Classical Kids Teaching Edition

Susan Hammond is acclaimed for her award-winning best-selling CDs and DVDs introducing children to classical music. In the Classical Kids series, the lives of great composers are presented in a rich historical context and illuminated by newly recorded music. A fictional child leads the young listener into each composer's world, complete with accurate biographical and social facts, in an emotionally engaging way. This comprehensive unit combines musical studies with many other subject areas and skills, and is designed to move children from passive listeners to active participants in music, drama, social studies, history and other arts. The set includes the nine Classical Kids CDs (Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Daydreams And Lullabies, Hallelujah Handel, Mozart's Magic Fantasy, Mozart's Magnificent Voyage, Mr. Bach Comes To Call, Song Of The Unicorn, Tchaikovsky Discovers America and Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery)plus DVDs to Beethoven Lives Upstairs and Mr. Bach Comes to Call. In addition, the set also features three exclusive bonus discs, a teacher's resource CD-ROM (teacher's notes and scripts for all nine CDs), a slideshow DVD (hundreds of images from the times of the great composers), and a performance only CD. The Classical Kids Teaching Edition was developed in coordination with the United States National Standards for Arts Education. "Far and away, the best recordings for introducing children to classical music!" states the Boston Herald. Grades K-8.