Mallet Madness

A collection of engaging units for using mallet instruments in the music classroom.
Exciting collection of activities for mallet percussion instruments that will energize your classroom and promote learning in the concept areas of beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expressive qualities through the use of songs, poems, music-to-literature connections, and reproducible flashcards. Thanks to its unique rotation system, your students will play all the mallet percussion instruments in your classroom as well as many of the non-pitched instruments. Suggestions for adapting the activities for use in classrooms with few or even no mallet instruments are also given.
Whether presented as a unit or spread over a semester or school year, Mallet Madness will fully engage students and you will love the skills and musicality they develop during these lessons.
96 pages.
Grades K-6.

Recorder Express Method Book



Get on the fast track to reading music and becoming an excellent recorder player! Material is developmentally appropriate and very well-sequenced for young students. Soprano recorder method is for classroom or individual use. Includes over 120 exercises and melodies (folk, pop, and original songs), as well as technique tips and beginning music theory. Familiar songs have the words included (sometimes more than 1 verse is given). Vocabulary, theory, rhythm, or technique concepts, as well as new notes, are highlighted in train car pictures (the Vocabulary Express, for example). Helpful tips and questions about the music are given throughout the book. A "Superstar Express" challenge page is included at the end of the book. Each piece shows the correct track to use on the CD (when applicable), and how many measures of introduction are used for each accompaniment. The CD is available separately.

Recorder Express CD

Your Recorder Express CD has 99 tracks! Most tracks are accompaniment only, but some feature a professional recorder player so that students can strive to match her beautiful tone and musicality.

Recorder Fingering Flash Cards

This is a terrific new teaching aid for use with soprano or tenor recorders. The set comes with 25 cards that illustrate the chromatic scale from C1 up to C3, using Baroque (English) fingering. Each card shows a fingering diagram on the front and the corresponding note name on the back. The cards are 4.25" x 11" and printed on heavy-duty Astrobrights paper - ideal for laminating. The Recorder Fingering Flash Cards set includes an instruction card with ideas for drills and games.

The Ultimate Game and Activity Pack for Orchestra



A fantastic collection with 4 unique ways to help teach your students about the orchestra: Orchestra Flash Cards, to teach and reinforce a variety of terms; Orchestra Concentration game based on the terms learned with the flash cards; Instrument Families of the Orchestra game to incorporate listening to and identifying specific instruments; and Clip the Instruments game for aural and visual recognition of instruments. The pack includes cardstock pieces for all the activities (it is suggested that these pieces be laminated for durability); a CD of instrumental excerpts; and a teacher's guide booklet with specific lesson plans for all activities, listening library suggestions, suggested websites for students, and a list of the National Standards addressed.For grades 3 to 6.

Activity descriptions:?Orchestra Flash Cards: 11 cards teach and reinforce a variety of orchestra terms; comes with two cards per 8.5" x 11" sheet, for you to cut apart (includes one blank card). Terms with illustrations are printed on one side, with a brief definition and a longer detailed explanation on the other side. Terms covered: Brass Family, Percussion Family, String Family, Woodwind Family, Conductor, Orchestra, Concertmaster/ Concertmistress, Composer, Warm-Up, Tuning, and Encore.
Orchestra Concentration: twenty 8.5" x 11" cards have either a term or a description; with the cards face down, students turn over 2 at a time trying to find a match.
Instrument Families of the Orchestra: thirty 8.5" x 11" cards with String, Woodwind, Percussion, and Brass sections, and 1master sheet of 20 instruments to be reproduced and cut into game pieces.

Rhythm and Melody Baseball

   

These fantastic new games will enable students to quickly master music basics in a fun and effective manner. Based on the rules of traditional baseball, each game includes teacher's directions and a set of 40 flashcards organized by level of difficulty - singles (easiest), doubles, triples, and home runs (most difficult). Use this creative and imaginative series to introduce, review, or assess your students' knowledge of music concepts and help them build a solid music foundation. (Grades 3-6)

Daffy Duck Passes the Buck - Assessment Game



In this exciting musical trivia game, students compete for colossal cash by answering questions about instruments, music vocabulary, and music symbols. Contains: 30 colorful bills (11" x 5") with music questions in six different denominations and directions/answer key. Grades 3-6.

Wile E. Coyote's Whammo! - Assessment Game



In this new team game, students review their knowledge of music symbols and rhythm patterns. The players use inflatable hammers to tap the correct symbol or rhythm as quickly as possible when the teacher reads the clue. Contents: two giant inflatable hammers, 32 music symbol cards, directions, and clue sheet. Grades 2-5.


