Teaching Resources

Seasonal Songs, Activities & Projectable Songs Charts by Cristi Cary Miller and Elizabeth Shier.  

575 Reproducible Exercises Designed to Improve Rhythmic Reading Skills by Sally K. Albrecht.

by Sue Mueller. 14 activities for the music classroom centered around speech, chants, and word rhythms. 

Sing Melody & Harmony for Classroom & Concert by Emily Crocker.

Interactive Exercises for Developing Choirs Featuring the Tonic Triad by Phyllis Thomas.
 

Two useful books includes over 60 original songs, games and accompanying activities that make it easy for preK - gr. 4 children of all abilities to explore musical concepts and learn to sing in tune by Loretta Mitchell & Donna Dirksing.

John Feierabend’s song collections for singing, moving, exploring, pretending, and interacting

By Anna Harwell Celenza, illus. by JoAnn E. Kitchel. From the Once Upon a Masterpiece Series.

Teacher's Notes accompany the Classical Kids Music Box CDs Vol. 1 & 2.

This Emmy Award-winning DVD-ROM, from the Classical Kids series is a favorite with kids and now has interactive games.

Hear the music and the stories, read the composer's biography, play listening games, enjoy musical jigsaws, puzzles and trivia.

by Ann Bryant.  Sea horses perform to Jupiter from Holst's The Planets

by Wesley Ball. Listening maps, lesson plans and a full-length CD.

Hands-On Activities for Exploring the Classics by David Bretzius.

by M.T. Anderson, illus. Petra Mathers.

Illustrated by Charlotte Voake and Remi Courgeon, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell. An excellent all-in-one teaching package for elem.-middle school.

by Charlotte Voake, narrated by Michael Cantwell.  An excellent all-in-one teaching package for elem.⁄middle school.

George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue
by Suzanne Slade, illus. by Stacy Innerst.

by Lucy Warner, illus. by Patrick Ackerman.  Learn about 12 composers through action-hero illustrations and listening to their music on Vimeo.