three-part songs for SSA or TBB by Zoltan Kodaly. Edited by Percy M. Young.

Travel back in time and join inquisitive archeologists Taki and Tut and their fossil friend Lucy as they explore the wonders of ancient civilization. From the farm laborers of early Mesopotamia and Egyptian mummies who?rap? to a chorus of ancient Greeks and Romulus and Remus who dream of building a great city you and your students will love discovering the archeological mysteries of the past.Available: Teacher's Edition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8.

Kids 'Rock the World' for a Better Environment-Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! A lot has changed since 1989 when the popular Assignment: Earth hit the stage! We now have cellphones (and what to do with old ones) the internet (for a wide range of information on theenvironment) and hybrid and alternative fueled vehicles. Are we keeping up with the times? What are we doing to make our world a better place to live? Update: Earth is a 30-minute musical review about our ongoing quest tobetter the world's environment. It features 7 original pop/rock songs with simple dialogue and characters flexible enough to perform with one class or the entire student body. Kick-off the Fall with Update: Earth to set anenvironmental theme that will last throughout the year or perform it in the Spring in conjunction with Arbor Day. The Teacher Edition comes complete with piano/vocal arrangements script and John Jacobson's choreography andstaging tips. Publications printed on recycled paper. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: Approx. 30 minutes. For Gr. 3-8.

L'Atchafalaya est un fleuve qui s'étend en Louisiane, colonie française. Jusqu'à la fin du dix septième siècle. Partis de Touraine, du Bercy ou du Poitou, des français, devenus des Acadiens, vinrent habiter ses berges et ses marais. Accompagnant avec talent et vivacité le livret de Rémi Laureillard - pédagogique, poétique et ludique -, la musique d'Isabelle Aboulker aborde des styles contrastés : polyphonies simples, chansons drôles et émouvantes, musiques populaires et jazzy. 'Atchafalaya' s'adresse à des enfants âgés de 8 et 12 ans. / Choeur D'Enfants

Bitesize Golden Apple-Everything you need for a great show!Bitesize Golden Apple musicals are short effective tuneful mini-musicals suitable for school assemblies or as part of a mixed performance.SuperkidsRock! Is a mini-musical written in the styles of rock jazz and blues and focuses on 'saving the planet' through conservation. It deals with issues of recycling energy conservation water and respecting the environmentin which we live. There are five simple songs making it ideal for assemblies or class performance and it fits in perfectly with the topic work on the environment.Lyrics and script can be downloaded free of charge fromGolden Apple's website at www.goldenapplemusic.com/bitesizeSuitable for Upper key stage 1 and Lower key stage 2.

Dragons! is a dramatic and comical musical for Key Stages 2 and 3 by poet Nick Toczek and acclaimed composer Malcolm Singer.Fergus is different from all the other kids - he is turning into a Dragon! He and hisimaginary friends are taken through their paces at the School For Dragons where they are taught to speak Dragonese and how to become hard as nails! Soon he discovers that he's not the only person he knows who is a dragon andthat in fact these firey fiends are everywhere!Dragons contains nine original varied and challenging songs and includes optional solos and instrumentals. The play has a super rhyming story and the songs are alsosuitable as a song-cycle for young choirs.The matching CD contains a complete performance of all the songs plus imaginative backing tracks to sing along to.Pupil's Book: Catalogue number GA11638.Script available in student book.

Pour tous les enseignants du primaire de classe... Si vous souhaitez développer les compétences de chanter avec vos élèves, mais ne sais pas où commencer, c'est votre bible ! Vous ne devez pouvoir chanter ou lire la musique. Chant Sherlock vous aide à résoudre le mystère de la façon d'obtenir des enfants à chanter bien. Emballé avec des chansons et des idées de l'enseignement pour inspirer les bonne chanter dans votre école. L'utiliser comme un régime complet pour le chant ou comme une source de ' tremper ' de chansons et de jeux. Chanter Sherlock offre le programme d'études à KS 1 and 2 (unités de compétences en cours) et suit le schéma de la LCQ de travail pour la musique. Livre 1 and CD: jusqu'à l'âge de 7 ans. Livre 2 and 2 CDs : pour les 7-11 ans. C'est une approche simple, étape par étape de facile à utiliser. Matériau est introduit en étapes claires et progressives. Chaque livre contient : une grande variété de chansons et de jeux spécialement écrite pour jeunes voix - un CD de démonstration qui apporte de la musique à la vie et vous aide à vous enseigner les chansons - et les fichiers de fait et de cas notes qui vous montrent comment utiliser les chansons de leur potentiel d'apprentissage complet dans la classe... / Choeur D'Enfants