Age 9-10- Helen MacGregor's Music Express is the primary class teacher's simple answer to 'how do I teach music?'. This complete scheme includes content in the familiar structure of units lessons and activities and provides up to date delivery of the English National Curriculum from September 2014. This updated 2014 edition offers 60 completely new units of work supplying musical learning from age 5 to 11. Just as its first edition Music Express Second Edition presents an invaluable resource of great songs stories visuals movies and music from across the world and across history. With links to every subject and with lesson plans cateringto all music curricula of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Music Express is relevant to all schools and all children. Fully supported by CDs and audio-embedded whiteboard displays the books take teachers and children alike on an enriching and thoroughly engaging journey of musical discovery and creativity.

Soundbytes is an innovative series of mixed media publications perfect for multi-instrumental music making with beginners. With sheet music for voice treble clef instruments and piano downloads/web access and a CD with full performance and backing for each piece. Book 3 focuses on time signatures explores 3 time and changing time signature within the same piece. Suitable for 5-11 year olds. Mulitple instrumental parts 3 original group pieces musicianship activities

Now in a third edition Abracadabra Cello has a fresh contemporary new look and is the perfect book for pupil and teachers. This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other books in the Abracadabra Strings series so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons and mixed ensemble performances. Used alone they remain ideal for individual tuition. With tunes you know and want to play carefully graded in 20 learning steps this new edition of the popular tutor also includes duets trios and teacher's parts. Clear fingering and bowing diagrams and concise theory explanations help to teach the fundamentalsof the instrument and each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique.

Starting Points Stories Songs Activities- A bumper resource of festive ideas for the classroom during the winter season. These stories songs poems and personal accounts along with the craft and game ideas will keep your students busy until January! Age range 5-11 years. With illustrations and diagrams.

Abracadabra Brass-A fantastic collection of 14 classical showstoppers arranged for beginner to intermediate players. Bringing together well-known classics in varied styles from the Baroque period to the twentieth century this versatile repertoire book includes aninspirational CD and duet parts: everything needed to givea great performance.Anyone can take centre stage and stand in the spotlight with Abracadabra Performance Pieces.This brand new book is the latest addition to the best-selling Abracadabra series offering approachable longer arrangements with fantastic backing tracks – ideal for concert performances or simply for more musical fun. The 14 pieces showcase anarray of classical favourites from Purcell and Handel to Bizet and Bartok and are suitable for beginner to intermediate players (Grade 1–3).The CD contains specially recorded performances and supportive backing tracks that are guaranteed to bring extra sparkle to any performance. Four pieces also include a duet part for teachers or fellow players.

A fantastic collection of 14 classical showstoppers arranged for beginner to intermediate players. Bringing together well-known classics in varied styles from the Baroque period to the twentieth century this versatile repertoire book includes aninspirational CD and duet parts: everything needed to givea great performance.Anyone can take centre stage and stand in the spotlight with Abracadabra Performance Pieces.This brand new book is the latest addition to the best-selling Abracadabra series offering approachable longer arrangements with fantastic backing tracks – ideal for concert performances or simply for more musical fun. The 14 pieces showcase anarray of classical favourites from Purcell and Handel to Bizet and Bartok and are suitable for beginner to intermediate players (Grade 1–3).The CD contains specially recorded performances and supportive backing tracks that are guaranteed to bring extra sparkle to any performance. Four pieces also include a duet part for teachers or fellow players.

Books 1-4 Piano Accompaniments- This book features all of the Piano accompaniments for the Recorder Magic Descant Tutor Books Levels 1-4 .

Year 7 is published in six individual Book + CD + CD-ROM packs each filled with all the resources a teacher could need and offering the flexibility to use acoustic instruments electronic keyboards and ICT as suits the specific needs of any school! Each pack provides high quality imaginative and inspirational music lessons for teaching a half term unit of work and includes teaching activities recordings backing tracks midi files videoclips assessment sheets pupils' sheets sample lesson plans and much much more! Musical Structures is the fourth of the six titles. An upbeat and thoroughly engaging series of lessons whichintroduce aspects of Western Classical structures with a fresh modern approach.

Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 1 is an exciting new course by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall written specially for the twenty-first century child. The tried and tested progression guides beginners from their very first lesson through to Prep test level. Note learning is taught alongside aural theory and composing skills providing a holistic approach to music. Packed with favourites such as Jelly on a plate Animal fair Jingle bells engaging new tunes and teacher duet parts Get Set! Piano Tutor inspires entertains and builds confidence from the start. Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 1 is fully compatiblewith Get Set! Piano Pieces Book 1 providing plenty of material for reinforcement or just pure musical enjoyment!

Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime bluegrass to swing tango calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo with friends or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings. Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime bluegrass to swing tango calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo with friends or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings. The teacher'sedition BOOK+CD-ROM contains a whiteboard e-book with embedded audio and video tutorials for every song making it ideal for classroom teaching. The 25 pieces carefully progress from playing open strings (eg Stringalong Rag) to songs with one chord (Shortnin bread A minor miracle F major march) to two chords (Baboushka Tab tango Calypso strum) and finally three chords (In South Africa Playing the blues). Finger-picking and strumming styles are all introduced step by step in pieces which are fun and stylistic. This is a thorough musical introduction to an immensely popular instrument opening the way to independent music-making for all. Website extras for teachers include lesson plans with teaching support and extra song suggestions to sing and play.

