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World Drumming Curriculum by Will Schmid, Posters, and DVD

A Cross-Cultural Curriculum, 20th Anniversary ed. by Will Schmid with a set of inspirational posters.

Hear and feel the "rhythms of the world" with this collection of 19 authentic instruments from Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America!

Orchestrate songs, stories, & poems with rhythm instruments!

Georgiana Stewart.  A multicultural mix of songs for Parachute play!

Extended version of Christopher Nupen's award winning documentary about freedom, survival and the extraordinary place of music in the Nazi concentration camps. 

Name the instruments, group them in families, aurally identify them. PDF Guide has many more games/activities.  Set of 27.

Clever counting rhyme introduces instruments and musical terms plus use MGR Ensemble dots to make these terms “stick”!

Play Cheryl Lavender's bingo with individual cards or play team games by listening to the audio examples and placing the correct MGR on the whiteboard.

As Bernstien narrates on the CD, follow along on the chart and identify the animal by placing an MGR instrument dot on the whiteboard.

Name the instruments, group them in families, aurally identify them individually and in ensembles.

Introduce the instruments with the story of Tubby the Tuba by Paul Tripp and use the manipulatives for kids to identify and place them on whiteboard when reading or listening to the music.

Create rhythm grooves, choose patterns of rhythms and instruments to create a sound story or chant, set up a groove, select instruments and ensembles groupings, listen to music and guess the ensemble.

28 min. video features geography, history, folk tales, arts & crafts, and folk tunes.

Children of different cultures share a love of music. Kostadin of Bulgaria has a passion for the kaval, a type of flute, but his father frowns on it because he needs his help in the fields.

Children of the world share a love of music. Rimpa lives in Calcutta, India, and, at 11 yrs old and is one of the few girls to play the tabla.

Children of different cultures share one thing: a love of music which is their source of joy and motivation. Carlito lives in Columbia and wants to play accordion in the "Vallenato" musical style that he grew up hearing.

Children around the world share a passion for music.  Lucumi, from Havana, has heard the drums all his life and dreams of becoming a great rhumbero.

Children of the world share a love of music. Xiao Feng (Little Zephyr) asks his grandfather to teach him the Lu Sheng, a mouth-blown organ that is a tradition among the people of southern China.

Children around the world share a love of music. Niam was abandoned by his parents at age 12, but was fortunately taken in by Cekili Diabate who is a Jali or griot of the folk instrument kora.