A hilarous collection of daft ditties and loony lyrics all excellent for developing confidence in singing and literacy skills in children aged 5-11 years. Each song offers the opportunity for an accompaniment of silly sounds and the book itself is full of lively and humorous illustrations by Shoo Rayner. All songs in the book that have a piano accompaniment are included on a CD of piano backing tracks.

A Fact Filled History Song By Suzy Davies- This catchy and fun classroom songsheet is packed with facts about the Queen of the Celts. Not just a song but an exciting and inventive way to learn. This title has a unique historical focus bringing the legend of Boudicca to life with a song that is brimming with interesting and accurate historical details that link to National Curriculum Key Stage Two. The music can be performed with a Piano or with the high-quality backing tracks on the accompanying CD with photocopiable lyric sheets and printed performance guidance included. Perfect for assemblies and school concerts this songsheet will also enliven any classroom!

The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play. Technique carefully graded. Clear fingering diagrams. Concise theory explanations. New duets. Fresh new look.

Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 2 is the second volume in an exciting new series by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall written specially for the twenty-first century child. This tried and tested course guides beginners from their very first lesson through to Prep test level. Note learning is taught alongside aural theory technique and composing skills providing a holistic approach to music. Packed with favourites such as What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? In The Hall Of The Mountain King Amazing Grace and The Entertainer Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 2 is the perfect tutor for getting to Grade 1. Thisbook is fully compatible with Get Set! Piano Pieces Book 2 (9781408192788) providing plenty of material for reinforcement or just pure musical enjoyment.

Pupil's Book- A fun book of pieces and advice for flautists preparing for grades 1-3. Covering areas including tone articulation and finger work Abracadabra Flute Technique helps flautists build the solid technical foundation needed for successful exams and star performances - all through great music. The book features popular pieces in a variety of styles: Disney favourites such as ' Beauty and the Beast ' and ' Feed the Birds ' well-known classical melodies by composers including J. S. Bach and Beethoven and familiar traditional melodies. The CD includes performances and backing tracks.

No music reading required! Fact learning made fun! Perfect showpiece for assemblies and classrooms. Photocopiable and whiteboard lyrics. CD of backing teaching and performance tracks. Fulfils QCA Music Scheme Unit 20 Performing Together .

Songs For Children- A great collection of music hall songs pop songs noisy songs and happy songs. Includes: The Wombling Song Going to the Zoo Lily The Pink Yellow Submarine Sing a Rainbow I Whistle a Happy Tune Bananas in Pyjamas The Hippopotamus Song and more... This edition contains easy-to-play piano accompaniments guitar chords and simple play-along ideas for classroom instruments.

A colourful and lively set of classroom songs that are packed with ideas for part-singing rounds singing conversations and actions. Designed to introduce part-singing at a young age this collection is great fun to learn and sing together.

Kaye Umansky 's witty tale of Lincoln Green tights girl power and boy-band hero Robin Hood is sure to delight and entertain audiences and performers alike. Perfect for upper primary school performances; there are plenty of parts large and small and a full quiver of show-stealing songs by award-winning composer Stephen Chadwick. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest have raided again and the evil Prince John plots a trap for Robin Hood: he will hold an archery contest and award a golden arrow - and a dungeon - to the winner. Robin's eye-watering speed with his bow and arrow are legend but as Marion and Mensa the wise woman suspect it's all sleight of hand. Robin's a truly terrible shot! So how can he win the prize avoid the dungeon and - most importantly - keep his fame intact? The complete performance pack with its photocopiable script full audio CD support and piano vocal score includes everything you need for rehearsing and presenting the final show. No music reading required.

Graded pieces for the young pianist. This exciting series offers a lively companion to piano lessons from the earliest stages through to Grade 1. As well as this wealth of pieces to play and songs to sing there are opportunities for improvising having fun with scales and fingering and activities for establishing a clear understanding of musical concepts.

The Singing Storycloth is a wonderful classroom resource suitable for children aged 3-7 years and no music reading is required. It consists of a collection of eight song-stories from around the world collected and retold by Helen East. Every story has a theme related to fabric and is supported with activities for music and puppetry. Each story has a song as well to give the rhythm of the tale and the taste of the country that it comes from. To help visualise each story and encourage children to tell them play with them and perform them with confidence there are music and movement actvities and clever puppet ideas including activities for making and using avariety of simple puppets. Various musical suggestions are also available for how the stories and songs could be used. The activities are flexible and can be enjoyed in the classroom in the course of creative work in music drama DT and language but will also have the potential for short performances at assembly. The puppetry activities have been devised by a team of experienced performers and workshop leaders - Liz Waugh MacManus and Mike MacManus of Obelon Arts - and the musical activities by Janet Koralambe music workshop leader and performer with Obelon. The accompanying CDs have complete recordings of the song-stories song performances plus a full set of backing tracks to accompany classroom singing and performance.

