SKU: GI.G-9932

ISBN 9781622773787.

The number of Spanish-speaking students in the United States continues to grow dramatically, leaving many English-speaking teachers—especially music teachers—searching for tools to effectively bridge the communication gap. In Spanish for Music Teachers, authors Jacob Prosek and Heidi Nelson draw from their studies abroad and years of classroom experience to present practical, ready-to-use strategies, vocabulary, repertoire, and reproducible materials for K–12 music educators who serve English Language Learner (ELL) populations. The authors provide an overview of ELL instruction, including insights into ELL terminology and an explanation of the ELL program models present in schools today. They also recommend easy-to-implement ELL strategies that will significantly improve the music classroom for all students. Throughout the book, teachers will find hundreds of practical Spanish words and phrases—alongside their English translations—that cover everything from specific musical terms and instructions to basic conversational Spanish. Additionally, Prosek and Nelson provide bilingual vocabulary cards ready-made for photocopying and convenient templates of bilingual letters to send home. The authors also dedicate three chapters to selecting repertoire with the ELL student in mind. Prosek and Nelson discuss how to choose linguistically and culturally diverse songs, and they include a carefully selected list of fifteen Spanish songs and fifteen English songs—complete with music notation, teaching suggestions, and translations—to put to use in the classroom right away. Designed for music teachers with any level of experience with Spanish, Spanish for Music Teachers is the perfect music curriculum companion. This much-needed resource equips teachers with the practical tools to immediately make a significant and lasting impact on all students. Jacob Prosek is a general music teacher and choir conductor in Lombard, Illinois, and Heidi Nelson is a fourth grade Spanish Dual Language teacher in Naperville, Illinois.

SKU: GI.G-017166

This second volume of the Children of the Light resource builds on the children’s evolving faith formation first explored in the precatechumenate period and developed in the first volume. These 28 sessions offer ways to explore each topic as part of a continuous and ongoing process, including gathering prayers, scripture readings, games or icebreakers, hands-on activities, reflective responses by the participants, and closing prayer rituals.  Each session begins with a summary of its purpose, a brief section of catechist formation, and ideas for setting the environment. A template for a letter home is also provided for each session. An optional “Remembering Back” section is included for some of the sessions to provide an introduction to the experience of mystagogy. The enclosed CD-ROM contains all of the handouts, worksheets, and letters to parents found on the printed pages of the book, making this a convenient, easy-to-use resource for RCIA ministers, directors of faith formation, and catechists alike. .

SKU: CR.977836

ISBN 9780758662224. 9 x 12 inches.

Following the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 5 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters H and I.

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About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.

SKU: GI.001173

UPC: 641151011738. English.

These beautifully designed prayer sheets are a meaningful addition to holiday gatherings. Each presents a special blessing prayer for the holiday meal, surrounded by original artwork by Brother Mickey McGrath. Priced inexpensively enough to purchase in quantity! Give to the entire parish as a bulletin stuffer on Palm Sunday, to all who come to Easter liturgies, to school and religious education students to take home, or to those who come to have Easter baskets, bread or food blessed.  Use in the school lunchroom during the Easter Season, in the rectory dining room or teachers lounge, a parish dinner or events during the Easter Season, as table place cards for Easter dinner, or mail to parishioners with newsletters and schedules.  5.5 x 8.5.