Orff Resources for Elementary Music

Early childhood education can be thrilling, enlightening, and undoubtedly the best time to start children on a path of artistry. These outstanding lessons were created with this in mind. Including movement,

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 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

Race Around the World is an interdisciplinary recorder game that brings together a marriage of folk music from around the world and social studies. This book and the supplemental CD-ROM offer ways

This collection highlights the ingenuity of the people who were instrumental in helping guide folks from enslavement to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Using quilts and songs, they were able to

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 book of songs and games from the Philippines with Orff process lesson plans includes translations and pronunciation guides and recordings of each song, plus suggestions for using selected children's

Mr. Rogers had it right when he said, "When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things we play with and

This resource offers ideas, tools, and techniques to develop and maintain a successful elementary choral classroom at a school, at church, or in the community. All materials modify easily to fit the age of

Looking for a new way to present your favorite children's literature in your music classes? Need some fresh new ideas that dovetail with your training in Orff-Schulwerk? This is the resource for you! Turn

Many melodies from the classical repertoire are familiar even to children - through television themes, advertising, or even cartoons. These arrangements are scored so that different skill levels can still

This resource is filled with exciting songs, games, and instrumental accompaniments for teachers seeking to include Latin American rhythms, melodies, and harmonies in their classrooms. Orchestrated for

This resource is all about improvisation! All the songs provide improvisation opportunities for elementary schoolchildren. The medium is elemental jazz; the jazz stylings are designed to show how even your

This fantastic resource pairs 14 books of various genres and reading levels with songs and creative Orff process lesson plans. Each lesson offers objectives, teaching suggestions, scores, extensions, and

This collection presents Greek myths adapted through the use of music, movement, speech play, and modes in an open-ended, elemental style for grades 4, 5 and 6. These stories have been modeled in the spirit

A fantastic resource for elementary music teachers using art and music to activate children's literature. The author has chosen several of her favorite children's books and has added art activities, songs,

Ukuleles are a beautiful addition to elementary music classrooms. By playing ukuleles, students learn about chord progressions, develop vocabulary, and accompany vocal and instrumental melodies. The

The classic modes are perfect vehicles for improvisation. These short pieces with complete Orff process lesson plans can kick-start students' composition and improvisation skills. The excellent and clearly

The proven and practical selections in this book are challenging, yet lend themselves to success as students progress from three-note songs to more complex notation.  Lesson plans

These pieces in this collection are drawn from the contemporary Zimbabwean-style marimba ensemble and encourage the performance of this beautiful and powerful music. This series aims to provide quality

The songs in this collection are easy to teach and are very catchy, and they are arranged for diatonic marimbas, xylophones, and other instruments. Songs include Canon by Purcell, Hopscotch, Wimoweh (The

This collection of songs for kids with easy marimba and xylophone arrangements offers flexibility, creativity and works great for interactive music making. Marimba Songs contains two professionally

This exciting book of ten marimba pieces is a welcome addition to the marimba music repertoire.  All are original tunes that will help students develop excellent mallet technique and will provide a