Music Proficiency Packs 1-10 (Packs 6-8 include CD)
Proficiency Pack #1 - Rhythm Rockets

One of a series of Music Proficiency Packs (each kit available separately). Creative and imaginative, this unique series will engage your students with lively activities and help build a solid music foundation in each child. Students will quickly master rhythm basics with this versatile manipulative kit, designed to be fun, child-friendly, and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards. Rhythm Rockets aligns with National Standard #5 (reading and notating music) and #6 (listening to, analyzing, and describing music). Includes 30 yellow cardstock activity boards, each 8.5" x 11" size and printed with a rocket. The rocket shows 8 rhythm patterns using quarter notes and rests, eighth notes, and half notes (the 8 patterns are the same on each card). Game cards can be laminated for greater durability. For K to grade 4.

Proficiency Pack #2 - Sneaky Snake

One of a series of Music Proficiency Packs (each kit available separately). Students will quickly master basic music vocabulary terms with this versatile manipulative kit, designed to be fun, child-friendly, and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards. Sneaky Snake aligns with National Standard #5 (reading and notating music); it has music vocabulary identification activities. Includes 30 green cardstock activity boards, each 8.5" x 11" size and printed on both sides. The front side shows Sneaky Snake with 12 music symbols printed in a circle along his body. The back side gives the name of each symbol shown on the front. Each board is punched with holes, so that a student can put a pencil through the hole corresponding to their answer and then turn the sheet over to check answers.
For K to grade 4. Symbols used: half rest, quarter note, staff, repeat sign, whole note, treble clef sign, two eighth notes beamed together, quarter rest, half note, bass clef sign, whole rest, and fermata.

Proficiency Pack #3 - Beat Strips and Rhythm Markers

Students will quickly master the basics of steady beat and note values with this versatile manipulative kit, designed to be fun, child-friendly, and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards. Beat Strips & Rhythm Markers aligns with National Standards #5 (reading and notating music) and #6 (listening to, analyzing, and describing music). Includes 30 blue cardstock sheets of playing pieces; each sheet is 8.5" x 11" size and printed with one Beat Strip and 12 Rhythm Markers. A Beat Strip has a 4/4 time signature followed by 4 empty boxes. Each cardstock sheet gives you 4 each of 2 eighth notes beamed together, quarter rest, and quarter note Rhythm Markers. Game pieces may be laminated for great. For K to grade 4.


Proficiency Pack #4 - Doggone Dynamics

Students will quickly master the basics of dynamics and dynamic markings with this versatile manipulative kit, designed to be fun, child-friendly, and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards. Doggone Dynamics aligns with National Standard #5 (reading and notating music). Includes 30 orange cardstock activity boards, each 8.5" x 11" size and printed on both sides. The front side shows Fido in his doghouse, with the symbols and names of 8 dynamics terms printed on the boards of the doghouse. The back side gives the definition of each term shown on the front. For K to 4.

Proficiency Pack #5 - Melody Mice

Students will quickly master the basics of melody dictation with this versatile manipulative kit, designed to be fun, child-friendly, and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards. Melody Mice aligns with National Standards #5 (reading and notating music) and #6 (listening to, analyzing, and describing music). Includes 30 red cardstock activity boards, each 8.5" x 11" size and printed with a mouse holding 7 balloons. Each balloon shows one 4/4 measure of a treble clef melody; natural notes middle C up to G
are used (each game board has the same melody choices). Game boards can be laminated for greater durability. A directions sheet gives activity ideas. For K to 4.


Proficiency Pack #6 - Percussion Discussion (with CD!)
A Listening/Activity kit for the Study of Non-pitched Percussion Timbres

Proficiency Pack #7 - Mood Meters (with CD!)
A Guided Listening Activity focusing on Musical Moods

Proficiency Pack #8 - Ensembles for Everyone (with CD!)
A Listening/Activity kit for the Study Instrumental Ensembles

Proficiency Pack #9 - Style Dials (with CD!)
A Listening/Activity kit for the Study of Musical Styles

Proficiency Pack #10 - Super Singers (with CD!)
A Listening/Activity kit for the Study of Vocal Timbres and Ensembles


Yosemite Sam's Music Hammer Game - Assessment Game

Students compete against their teacher by tapping the correct Yosemite Sam card with his giant hammer to answer questions about notes, rests, melodic fragments, rhythms, and orchestral instruments. Contains: one giant inflatable hammer and 40 game cards. Gr. K-5.

Tweety's Tic-Tac-Toe - Assessment Game



Teams throw safe suction spheres onto a tic-tac-toe board and answer music questions to reinforce their knowledge. Contents: board, 11 staff notation cards, 11 note and rest cards, 12 suction spheres, and directions. Grades 2-5.