Recorder Express provides the track to becoming a great recorder player and having fun! More than 120 folk, pop, and original songs and exercises are included, as well as technique tips and beginning music theory. Notes in the order taught: B, A, G, C, D, Low E, Low D, F-sharp, Low C, F, High E. Levels one and two are covered in this one edition. This method was well-conceived and thoroughly tested by master teacher, clinician, and professional recorder player Artie Almeida. A separate CD is available with 98 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. This title has received the iParenting Media award as one of the "Excellent Products of 2006." This title is available in SmartMusic.

Recorder Express: Soprano Recorder Method for Classroom or Individual Use

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Artie Almeida

Music

Alfred Music

Get your students stuck on music with these engaging play-along arrangements that include warm-ups, traditional, classical, and popular music selections. Artie Almeida provides her tried-and-true teaching suggestions as well as instructions to create the homemade StickStations on which all of these pieces are played. Top-notch audio recordings are also included.

Kidstix: Rockin' Repertoire for Rhythm Readiness

Heritage Music Press

Grades 3-6. Inspire your students to embrace the music of the orchestra. Everything you need for a complete instructional unit is here: flashcards, printable game pieces, guided listening activities, musical examples, website lessons, and more! Artie Almeida is a gifted teacher with many years of experience guiding elementary students and young teachers, and her skills in both areas make this the quintessential resource for teaching about the orchestra.

Adventures with the Orchestra: A Complete Instructional Unit to Bring the Orchestra to Your Students

Grades K-5. Have you ever wondered how to use all of the various percussion instruments you've picked up throughout the years to deliver rigorous music education? This book has the answer! Artie Almeida shares her best strategy for classroom percussion instruments: using plastic hoops to organize the class! Hoop Group Stations give students the chance to play instruments from a specific percussion family, and they can easily rotate stations to play a new set of instruments. Students will have the time of their lives as they experience different timbres and playing techniques, and with Artie's 22 in-depth lessons, they will be focused on learning at the same time.

Woods, Metals, Shakers, Skins: Hoop Group Activities for Your Active Music Room

Welcome to the wonderful world of non-pitched percussion! These instruments are affordable and accessible, students love them, and they are so good at introducing and reinforcing important concepts like beat competency, timbre, tempo, and dynamics. Artie Almeida applies her signature style to non-pitched percussion, making every lesson in this book both rigorous and joyful. Bring the parade to your classroom, and take advantage of tons of great new teaching ideas along with beautiful visual aids, helpful videos, and step-by-step instructions that make every lesson successful.

Percussion Parade

This fantastic collection from master teacher Artie Almeida features four unique ways to enhance your Orchestra unit. There is a Flash Card activity to teach and reinforce a variety of orchestra terms, an Orchestra Concentration game based upon the terms learned with the flash cards, a game called Instrumental Families which incorporates listening to and identifying specific instruments from the orchestra and the group of instruments they belong to, and another aural activity called Clip the Instruments. There is a CD included with the pack that has all the aural examples you'll need. Recommended for grades 3-6. Contents include: cover holder, 8 page Teacher's Guide, CD, and 93 game cards.

The Ultimate Game and Activity Pack for Orchestra

Grades K-4 - Students will quickly master music basics with these versatile manipulatives designed to be fun, child-friendly and effective in promoting competency in the elements of musical understanding while reinforcing the National Music Standards for students in grades K-4. Creative and imaginative, this unique series will engage your students with lively activities and help build a solid music foundation in each child. / General Music / Games

Music Proficiency Pack #2 - Sneaky Snake: Music Vocabulary Identification Activity (Music Proficiency Packs)

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Words, Language & Grammar

From master-teacher Artie Almeida comes this exciting collection of over thirty activities for mallet percussion instruments and drums that will energize your classroom. "Mallet Madness" uses songs, poems, music &amp; literature connections, and reproducible flashcards to promote learning in the concept areas of beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expressive qualities. Thanks to its unique rotation system, your students will play all of 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, your students will love "Mallet Madness" and you will love the skills and musicality they develop during these lessons.

Mallet Madness (Grades K-6, Reproducible Flash Cards)

Children's Books

Grades K-6 - Inspiration has struck master teacher Artie Almeida once again! Catch the fever and join in the fun. Mallet Madness Strikes Again! features all new rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre lessons designed for your mallet instruments. It also includes the ever-popular Literature and Music Connections with lessons based on children's literature, plus a whole new Technique Builder section to improve your students' mallet skills. Complete lessons and reproducible visuals are sure to provide you with all of the support that you need to deliver engaging and exciting lessons for your young musicians. And don't forget the interactive CD-ROMs, available for both Promethean and SMART software, which also include PowerPoint slides.

Mallet Madness Strikes Again!: A Collection of Engaging Units for Mallet Instruments and Drums

Grades K-5 - What could be better than a resource that will have your students begging to listen to more classical music? Artie Almeida shares some of her most beloved listening and movement-based lessons. Outstanding orchestral tracks, video performances of the lessons, and reproducible visuals and teaching aids are included!

Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves@@ Oh My!: Listening Lessons with Movement Props

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Lorenz Corporation

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