Teaching Resources

Winner of the Caldecott Medal, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

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.

7 Scholastic Stories combine dinosaur storytelling,  animation, music, songs and sound effects! 

Animation, great music, and bonus extras in this top notch Disney Signature Collection video.

15 classical selections "choreographed" by the animal kingdom!

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.

Witness the story-telling power of music in award-winnng films without dialogue.

Set of 10.

Use the puppets and props as you read the story and listen to the music.

Involve the whole class as you listen by acting out the story!

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.   

by Tom Leonard.  Bach saw patterns in everything, which he turned into melodies and song.  The evocative illustrations open a visual door into Bach's vivid imagination of patterns and memories.

by Anna Wentlent, Charles Grace & Mitch Wyatt. Ages 5-10 learn about composers of all periods with reproducible bios, fun facts, famous works, and pages to color while listening to masterworks.