Teaching Resources

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!

Create beat boxes  by cutting frames to fit various meters.  MGRs Rhythm N'Counters are proportionately sized for a great first step in understanding rhythm and meter.

Orchestrate songs, stories, or poems with the MGRs. Distribute the instruments and perform your tone poem. 

Music-Go-Rounds: Using Manipulatives to Explore the Elements of Music by Mark Burrows. With expertise and humor, shows how to use MGRs to full advantage to teach all aspects of music. Plus 27 sets of MGRs to put to use in your current curriculum.

Our kit uses movement, sound, and color to teach directionality, keyboard/staff geography, lines and spaces, note names, scales, intervals, chords and basic theory.

Arrange sharps & flats in order, form key signatures, intervals, scales & chords on the 6 charts. Great for individuals, studios, and centers.

Play, sing, and step the chromatic scale, major/minor/diminished triads, and more on both staff and keyboards mats.

All you need to make full use of our silicone manipulatives, beginning with Mark Burrows' book Music-Go-Rounds: Using Manipulatives to Teach the Elements of Music.

Make music before actually reading notes by using Color-coded songs, Music-Go-Rounds, Flashcards and Instruments together.

This kit of Mini Music-Go-Rounds™ and laminated charts offers hands-on theory for piano classes, individual students, and small groups of any age.

Extend the understanding from our basic Move-to-Read kit (99436) by adding chromatic notes, key signatures, the circle of 5ths, and a glock to hear pitches, intervals, melody & harmony.  

Manipulatives make learning stick as kids learn and make choices about the elements of music through active listening, games, orchestrating songs/poems, more.

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.

Color helps kids learn and remember the names of the notes on the staff. see visual and spatial relationships on intervals, chords, scales, and manipulating the notes and numbers enhances the memory.

Theory is easy as A B C with our fun MINI Music-Go-Rounds to arrange on staff, in scales, intervals, chromatics, key signatures. Each set has a PDF Activity Guide with many suggestions.

Teach notation and theory by arranging our fun and tactile manipulatives on our double staff chart.

Enough rhythm manipulatives for all your kids to participate in creating patterns, learning note values, playing grooves. Many more acitivites in the PDF Guide.

Notate songs on the charts with MINI Alphadots and play them on the bells.  Or add chords on the charts and have some play and some sing. Lots of activities in our PDF Guide.

Fun and interactive visual aids and manipulatives to learn rhythms! Say the name, show the rhythm. Build patterns with names & rhythms.