Planning & Inspirational Resources for the Music Teacher

Move the desks out of the way and invite your young musicians to circle up for some fun-filled active-learning music time! This practical book is a kinesthetic learner's playground, including plenty of

This vibrant collection of folk songs and activities for K-8 students explores the cultures and rich musical traditions of four West African countries: Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana. Each song

A delightful collection of songs, games, and stories of the Somali people are shared by more than a dozen elementary students and families living in the metro region of Minnesota, where the authors teach.

This collection offers activities that are perfect warm-ups, transitions, brain breaks, and energizers that will inspire your students to move in creative, musical ways. This reproducible book includes

This reproducible collection promotes unity through ensemble playing and teaches beginning music literacy with lively instrumental play-along activities. A wide variety of instrumentation is suggested,

A ready-to-go digital resource for online teaching, flipped classrooms, substitute teacher planning, or traditional classrooms, this creative collection offers standards-based lessons for K-8 music students

Always a classroom favorite, bucket drums and other percussion instruments are ideal ways to teach rhythmic concepts. This valuable resource is a great way to feel the joy of group performance without

Whether you are an Orff teacher looking to augment your teaching with quality extensions or you are a First Steps in Music teacher wishing to connect to the best of Orff, this book is written for

Jump Right In: Kindergarten is a playful, educational yet compelling collection of songs and activities, brilliantly sequenced with lesson plans that offer unparalleled educational opportunities,

A ready-to-go remote resource for general music classes! This incredibly creative collection offers standards-based lessons for K-8 music students whether at home or in the classroom. This resource leads

This resource includes lessons integrating many mediums you can use in class! You'll find recorder, drums, ukulele, movement, and barred instruments integrated into the lessons. These songs offer hands-on

This is a collection of original pieces for Orff ensembles. With sounds that are magical and magnetic to young students, this includes mostly modal, and a couple pentatonic pieces and one hexatonic piece to

This set of lessons and curriculum will give you everything you need to get your pre-K classes singing, playing, moving, listening to and creating music for the full year, with special features for fall,

Beat Blocks provide students with a tactile manipulative to aid in the introduction of musical concepts while including elements of discovery, exploration, and play. Musical elements such as beat,

Teach all of the elements of music with the Ten to Teach series collection! Written by some of the top names in classroom music, this must-have series comprehensively covers melody, rhythm, harmony, and

This title features original songs and favorites with Orff arrangements, stories, games, and songs for elementary students, and children's lit connections are listed for many of the activities. All

This fantastic resource includes 14 pieces for body percussion, with a couple of songs added in! This is a delightful collection of creative ideas all about rhythm! Body Percussion activities, speech, a

This is a one-of-a-kind resource was created for music teachers in training, beginning music teachers, elementary classroom teachers, and even band, choir or orchestra directors who are teaching general

Assembled here is a vast assortment of songs for the general music teacher, including virtually all the classics, dozens of Orff orchestrations, keyboard accompaniments, and more - everything from Ally

Whether you are a veteran teacher or beginner, a teacher in training, an elementary classroom teacher, or even a band, choir or orchestra director who is now teaching general music for the first time, you

This resource is ideal for parents and teachers looking to facilitate those first musical steps, and allows children to discover instruments, types of music, the musical alphabet, and the basics of music

This is a comprehensive book on Dalcroze eurhythmics and how it can be applied in music education. This book goes through the basic principles of the Dalcroze approach; how one can develop musicality and an

Here's the ultimate survival kit for music subs and a great resource for any music specialist! Included in this invaluable kit are time tested and student approved songs, games, activities, practice pages