The famously revolting wit of Roald Dahl is now an exciting school production! Mr Wolf thinks he's a match for Little Red Riding Hood and her three little piggie pals. He snatches a lead on her and gobbles up grandma - but his hair raising antics will cost him his skin. And it's sweet Little Red Riding Hood herself who has the last ace up her sleeve or to be frank the pistol in her knickers! Produced in association with the Roald Dahl Foundation this complete performance pack features full rehearsal and performance backing tracks on CD. Also included on the enhanced CD-ROM is: A set of acting games to bring rehearsals to life. Additional staging ideas to add colour to your production as well as providing fun opportunities in set-buiding! Lyric sheets and supplementary musical activities. Optional parts for B-flat Clarinet and Cello.

Five fantastic songs full of fascinating facts- Everybody Sing! Science is an exciting collection of inspiring and catchy songs to bring extra enjoyment to science learning. Linked with the Key Stage 2 curriculum these songs are modern fun and easy to learn. They uncover amazing facts about important areas of science including: forces gases light materials and the body. These songs are perfect for concerts assemblies and classrooms and a brilliant way of bringing music and singing into other areas of the curriculum. Scientific facts and the catchy melodies will not be forgotten once these songs have been sung!Each song is presented first as an easy-to-follow lyric sheet for use along with the CD. A piano scorefor each song also gives guitar chords for teachers who accompany their pupils or find following a score helpful. After the piano score you will find a helpful step-by-step guide to teaching the song. We hope these songs will bring music and Science lessons alive!

This unusual collection of secular songs is perfect for Christmas time and the winter season. It contains a mixture of new songs and well-known favourites encompassing styles from show-time to sentimental. Sing about chestnuts crackers wild geese flying south and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Includes a backing CD as well as Piano accompaniments and Guitar chords second voice parts and Recorder descants - all carefully written for easy learning.

Tom Thumb's Musical Maths is the book you need to put the fun back into numeracy hour! Carefully linked to the National Curriculum Numeracy requirements this clever selection of songs and rhymes have been written especially to bring excitement and song into the classroom. Each song has been arranged around a familiar tune so that no formal music-reading is required. This is the companion title to Bingo Lingo which is available with catalogue number 0713673249.

Roald Dahl's hugely popular Revolting Rhyme is now a hugely popular musical specially created for schools to perform. The story is going magically to plan for Cinderella - the Magic Fairy does her job her dress is divine the ball everything she could wish for ... and the Prince! What a catch! But when the royal temper frays and the heads begin to roll shocked Cinders finds her wishes are all washed up. Who will save her now?. Contains everything you need for your performance (for music readers an non-music readers alike) including a book with a Piano and Vocal score a pull-out script with cast list and production overview staging suggestionsand costume ideas. The included CD/CD-ROM features rehearsal peformances of all the songs backing tracks for all of the songs orchestral extracts to accompany action and dance scenes and computer files containing lyrics sheets games to help develop confident performers music and dance activities and optional instrumental parts. **Performance licence available online**

Recorder Magic Descant Tutor Book 4 provides inspiring pieces to develop the Recorder playing skills of the advanced level Recorder player. By the end of this book the player will be able to play all the notes from low C to high G and will be able to play and perform with a high level of skill and musicianship. The melodies are a combination of popular traditional and new inspiring melodies written by the authors Jane Sebba and David Moses - in a broad range of styles including swing.The melodies are great fun as are the illustrations in the book and they combine to makeplaying the Recorder really enjoyable.

With a stunning new cover this ever-popular collection of 44 Christmas songs and carols has been updated and is available in a new songbook and CD collection. The CD provides backing tracks to all of the songs and is ideal for assembly and production rehearsals at Christmas time. With illustrations throughout.

This version of Juke Box contains the complete lyrics for 33 of the best songs from the '50s '60s and 70's including On Broadway I Can See Clearly Now Singing The Blues Up On The Roof Raining In My Heart Moon River and many more hits. Illustrated with line drawings and packed with songs that will live forever you'll play and sing this juke box for many years to come!

Anyone can take the stage and stand in the spotlight with this fun and festive Christmas repertoire book. A selection of popular carols and songs to complement the best-selling Abracadabra tutorial books with a CD of specially-arranged backing tracks in a jazzy big-band style. Abracadabra Christmas: Trumpet Showstoppers provides fantastic material for lessons in the lead up to Christmas and will add glitter and sparkle to any Christmas concert performance!

Anyone can take the stage and stand in the spotlight with this fun and festive Christmas repertoire book. A selection of popular carols and songs to complement the best-selling Abracadabra tutorial books with a CD of specially-arranged backing tracks in a jazzy big-band style. Abracadabra Christmas: Clarinet Showstoppers provides fantastic material for lessons in the lead up to Christmas and will add glitter and sparkle to any Christmas concert performance!