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.

A moving Christmas cantata which has become a classic over the years. Richard Hepburn's masterpiece for children contains narration in story sequence telling the Biblical Nativity for concert use or with tableau or mime. Songscan also be used individually as part of any Christmas program. The music is excellent whilst being reasonably simple and complements the feel of this traditional Nativity play. Arranged by Alison Hedger for piano voice withoptional second parts and two recorders. Guitar chords are given. Duration: 25 mins. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

A Short Musical Play About Kids' Healthy Habits-Cover your sneeze please! See the doctor every year. Brush and floss your teeth. Wash your hands. Reinforce healthy habits with simple songs and raps for very young singers. Roger Emerson's K-1 4 Fun series features short 15-minute musical plays for Kindergarten and 1st Graders designed with simplicity in mind for busy teachers on-the-go. New lyrics have been set to familiar tunes for quick learning and the connecting rockin' raps spoken by the entire class are sure to be a hit! The Teacher Book includes piano/vocal arrangements with simple movement ideas. Teach these five songs and raps by rote or use the reproducible pages with lyrics and raps for additionalreading challenge. As a bonus the original song lyrics to these timeless children's melodies are included in the back of the book! The Enhanced CD offers performance and accompaniment-only track recordings with a melody instrument to help guide these young singers and PROJECTABLE/PRINTABLE PDFs of lyrics and raps. For additional vocal help there are also TRACK PLUS recordings for each song that feature the vocals at half volume. Use this to help transition the students from singing with the full version or have them perform with these tracks if they need a little extra help! Available: Teacher/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades K-1.

Celebrating 75 Years of Disney Magic!-Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Children of all ages! Welcome to the Wonderful World of Disney! Celebrate 75 years of Disney magic and some of the music that helped make that magic happen with favorite songs from the movies of Peter Pan Mary Poppins The Jungle Book The Little Mermaid and The Lion King. The Teacher Edition features reproducible program narration piano/vocal arrangements and choreography. The Singer Edition 20-pak features singer parts in attractive full color spreads with many of your favorite Disney characters. To perform with recordings there are 2 options. A Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately. For cost-saving value the PerformanceKit/Audio includes the Teacher Edition Singer 20-Pak and performance/accompaniment audio recordings via digital download. About 25 minutes. Suggested for grades 2-5.

Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons-Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons! Fly away with me in a hot air balloon and see how different the world looks from up here! Spin out new adventures from the Caribbean Africa and Europe to Egypt India and China. Learnabout geography music and cultures that may be unfamiliar yet exciting! What might we find if we keep exploring new possibilities? What changes might we make if we stick together as friends and do our best each day? Discover howyou can make a difference! Whether on stage or in the classroom share your adventures and universal lessons with musical styles from around the world set to original songs. Program one or more of the six songs with short set-upnarrations. Expand multicultural learning with standards-based lesson plans recorded and printed student articles and world online video lessons by John Jacobson. The all-inclusive Teacher Book and Enhanced CD offers everythingyou need under one cover including color PDFs of articles and songsheets for classroom projection. Songs include: Fly Away With Me Helping Each Other Freedom Wandering Joy A New World. Suggested for grades 3-6.

These are proven audition songs chosen and arranged especially for children by Broadway veteran coach Michael Dansicker. The recordings are of top working professionals on Broadway. Girl's Edition Contents: Baby Face - Button Up Your Overcoat - I Always Knew - I've Got No Strings - My Buddy - Never Never Land - Somebody Loves Me - Who Do You Love I Hope - Won't You Charleston With Me - You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.

An imaginative retelling of the traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood with some very innovative twists and appealing pantomime routines. The Teachers book contains background notes on the origins of folklore and myths placing the tale in the context of a long European tradition. Easy-to-play piano part with optional percussion and panto sound effects. The choir performs songs action and dance routines. Duration: 50 mins. Scriptavailable in student book.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and ourapplication form.Professionally recorded demonstration and backing tracks are available to purchase and download here .

