This book and cassette pack for 5-7 year olds contains recorded extracts of music from different times and places. It gives teachers and children a fingertip classroom resource for listening to and learning about music. Each extract is accompanied with simple activities to help prepare children for listening. After listening, they are shown how the music they have heard can inform their own musical performances and compositions. The approach is entirely practical and accessible, requiring no music reading ability. Photocopiable material is included. AUTHOR: Helen MacGregor has extensive experience in educational music, as teacher, lecturer, and advisor. In her work for the London Philharmonic Orchestra she has planned, written and presented the preparatory materials for their immensely popular series of schools concerts. KEY SELLING POINTS: instantly accessible classroom listening; time-saving resource for busy teachers; promotes active listening; clearly demonstrates the musical elements; no specialist musical knowledge required.

Listening to Music: Elements 5+ (with Cassette): Recordings of Music from Different Times and Places with Activities for Listening, Performing and Composing (Music)

Education & Teaching

Helen MacGregor

Schools & Teaching

A&C Black

Intended for teachers, this book and CD comprises 12 complete recordings of music from different times and places. It includes British vocal music, medieval dance music, South American panpipes, steel pans, Baroque orchestral music, rock and television themes, classical gamelan and Chine. Intended for Key Stage 2 teachers, this book and CD contains 12 complete recordings of music from different times and places. It includes British vocal music, medieval dance music, South American panpipes, steel pans from the Caribbean, Baroque orchestral music, contemporary rock and television themes, classical gamelan and Chinese percussion. The elements of music are investigated through activities which lead into and out of listening, and which take the older child into more demanding exploration. No music reading is required and all the activities are supported by supplementary recordings. Photocopiable material is included.

Listening to Music Elements Age 5+

A C Black Publishers Ltd

With this text, teachers can give children both an overview of music history and close-up, hands-on experience of performing and composing through the ages. The music is set within its social context and is linked with the study of historical topics such as Tudors and Stuarts, Victorians and World War II. The approach should be accessible to all, requiring no music reading ability. Photocopiable material is included along with supplementary recordings supporting the activities.

Listening to Music: History 9+: Book and Cassette Pack (Classroom Music)

Reference

A & C Black Music

Young children need to recognise the sounds that make up words, whilst having fun with language. The aim of this book, is to do just that. Through the medium of songs and rhymes, it aims to explore vocabulary, pattern, alliteration, phonemes, digraphs and consonant clusters. In order to achieve the goals set out in the National Literacy Framework document for word level work, young children need plenty of opportunities to explore, to become aware of, and to learn to recognise the sounds that make up words, whilst having fun with language. The aim of this book, is to do just that. Through the medium of songs and rhymes, it aims to develop an awareness of onset and time. There are songs for exploring vocabulary, pattern, alliteration, phonemes, digraphs and consonant clusters. In addition there are teacher's notes with ideas for activities to support the songs. Helen MacGregor has written Listening to Music" and "Tom Thumb's Musical Maths" while Kaye Umasky is known for her "Three Singing Pigs, Three Rapping Rats" and "Phantasmagoria"."

Bingo Lingo: Supporting Language Development with Songs and Rhymes (Classroom Music)

Kaye Umansky

Literature & Fiction

<p>A set of lesson plans, recordings and photocopiable activities for teaching music to Year 2 pupils. The CD/CD-ROM contains lesson plans and recorded extracts to accompany the activities in the book. The text contains instantly accessible photocopiable activities.</p>

Music Express Year 2

Children's Books

A&C Black Childrens