Planning & Inspirational Resources for the Music Teacher

From best-selling author Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code), this book lets children travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue

Equip your youngest learners with the tools they need to play Orff instruments today! The author shares beginning barred percussion techniques in this resource that works for students as young as

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

All of your other classes each week go off without a hitch, but then comes the class where nothing goes as planned! If you've ever felt like you spend more time disciplining than teaching, then this

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

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

This book is a practical guide for music educators looking to teach music from Central America. Suitable for use in schools, this resource contains a playful collection of 90 songs, singing games, chants,

This provides teachers with a step-by-step road map for developing children's performance, movement, and literacy skills in an organic and thoughtful manner. This creates a system appropriate for the

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

This collection of curricular materials for learning music through active music making is based on the philosophies of Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze. It is a collection of developmentally sequenced learning

Here’s a lifeline for anyone who’s had a frustrating day, week, or month in the elementary music classroom. This insightful and affirming book makes managing your professional life easier,

This resource contains 15 prepared teaching models based on musical pieces from Orff-Schulwerk volumes 1-5. It demonstrates how children between the ages of four and ten can discover a fun-packed approach

Social-emotional learning runs throughout any music curriculum as we express emotions and work toward common goals through singing, dancing, and playing instruments. The SEL opportunities in this resource

This resource is an extensive collection of curricular materials for learning music by making music in the elementary and middle school classroom. Based on the philosophies of Orff-Schulwerk, Kodaly, and

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

If you have only one book on Carl Orff in your library, this is the book it should be! Jam-packed with philosophy, Orff theory, Orff pedagogy, copious musical examples and a curriculum for grades 1-5, this

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,

This book trains you as a STEAM teacher, while detailing well-structured lessons for your students to help them become the empathetic creators of tomorrow. General music teachers and STEAM and Makerspace

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,

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

Grade 2 of this research-based K-4 general music series offering groundbreaking educational power, convenience, and affordability. Incorporating outstanding folk repertoire from all over the world, Jump

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