Kidstix

Kidstix

Author: Artie Almeida

Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Published: 2015-09

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780787711337

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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.


Mallet Madness

Mallet Madness

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780893284442

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Grades K-6 * 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 & 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 Strikes Again!: A Collection of Engaging Units for Mallet Instruments and Drums

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

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Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781429117920

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Grades K6 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, as well as the ever-popular Literature and Music Connections with lessons based on childrens 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 dont forget the interactive CD-ROMs, available for both Promethean and SMART software, which also include PowerPoint sides.


Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!

Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!

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Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781429121040

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Grades K5 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!


101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children

101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children

Author: Abigail Flesch Connors

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1458766039

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Help every child experience the magic of making music! From the moment they can grasp and hold an object, young children love to shake, rattle, and bang for the sheer joy of creating sounds. Music is vital to the development of many skills, including math ability, language, and coordination. 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children will delight two- to six-year-olds as they are invited to create sounds of ocean waves, rainstorms, and horses galloping, as well as play along with their favorite songs. With 101 ideas, a subject index, and teacher tips, the book makes it easy to find rhythm instrument activities to fit every curriculum and every day.


Haunted Eastern Shore

Haunted Eastern Shore

Author: Mindie Burgoyne

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-09-25

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1625852851

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Terrifying tales of the ghosts that roam the marshes, swamps, and waterways of the nine counties on Maryland’s eastern shore. They walk beside the murky waters of the Chesapeake Bay, linger among the fetid swamps and roam the manor halls. These are the tormented souls who refuse to leave the sites of their demise. From pitiless smugglers to reluctant brides, the ghostly figures of the Eastern Shore are at once terrifying and tragic. Mindie Burgoyne takes readers on a spine-tingling journey as she recounts the grisly events at the Cosden Murder Farm and the infamous legend of Patty Cannon. Tread the foggy lanes of Kent Manor Inn and linger among Revolutionary War dead to discover the otherworldly occupants of Maryland’s most haunted shore. Includes photos! “A compilation of tales of hauntings and mysteries in the Eastern Shore area . . .The response to the book was so overwhelming, Burgoyne began organizing bus tours that travel to the sites, allowing her fans to see firsthand the location of the hauntings.” —Cumberland Times-News


Rhythm Rescue

Rhythm Rescue

Author: Vicky Weber

Publisher: Trunk Up Books

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781734212983

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Welcome to Music Metropolis, where there's always a song to sing and instruments playing all around. Everyone has something special to share, but Beat Street is where the real magic happens. The musicians of Beat Street have super abilities. The people who live here can do extraordinary things...with the power of music! When Tala's day begins with a phone call from a friend, she is SUPER excited...but she'll need your help to make it there in time! You won't want to miss this interactive musical adventure.


Ten to Teach Melody

Ten to Teach Melody

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Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Published: 2014-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781429137782

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Grades K6 Invigorate your classes with this collection of ten lessons from an all-star team of music educators! Each lesson targets a specific aspect of the element of melody, helping your students learn about steps, skips, repeats, contour, high vs. low sounds, composing with sol and mi, identifying low sol, melodic inversions, sequences, and motifs, complete with lesson suggestions and numerous teaching aids!


I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello

I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello

Author: Barbara S. Garriel

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1590789466

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Perfect for any young reader interested in music, families who love music, and a must-have staple for music classrooms, this funny picture book is an amusing introduction to the instruments in an orchestra, featuring clever rhymes and whimsical illustrations. Meet a shy fellow! He’s hard to notice, but he’s right at the side of the room listening to a duet for cello and viola. But look again -- our shy fellow suddenly has an urge to swallow a HUGE cello, which is precisely what he does. And he doesn't stop there! He also swallows a harp, a saxophone, and a fiddle while trying to satisfy his voracious appetite for musical instruments. But when he swallows a teensy, tiny, little bitty bell, you won’t believe what happens! In this take-off on a classic children’s song, kids will laugh out loud and learn all about musical instruments with this story that’s a melodious mix of fun and frivolity.


B Is for Ballet: A Dance Alphabet (American Ballet Theatre)

B Is for Ballet: A Dance Alphabet (American Ballet Theatre)

Author: John Robert Allman

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0593180941

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An A to Z celebration of the world of ballet, from the renowned American Ballet Theatre. A is for arabesque, B is for Baryshnikov, and C is for Coppélia in this beautifully illustrated, rhyming, alphabetic picture book, filled with ballet stars, dances, positions, and terminology. Written by the acclaimed author of A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z, the dazzling, creative wordplay forms a graceful pas de deux with the stylish, swooping lines and rich color of the sumptuous illustrations. In partnership with the American Ballet Theatre, here is the perfect gift for any ballet fan, from children just starting ballet to adults who avidly follow this graceful artform.