A Musical Journey Through the African Savannah-Let's go on a safari with Ward and Lilly Didi Daniel Melissa Wally and a host of safari guides! Through song and dialogue we'll learn about the exciting African Savannah wildlife of lions giraffes geckos bushbabies servals weaverbirds crocodiles and elephants! Either as a staged performance with characters or simplified speaker parts for a revue-style presentation this well crafted mini-musical will create a smart and fun-filled learning experience for students and audiences. The Teacher Edition is filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal arrangements a helpful production guide and 2 script options: an engaging and fact-filled drama scriptwith a lively collection of 9 characters that will entertain your audience and a narration script which can be read by 2-25 (or more!) characters. Split or combine some of the lines to meet your specific needs. Singer PDFs are included via digital download. To perform with recordings there are 2 options. A Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately. For cost-saving value the Performance Kit/Audio includes the Teacher Edition (with downloadable Singer PDFs) and perf/accomp audio recordings via digital download. About 35 minutes in length. Suggested for grades 2-5.

Cross-Curricular Music Fun for the Classroom Book/Listening CD-Rockin' with arithmetic is what it's all about! Reinforce basic math concepts that support Common Core State Standards and promote higher level learning while rockin' to the beat. From Hal Leonard's popular Rock 'n' Learn series this study for Grades 3-5 explores the 4 basic operations (add subtract multiply divide) computing the area of basic shapes the metric system fractions and decimal equivalents estimating and much more - all put to music for learning that lasts! Perfect for Music class or Math class the Teacher Book includes reproducible melody sheets with chord symbols and simple choreography and worksheet activities that incorporate Common Core State Standards in Math! For performance options a script is also included that introduces each of the eight original songs. Groove along with the singer recordings on the enclosed Listening CD! Also available is an Enhanced P/A CD with performance and accompaniment-only song tracks and PDFs of the piano/vocal arrangements with choreography lyrics and worksheets for lots of performance and projection options! For additional value receive all components in the Classroom Kit. Suggested for Grades 3-5.

Holiday Fun With Mickey Mouse And His Friends-Deck the halls and wish everyone a ?Merry Christmas? with Mickey and his friends this holiday season! Sing AND play-along with twelve favorite Christmas carols in festive arrangements for unison voices (with optionalharmony) and piano. Add parts for classroom percussion and Orff instruments for a special touch. Vocal and instrumental parts are featured in the Singer books and quality-produced recordings on the separate CD feature each songwith and without singers. Available separately: Piano/Vocal Collection Singer Edition 10-Pak and Performance/Accompaniment CD. For all ages.

A witty and innovative version of the well-known and much-loved pantomime story. Puss In Boots helps the hero Edwin to win the hand of the fair princess by scaring away the nastiest ogre ever who is allergic to cats! There arelead roles to challenge more able pupils and a large cast of non-speaking roles for younger pupils. The play is in rhyme. Duration: 50 mins. Script available in student book.You will require a license to performthis work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.Professionally recorded demonstration andbacking tracks are available to purchase and download here .

Young Women's Edition-This practical collection of lively theatre and movie musical music comes with a valuable bonus: a CD of excellent recordings by talented young singers and also an accompaniment track for each song for practice. Contents ?Young Women's Edition: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) ? God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) ? Honey Bun (South Pacific) ? I Enjoy Being a Girl(Flower Drum Song) ? I Got the Sun in the Morning (Annie Get Your Gun) ? I'll Know (Guys and Dolls) ? Much More (The Fantasticks) ? Reflection (Mulan) ? Shy (Once Upona Mattress) ? Unexpected Song (Song and Dance). Contents ? Young Men's Edition: Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) ? Close Every Door (Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat) ? Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Misérables) ? Leaning on the Lamp Post (Me and My Girl) ? Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls) ? On the Street Where YouLive (My Fair Lady) ? River in the Rain (Big River) ? Santa Fe (Newsies) ? Steppin' Out with My Baby (Blue Skies) ? Try to Remember (The Fantasticks).