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Music Express: Year 1

Authors:  Maureen Hanke, Helen MacGregor et al

Synopsis:  A set of lesson plans, recordings and photocopiable activities for teaching music to Year 1 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.

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Also Available:  Foundation   Year 2   Year 3   Year 4   Year 5   Year 6   
   

 

     
Michael Finnigan, Tap YourChinigin

Author:  Sue Nicholls

Synopsis:  Having set new words to well-known melodies, the author explores the elements of music - fast-slow, high-low, loud-quiet - building on the elementary skills established in "Bobby Shaftoe, clap your hands". The text gives children activities in listening, composing and performing.

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Bobby Shaftoe Clap Your Hands: Musical Fun with New Songs from Old Favourite

Authors:  Sue Nicholls, Lynn Breeze

Synopsis:  Suitable for non-music readers and non-specialists this is a collection of 37 all-time favourite songs for young children with new words. It is intended as a means of encouraging children to listen to sounds, discriminate between them, use them in performance and improve their co-ordination through actions and movement. Designed for National Curriculum Key Stage 1 it provides an opportunity for children to respond imaginatively to the many opportunities for making up new verses. The book was prepared by a primary music specialist who was the author of "Christmas Tinder Box".

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Three Singing Pigs: Making Music With Traditional Stories

Author:  Kaye Umansky

Synopsis:  Three Singing Pigs has a bright new cover! This baker's dozen of traditional tales retold by the wonderful Kaye Umansky is a much-loved resource of musical fun through stories. Interweaving the stories are songs with familiar melodies and specially rewritten words which carry the action along. Instantly performable pieces of classroom magic. The music activities which accompany each story will be familiar in concept to everyone who uses Music Express. With its new Free downloadable lesson plans, teachers will be able to plan the stories into their music scheme of work.

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Seasons: Songs for 4 to 7 Year Olds

Authors:  Ana Sanderson

Synopsis:  This pack is aimed at teachers who do not play the piano or guitar, but who wish to teach songs in the classroom. The CD includes songs about spring, summer, autumn and winter, growth and change, and weather and clothing. Instrument-only versions of the songs are included.

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Apusskido: Songs For Children

Author:  Beatrice Harrop et al

Synopsis:  A collection of music hall songs, pop songs, and happy songs including "I'd like to teach the world to sing", "Yellow Submarine", and "Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow-wow". This music edition includes easy-to-play piano accompaniments, guitar chords and play-along ideas for percussion instruments.

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Okki-Tokki-Unga: Action Songs for Children

Authors:  Beatrice Harrop, David McKee

Synopsis:  This edition offers help to teachers in selecting, preparing and developing songs, with a running order putting songs into useful categories. It is suitable to be used in the classroom, playgroup, children's clubs and birthday parties.

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The Singing Sherlock: A Singing Resource for KS1 and KS2

Author:  Shirley Court, Val Whitlock

Synopsis:  This is a classroom singing resource for key stage 1. The material supports the Ongoing Skills Unit (unit 1) in the DfES/QCA "Schemes of Work" for key stage 1.

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Let's Go, Zudie-O: Creative Activities for Dance and Music

Authors:  Helen MacGregor, Bobbie Gargrave

Synopsis:  This book, which includes photocopiable pages, and CD pack offers recorded music for dance and movement, with the very young. The 14 tracks include Copland's madcap "Circus Music", and "Air from a Distant Planet", Debussy's "Dancing Snow", Indian raga music and music for Chinese orchestra.

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Everyone's Singing, Lord: Children's Songs for Collective Worship

Author:  Sue Fearon

Synopsis:  Here are 45 carefully chosen songs to enrich collective worship in primary schools. Included are helpful guidance notes with suggestions for actions, stories, themes and celebrations to use all year round. Tuneful songs on thought-provoking subjects.

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Listening to Music: Elements Age 5+

Authors:  Helen MacGregor

Synopsis:  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.

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Sing Hey Diddle Diddle: 66 Nursery Rhymes with their Traditional Tunes

Author:  Beatrice Harrop

Synopsis:  This illustrated booklet and CD pack feature a collection of 66 nursery songs. The CD contains all the piano accompaniments from the booklet for those nurseries and schools without a piano.

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Game Songs with Prof. Dogg's Troupe

Authors:  Harriet Powell

Synopsis:  A collection of action songs, dances, sound effect songs and songs to act out. They are all designed to develop literacy, social and communication skills, and build young children's confidence. The songbook contains the music, words, piano accompaniments and play-along percussion ideas. The CD contains a recording of all the accompaniments to sing along with. No music reading is required.

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Music KS1 (Curriculum Bank)

Author:  Elizabeth Atkinson, Emily Feldberg

Synopsis:  A teacher's guide to planning, differentiation and assessment when teaching music. The practical activities in this book break down the music programme of study for Key Stage 1 into progressive "learning chunks", building the confidence of both teachers and children, and catering for the needs of all abilities. It is also suitable for Scottish levels A-B. Throughout, this book recognises the constraints of the primary classroom and curriculum in both time and resources, and highlights IT.

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    Last updated:  6th April 2006

 

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