Cristi Cary Miller: Interactive Music Tools: DVD

8 Musical Stories from Around the World-Folk tales come alive with sound and movement in this creative cross curricular resource perfect for the classroom or on stage. Renowned educator and clinician Cristi Cary Miller provides instructive teaching tips on how todramatize each of the 8 interactive stories which are enhanced with musical sound effects played by the students for added color and vision and a meaningful moral behind each tale for all who participate and listen! A variety ofreproducibles are included for ease in preparation and presentation including the stories and sound effects using picture icons and original songs that accompany the stores each complete with Orff/Piano arrangements. Add afresh new dimension to your curriculum this year with A TAPESTRY OF TALES. Folk Tales as adapted by Jennifer Bennett include: Apple Dumplings (English Folk Tale) Why Bats Fly at Night (African Folk Legend) The People Who HuggedTrees (Folk Tale from India) The River Dragons (A Chinese Tale) Turnip Soup (Russian Folk Tale) Spider Stories (Jamaican Folk Tale) The Love of Talwalpin and Kowinka (Australian Aboriginal Story) The Raccoon and The Bee Tree(Native American Tale). For Grades 1-6. Available: Musical Story Collection (with reproducible pages).

For Interactive Listening and Reading Fun-Welcome to the world of Sound Stories! This creative collection is designed to reinforce your students' reading and listening skills and at the same time add some music fun. Each of the 18 reproducible storiescontains “special words” that are attached to sounds and rhythms. These instrumental inserts will enhance the story as your children become the “sound effects.” Use the suggested instruments or substitutewith those that are available. There are many choices for presentation. You can create a visual and have your students play their patterns/sounds as you read the story or select several of them to read. Don't hesitate to act outthe story for a finished product. Whatever your decision have fun with your new sound adventure! The possibilities are endless! Available: Teacher Edition (with reproducible stories). Suggested for grades 2-5.