Planning & Inspirational Resources for the Music Teacher

Trying to incorporate consistent social-emotional learning practices into your music classes and ensembles? This informative entry-point resource views SEL through a musical lens, helping to identify and

Clear the way for learning by instantly bringing about conversation and making personal connections. These specific IceBreaker activities introduce simple as well as high-tech games with a purpose - and

Long-time educator Valerie Lippoldt Mack has compiled 60 tried-and-true activities that come directly from her classroom. These 60 "Ice Breaker" activities teach life lessons of respect, tolerance and

Nine names you need to know! Each composer is introduced with a quick-read Bio, brief Composer Connections facts, and a Listening Lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical

Ice Breakers 2 will help build respect, tolerance, and patience in your classroom, as well as generate energy by getting the kids moving while giving you 64 more tricks up your sleeve to maintain

Each musician in this series is introduced with a quick-read bio, brief connections facts, and a listening lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students

The backbone of any piece of music is the rhythmic foundation. This book features two sections: Isolated Rhythm Activities and Rhythms and Pitches. The strategies are intended to support the required

This is an essential and practical reference guide that gives a detailed and comprehensive overview of the characteristic sounds, the origins and the different playing techniques of the individual Orff

This unique resource integrates music, art, poetry, drama, and dance with academic subjects where the student is the creator and the teacher plays the role of facilitator. For each of the 15 stories there