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Interactive eBook This is an eBook for digital download. Music is Everywhere! Edward’s Rhythm Sticks is a story that shows how much music is a part of our lives. This story illustrates just how fun music can be and how even the simplest things can be made into instruments. This story is a great way for parents and teachers alike to teach rhythm, pattern and sequence. Most of all, parents and teachers can use this engaging interactive eBook to bridge learning, music, literacy and having fun together. Note: To access the interactive flip book, you must check out with an account, not anonymously. -
by Michelle Rose
( 82 pages + dozens of downloadable files) This is an eBook for digital download. When Michelle Rose first started teaching music online, she felt like she went straight back to her first year of teaching and there wasn’t much guidance available for K-12 music educators, especially in regards to performance ensembles. Teaching Music Online: A Comprehensive Guide for K-12 Music Educators is full of everything Michelle learned during her experience of teaching music at a full time virtual school. Her book is a balance of practical advice, innovative teaching strategies, and educational philosophy designed to help teachers transition into online music education. -
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by Sarah Gulish
This is an eBook for digital download. There is growing evidence that a regular gratitude practice will improve well-being and mental health. However, what does it look like to have a regular classroom gratitude practice? This resource contains 50 journal prompts/discussion questions centered on ten themes of gratitude. The questions are general enough to apply to any music classroom at any age level. -
This is an eBook for digital download. Click along to Edward's Rhythm Sticks with this engaging teaching guide! In this guide, Franklin Willis provides ideas for educators and parents to engage with the story in Edward's Rhythm Sticks through activities including a word search, secret phrase worksheets, questions about the story, and coloring pages. Franklin offers ideas for how you can make this story come to life at home and in the classroom while connecting your kids with their own cultures of music-making. This PDF can be used digitally for remote learning or printed. -
Sheet Music for immediate download This product contains a PDF and MP3s for digital download. Inspired by Amanda Gorman's poem, The Hill We Must Climb, this up-tempo song will inspire singers, young and old. Be the Light comes with a lead sheet, choral notation, and piano accompaniment as well as instrumental and vocal backing tracks. This song will inspire your young singers to embrace their brilliance and work together to Be the Light in their communities and world! Sample Track: -
This product comes with:
- an MP3 recording of "Party on the Playground"
- an instrumental MP3 recording of "Party on the Playground"
- a digital teaching guide with lesson plans, lyrics, activities, and a rhythm stick routine to accompany the track
- sheet music "Party on the Playground" including a vocal score and Orff arrangement
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by Kat Reinhert and Sarah Gulish
(11 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Do you want to write songs but don't know where to start? Are you an educator looking to incorporate more songwriting in the classroom but don't know how? This resource includes five tips and strategies for getting started with songwriting in the classroom from the authors of Songwriting for Music Educators. -
by Yeshima
This is a PDF for digital download. The purpose of this lesson plan is to present a well-rounded approach to music that engages the learner from multiple perspectives using accessible instruments found around the home, as well as the voice and body percussion. The pedagogy originated from a collection of philosophies found in Orff Schulwerk, Social and Emotional Learning, Community Drum Circles, and Mindfulness. These lessons can be modified for homeschool populations, Non-Traditional Instruction, General Music Classes, and/or community-building events. This PDF includes links to YouTube videos, plans, and materials for a lesson plan centered on Peace! -
Creating an exciting atmosphere in your music classroom can be a daunting task! StickBOOM! Vol. 1 is your answer to a fun, engaging, and relevant music making experience. These four original songs arranged for rhythm sticks and Boomwhackers will have students of all ages playing, singing, and dancing along. Pick up your rhythm sticks, grab your Boomwhackers and get ready to jam with Swick and Franklin.
