Teaching Resources

Identify the moods of the imaginative and varied film music on the CDs with our silicone manipulative EMOJIs. 

Put EMOJIS in the Cube and toss to change the mood of a song, build a story, demonstrate the feeling.  

Explore moods and feelings with Dr. Seuss using color, movement with scarves, emojis, and more.

Songs and Orff Activities for the Music Classroom by Mark Burrows with Emojis and Articulations MGRs to add to and experiment with the clever, twisted songs.

Read the story from Peter Malone's book. For active listening, play the CD and use Music-Go-Rounds to point out the music of each character and the instrument that plays it.

As you listen to Bernstienon the CD, ask kids to put the Music-Go-Rounds (MGRs) characters on the whiteboard as they appear, then place the instrument that represents them underneath.  Our PDF Activity Guide includes many activities!

Our tactile silicone manipulatives that stick to smooth surfaces focus attention, increase concentration, engage multiple senses, enhance memory, and accelerate comprehension.  These are the most flexible tools in your classroom--and will become both your and your student's favorites.

Manipulatives are like “hands” for your brain: they help you “grasp,” understand, and remember concepts. Like building blocks, the elements of music can be combined in wondrous ways and Mark Burrows provides over 40 activities to help do just that!

Music-Go-Rounds are a great visual and manipulative tool to help kids focus, listen actively, and remember more!

Our tactile silicone manipulatives that stick to smooth surfaces focus attention, increase concentration, engage multiple senses, enhance memory, and accelerate comprehension.

When Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers meet in a ballroom dance class in Jaffa, Israel, sparks fly. Pierre Dulaine is challenged to teach not just dance but the arts of communication and teamwork.

Boston Youth Symphony players are taken completely out of their comfort zones.

15 Unison Songs to Build Character and Integrity in Young People by Sally Albrecht & Jay Althouse.

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphon.y bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music

by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees. "we can all dance, when we find music that we love".

by Courtney Dicmas.

(but what about Dolores?) by James Howe, illus. by Amy Walrod.

by Goldie Millar & Lisa A. Berger, illus. by Hazel Mitchell. 

by Todd Parr

A Pop-up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas.