The Threes
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A collection of popular children's stories with ideas for making music in the classroom. Musical concepts are inherent in many traditional stories, and here familiar storylines are combined with parts for percussion, actions and well-known melodies.
This is a collection of popular children's stories with ideas for making music in the classroom. Musical concepts are inherent in many traditional stories. Sounds slide up and down as Jack climbs his beanstalk, for example. The author has intertwined familiar storylines with parts for percussion, actions, well-known melodies and ideas for composition which develop the implied musical concepts.
Non-specialists who are not confident in handling musical ideas should find this a simple and quick way into the music curriculum."
Including the Pied Piper" and "Sleeping Beauty", an adventure with Anansi, and stories from Greek, Viking and Tudor times, this classroom music book provides songs and raps - and plenty of opportunities for exploring sounds and composing music to create atmosphere and dramatic effect."
A follow-up to Three Singing Pigs", this classroom music book includes the "Pied Piper" and "Sleeping Beauty", an adventure with Anansi, and stories from Greek, Viking and Tudor times.
It provides songs and raps and plenty of opportunities for exploring sounds and composing music in the classroom to create atmosphere and dramatic effect.
No music-reading is required with this book. It covers the performance and composing areas of KS 2 Music Curriculum with 7-9 year olds and contains some stories relating to the history curriculum."
Musical stories and chants for young children. Lively enchanting stories, raps, rhymes and chants for use by nursery and infant teachers, playgroup leaders and parents. Covers the objectives in the QCA Nursery Education Desirable Outcomes for Children's Learning, particularly in the areas of creative development, language and literacy.
This book aims to encourage young children to tap along with the three tapping teddies, sing along with Cinderella and to croak a chorus with the frog prince. There are also suggestions for musical games, acting out songs, sounds effects and percussion playing. The book is intended for everyone working towards the objectives outlined in the QCA Nursery Education Desirable Outcomes for Children's Learning document, particularly in the areas of creative development, language and literacy and personal and social development. No music-reading is required as the songs consist of new words written to well-known tunes. This title is the prequel to Three Singing Pigs" and "Three Rapping Rats" and includes songs, raps, rhymes and chants."
Three Rocking Crocs is a glorious and instantly accessible collection
of traditional stories, retold with musical developments. They make
excellent classroom projects and can lead to engaging assembly
performances.
The glorious and instantly accessible Threes series - Three Tapping Teddies, Three Singing Pigs, Three Rapping Rats - rocks into action again with this fine new collection of traditional stories, retold with musical developments for classroom or assembly. Aimed at children at the top end of primary, the stories are well suited to the age level, and the musical developments are challenging, while never forgetting that they are for generalist teachers to deliver.
The eight stories, which range from the hilarious to the downright scary, include Beauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince, Theseus and the Minotaur, Dick Whittington and Baba Yaga. They make excellent classroom projects and can lead to engaging performances. Excellent alternative material for users of Music Express Years 5 and 6.
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