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by Alice Tsui
In “We Are Golden 我们是金的”, an American born Chinese girl encounters racism in the music classroom. Through processing the emotions of this moment, the girl sees her pain transform into a powerful reflection of herself, her identity, and her community. Together with melody in music, we take a journey with the girl and the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community to shine brightly in our world. Bundle and save! Buy this resource and the accompanying teaching guide and save $5 at checkout with the code "GOLDEN" -
by Kat Reinhert and Sarah Gulish
(63 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Do you want to write songs but don't know where to start? Are you an educator looking to incorporate more songwriting in the classroom but? This book is for you! From practical strategies to spaces for personal reflection, this interactive eBook provides tools and support for musicians and educators who want to embrace creativity and personal expression. Both Kat and Sarah bring decades of experience as songwriters and songwriting teachers to this important text. This download comes with links to dozens of additional resources. -
by Yeshima
(55 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this book is to present a well-rounded approach to music that engages the learner from multiple perspectives using accessible instruments found around the home, as well as the voice and body percussion. The pedagogy originated from a collection of philosophies found in Orff Schulwerk, Social and Emotional Learning, Community Drum Circles, and Mindfulness. These lessons can be modified for homeschool populations, Non-Traditional Instruction, General Music Classes, and/or community-building events. This PDF includes links to YouTube videos, plans, and materials for sixteen engaging lesson plans. This book is geared towards upper elementary students. -
From Across the Street takes Pati, an American Dominican girl who visits her Grandmother in the Dominican Republic during the summertime, on a musical exploration into one of the most widely spread Dominican folkloric musical traditions, “Los Palos.” Readers will enjoy learning about the different sounds and instruments in the culture of the Dominican Palos tradition. Del otro lado de la calle lleva a Pati, una niña dominicana estadounidense que va a visitar a su abuela a la República Dominicana en los veranos, a una exploración musical de una de las tradiciones folclóricas musicales dominicanas más difundidas, los Palos. Los lectores disfrutarán aprendiendo sobre los diferentes sonidos e instrumentos en la cultura de la tradición dominicana de los Palos. This is a digital download that includes a PDF and a web-based interactive flipbook. Bundle and save! Use the code “street” and get $5 off when you purchase this WITH the accompanying teaching guide. -
Bilingual Interactive eBook in English and Spanish This is an eBook for digital download. Each purchase comes with a PDF version of the book and an interactive flipbook with sound.The Shy Little Monster is a silly, sweet, interactive Halloween book for kids ages 1-7. This book shows kids that it’s okay to be shy, it’s okay to ask for help and, most importantly, good friends are always there to offer some encouragement and help you find your voice. It is also a great book to explore voice volume and dynamics!Note: To access the interactive flipbook, you must check out with an account, not anonymously. -
Join five energetic music teachers on a journey of discovery beyond the classroom walls. In More Than a Music Teacher, students learn the passions and practices that make these educators thrive. With an engaging story, colorful illustrations, and lively narration and music, this interactive eBook opens pathways to learning how to better understand and engage with the people in our path.
Don't forget to also check out the More Than a Music Teacher teaching resources!
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edited by Steve Holley, Kat Reinhert, and Zack Moir
(208 Pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Action-based Approaches in Popular Music Education delves into the practices and philosophies of 26 experienced music educators who understand both the how and the why of popular music education. This edited collection represents the variety, the diversity, and the multiplicity of ideas and approaches to the teaching and learning of popular music. -
by Alice Tsui
This resource is a score, instrumental music, and lesson plan package that accompanies Alice Tsui's We are Golden 我们是金的 Flipbook! Bundle this resource with the Flipbook and use the code "GOLDEN" at checkout to receive $5 off. In "We Are Golden 我们是金的," an American born Chinese girl encounters racism in the music classroom. Through processing the emotions of this moment, the girl sees her pain transform into a powerful reflection of herself, her identity, and her community. Together with melody in music, we take a journey with the girl and the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community to shine brightly in our world. -
by Elise Hackl
(20 Pages) This is an eBook for digital download.Sensory Symphony is a story that shows many unique ways to make music. This FREE toolkit includes visuals to begin creating your own sensory symphony with your students! Check out the book that inspired this toolkit.
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by Martina Vasil
(19 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. From Fred Rogers to Carl Orff, the art of child’s play has been recognized as the “work” of children. This e-book contains handclapping games from school playgrounds in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. All have been adapted for classroom use. As you work through this e-book, consider the following questions as you try out the materials with your students:- How sensitive am I to children’s musical knowledge?
- Have I ever made an effort to discover what children are already doing musically?
- What do I know about how children play today?
- What do I know about the content of children’s play today?
- How can we take children’s play and adapt it for the classroom to reach musical, social, and emotional goals?
