Making The Grade : Grades Two And Three

Easy popular pieces for young singers selected and arranged by Olga Lantham and Jerry Lanning.This collection of 14 popular melodies has been carefully arranged and graded to provide attractive teaching repertoire foryoung singers. The familiarity of the material will stimulate pupils' enthusiasm and encourage their practice. With piano accompaniment.

Director's Manual-The storm clouds are forming and the boat's almost ready! Take a flustered Noah add a wife three rambunctious sons and two of every living creature on the earth and you've got chaos! It'll take a lot of faith to get themthrough forty days and nights of life on this crowded vessel. The sons have their own ideas on how to pass the time with basketball stand-up comedy and a buffet table.The timeless Biblical story of Noah and the Ark istold through the unique perspective of Mom and Dad Elephant (who of course remember it vividly).This easily-prepared 16-minute musical is perfect for younger children's choirs. The reproducible Director's Manual offerspermission to photocopy singer's sheets and dialog making “Don't Rock the Ark” a budget-stretching creative presentation for any time!Available: Director's Manual ChoirTrax CD Preview Cassette RehearsalTrax Pak (contains 12 preview casettes). Performance Time: 20 minutes. For Grades K-3.

A Curriculum for Music Teachers-This book is intended for those who want detailed practical assistance in how and why to use Orff techniques and materials in the classroom. Goals are outlined and the best ways to achieve them are explored but the principal focus is on the arrangement of the curriculum in a logical sequence. Such a structure provides a reasonable progression from simple to more complex objectives not only from day to day but from year to year. Structured learning need not be the enemy of improvisation but rather the best way to provide students with the tools they need to improvise.The book contains an introduction to the development of Orff-Schulwerk and a discussion of the distinguishingfeatures of this approach. Chapter Two introduces the activities children use in their music-making. The teaching procedure that structures those activities is taken up in Chapter Three while Chapter Four explains the vocabulary and accompaniment theory essential to the Orff teacher. Part Two applies these elements in a sequential curriculum designed for Grades One through Five. Especially important in each chapter is the inclusion of supporting activities designed to aid in teaching the various skills and concepts.