The perfect book for pupil and teacher Tunes you know and want to play Technique carefully graded Clear fingering diagrams Concise theory explanations Jazz improvisations and styles New duets Fresh new look

The famously revolting wit of Roald Dahl is now an exciting school production! On Trial for her crimes Goldilocks looks like the sweet little innocent who'd give us her last sweetie. Could she really be the brazen crook who stole the porridge from under the snouts of the self-respecting harmless Bears? The Jury will decide but who will have the last laugh? Let the trial commence! Produced in association with the Roald Dahl Foundation this complete performance pack features full rehearsal and performance backing tracks on CD. Also included is a CD-ROM of acting games and curriculum links with literacy.

Introduction- More tunes for the beginner on descant recorder can be found in Abracadabra Recorder Introduction! a complimentary collection to book 1. Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as You are my Sunshine and The Wombling Song. Clear fingering diagrams and notation explanations are given at each stage.

Learn theory as if by magic!Abracadabra Beginning Theory is the ideal workbook to use alongside the best-selling instrumental series. Split into small chunks which can easily be tackled weekly Abracadabra Theory will take young players from the very basics and give them solidfoundations in their musical understanding.The theory of music is a necessary evil for many young instrumental players. It is often an area which is hurried in preparation for exams and neglected or feared before that point. It is a key part of a young musicians learning to help themunderstand all of the technical terms they encounter in their practical playing.Following the highly popular Abracadabra instrumental format Abracadabra Beginning Theory takes the pain away from the process and splits items into small chunks which can easily be tackled along with weekly practice giving fun and variety inbetween lessons.Abracadabra Beginning Theory explains the practical concepts covered in the instrumental books carefully and provides plenty of exercises and activities to consolidate these and build confidence in young musicians. The theoretical understandingwhich supports aural skills sight reading solo performances and technical exercises such as scales is a brilliant addition to any musicians arsenal. Making theory approachable Abracadabra Beginning Theory is an ideal companion to any of theinstrumental repertoire books.

Poetry and Music share similar qualities: phrasing tempo and rhythm for instance and this book focuses on these similarities to form a wonderful book for generalist and music teachers that will inspire stimulate and help the children make some productive noise! Alligator Raggedy-Mouth - Making Music With Poems And Rhymes is an attractive collection of descriptive poems colourful rhymes and rhythmic raps all chosen by Jacalyn Leedham and is the perfect stimulus for music in the classroom. Maureen Hanke demonstrates how to use your responses to the poetry as starting points for making music. The mood of the words their colourful contrasting sounds the rhythmof the phrasing and the way that they all fit together will inspire children aged between 7-11 years to explore and learn about musical ideas and structures. The seams of the book are near to splitting with the wealth of imaginative ideas and information that is packed inside! All designed to help encourage creative music making basic composition and confidence building.

This catchy and fun classroom songsheet is packed with facts about the Egyptians. Not just a song but an exciting and inventive way to learn. This title has a unique historical focus bringing the legends of ancient Egypt to life with a song that is brimming with interesting and accurate historical details that link to National Curriculum Key Stage Two. The music can be performed with a Piano or with the high-quality backing tracks on the accompanying CD with photocopiable lyric sheets and printed performance guidance included. Perfect for assemblies and school concerts this songsheet will also enliven any classroom!

And His Educated Rodents- Sir Terry Pratchett's ingeniously upended tale of the Pied Piper has a roving band of highly intelligent rats as its heroic protagonists. Matthew Holmes' script and songs capture the plot in acaptivating musical for children to perform and everyone to enjoy. Under the lazily streetwise command of Maurice a speaking cat the rats prepare to pull their practiced scam on the town of Bad Blintz. But something's up and our heroes are scampering straight into someone else's scam - and it's not nice. Perfect for upper primary school performances there are parts small and large for rats - heroic villainous and oppressed - for humans on the good side and the bad and of course for a cat named Maurice. The complete performance pack with its photocopiable script and piano vocal score includes everything you need for rehearsing and presenting the final show plus there's full audio support on CD so you don't need to read a note of music.

I Hear The Band is one of three new Earlybirds music activity packs guaranteed to get under-fives moving listening and having fun with music. Each pack has twelve songs a CD and cross-curricular activity plans. Earlybirds develops singing dancing and musical understanding in a practical easy-to-use format. Enjoy! The packs includes a CD with full performance tracks for all twelve songs lyrics for all twelve songs and activity plans with cross-curricular activities for all twelve songs.

The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play. Technique carefully graded. Clear fingering diagrams. Concise theory explanations. New Duets. Fresh new look.