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by Michelle McCauley
This is an eBook for immediate digital download. Kammu Kammu is an interactive flipbook with an original story and song by Native American music educator Michelle McCauley. The story follows a young child who notices a rabbit (kammu kammu) on their reservation and follows them, singing a circle dance song. The story features some of the Northern Paiute Language from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Michelle's tribe). It comes with a PDF teaching and pronunciation guide for educators to use in the classroom and an MP3 recording of the song, Kammu Kammu. -
This is an electronic product for digital download. The Rainbow Superhero Carmine series is centered on embracing the beauty in our differences. This positive, energetic song, and accompanying classroom resources will help your students connect with their brilliance and share it with those around them. This resource includes recordings, sheet music, and more! Scroll down to learn more. Sample Track: -
This is a digital resource. This resource is intended for choral music classes and can be used either in person or through virtual instruction. Students select tonal patterns from their assigned repertoire, compose a new pattern in Noteflight, and transfer that pattern to Soundtrap for extension activities. -
This 16 page teaching guide accompanies the interactive flipbook, From Across the Street. Explore this story and the Palos music of the Dominican Republic with your students! This digital download includes a concept guide and lesson plan, sheet music for the song, From Across the Street, and coloring pages. Bundle and save! Use the code "street" and get $5 off when you purchase this WITH the book, From Across the Street. -
by Kate Bright
Just Like the Moon is an exploration of the moon and how we all can see ourselves reflected in the different phases. We can’t always shine our brightest. Sometimes we are shy, indecisive, or just not perfect - and that’s okay. The web-based interactive flipbook includes three versions of the book: with spoken text only, with text and musical accompaniment, or with text, music, and vocal accompaniment. Bundle and save! Buy this resource and the accompanying teaching guide and save $5 at checkout with the code "MOON" [this code is only good for the purchase of both resources] -
by Synthia MacEachern
(126 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Bundle this with "Just Orffin Around- A Digital Experience" and use the code "orffbundle" at checkout to receive $7 off! This book includes over 100 pages of arrangements, teaching strategies, and helpful visual aids that can be used for in-person or remote learning. Synthia MacEachern provides everything you need to create engaging music lesson plans that spiral through the early years. -
Living in Harmony featuring lead vocalist Allison Suey, is a musical work inspired by recent national and worldwide events that have impacted our communities. The lyric establishes that it is possible to live in harmony with one another but it’s a choice we each individually must make. Available for flexible choral arrangements and with piano accompaniment or full orchestration. Sample Track: -
by Benjamin Taylor and Joseph Sowa
(23 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Creativity and collaboration in the classroom is easier and more fun than you might think. The creative exercises and improvisational games collected in Teaching Music Creativity were designed to help students of all abilities feel comfortable in improvising and creating new music. They have been road tested by the Music Creators Academy and are now being used as a resource by band, choir, and orchestra directors with great success. -
by Zachary Himelhoch
Illustrations by Daniel Formidoni Priscilla Plays Percussion is the story of a young monkey whose life is changed the day her dad brings home a drum and she discovers her passion for percussion. Follow Priscilla as she explores different types of drums and percussion instruments. -
by Alice Tsui
This is a digital resource for immediate download The "Hello Good Morning" Purpose and Teaching Guide by Alice Tsui is a digital resource that accompanies the arrangement "Hello Good Morning" as a culturally responsive and sustaining selection that can help build community in the music classroom! Adaptable for students Pre-K through 5th Grades with extension activities for 6th through 12th Grades, this resource includes both a teaching guide and student reflection guide as downloadable PDFs. -
by Kate Bright
This resource is a lesson plan package and extension that accompanies Kate Bright's Just Like the Moon Flipbook! Bundle this resource with the Flipbook and use the code "MOON" at checkout to receive $5 off. [this code is only good for the purchase of both resources] Just Like the Moon is an exploration of the moon and how we all can see ourselves reflected in the different phases. We can’t always shine our brightest. Sometimes we are shy, indecisive, or just not perfect - and that’s okay. -
This product comes with the "I Am Somebody":
- Teaching Guide
- MP3/WAV Full Recording
- MP3/WAV Instrumental Tracks and A Capella Tracks
- Teacher Vocal Score
- Studenty Lyric/Form Sheet
- Orff Arrangement Instrumental Sheet Music
- Orff Arrangement Body Percussion Sheet Music
- 100 Affirmation Examples
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by Nathaniel Strawbridge
(19 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. This eBook provides resources and visuals to "keep the drumming" alive in the music curriculum, whether in-person or virtual. Through the lens of Sinte drumming, Nathaniel Strawbridge provides teachers with the tools they need to facilitate drum circle instruction and encourage proper playing technique and sound production through helpful diagrams and a cultural-historical context. -
by Nathan Holder
Join The Why Squad on an adventure to find all of the missing instruments! Perfect for children aged 2 - 6 to learn about many different instruments in the European Orchestra... Can you find all of the hidden instruments? See a sample! -
Interactive eBook This is an eBook for digital download. Each purchase comes with a PDF version of the book and an interactive flipbook with sound. Ms. Niki’s Music in the Air eBook takes children on a journey to discover sounds that are always around us. In the story, Ms. Niki asks children in her Music class to listen closely to the sounds and the rhythmic patterns in the air. First, Ms. Niki’s Music Class follows her to the playground to discover the sounds of music. Those sounds include the clapping of children cheering. Next, they begin to clap to the beat. Then Ms. Niki gets the children to hear the rhythms of the stomps from children dancing. Lastly, she points out the pattern of sounds from the insects in the trees. Note: To access the interactive flipbook, you must check out with an account, not anonymously.
