Music History & Appreciation

From spirituals to hip-hop by Blair Bielawski.

Donna Levene, rev ed. Children's books introduce rhythm, melody, form and style, instruments, dances and music history and work well for coop teaching.

Debi Engle Baugh. Storybooks as a springboard to art appreciation for K-6.

Donna Levine, Deb Engle Baugh. Common elements of music and art make great coop teaching! 

Discover the world of wound and the amazing variety of instruments that create music. 

Curriculum for the first 4 Freddie the Frog books by Sharon Burch.

by Sharon Burch.  An ear-and eye-opening way to grasp music & math concepts.

John Jacobson adds new lyrics about 8 presidents to familiar tunes, and adds choreography and a P/A CD for a program.

Michael & Jill Gallina.  SIng and learn states, capitols, landmarks, and geography! Great for coop teaching.

Folk Tales, Fables,& Poems for the Music Classroom Gr. 1-5 by Karen Farnum-Surmani & Anna Wentient.

American history and holidays in folk and patriotic songs, by Music Expressions.

Ready-to-use activites organized by months of the year.

A complete instructional unit by Artie Almeida: flashcards, printable game pieces, guided listening activities, musical examples, website lessons, and more! 

Pamela Vandewalker. Learn to conduct with 12 easy lessons to project or print, audio files, video demo, and reproducible students pages.

by Morton Subotnick. Hear music as communication in virtual games that break musical concepts down to patterns and levels. 

Pointing Pages & Powerful Plans by Artie Almeida & Katie Grace Miller.   Folk songs and manipulatives teach music concepts.

ed. by Jeannette Morgan. Explore the many musical web resources available for music appreciation.

Genevieve Helsby. Clever texts and illustrations are keyed to the audio for continuing engagement of the reader/listener.

 Teaching Jazz to All Ages by Doug Goodkin

Four short lessons covering Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bebop and Jazz-Rock  for Gr. 2-4 by Cathy Blair.