Musicplay 3.87

Themes & Variations has been publishing user-friendly, practical, affordable materials for teaching music in the elementary schools since 1997. Our materials cover all aspects of teaching music K-6: Recorders, Flashcards, Music Theory, Orff arrangements, Listening, Christmas and Holiday Concert collections, Action songs and Singing Games.

Our Choral Collections feature reproducible music - much more affordable for the school than purchasing individual octavos.

Our $10 Recorder Package: Student Book, CD to practice with, AND a nice quality recorder is used by thousands of children each year.
We continue to innovate! Recorder Resource Kit Digital Resources provide PowerPoints and QuickTime movies to replace the old overheads in the original Kit. The Recorder Resource Kit 1 Piano and Orff accompaniments are a great supplement to the Recorder program.
Teaching recorder has never been so easy!

Musicplay is an award winning music program for K-6 schools. Each grade level includes 40 weekly lessons that clearly outline concepts and skills taught in each grade. Musicplay includes seasonal songs, fun songs, rounds, partner songs, folk music, multicultural music and choral music. In the Musicplay curriculum students sing, play instruments, move to music, listen, create and learn to read and write music. Important concepts are taught through play. Each week in Grades 1-5 a new singing game is taught. Children love music games making this a text that will have your students really excited about learning music!

Musicplay fits well with Orff or Kodàly methodologies, yet it is a program that is used successfully by non-specialist teachers. Orff arrangements are found in The Orff Source Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Students are taught to read and write music through careful sequencing of activities. Extensive
listening lessons, maps, activities, cup games and intercom scripts are included in the Listening Resource Kits 1-5, and the included listening examples in Musicplay K and 6. Reproducible song storybooks and Alphabet songs for K-1 teachers integrate with and support early literacy programs.

The Digital Resources replace and greatly enhance the material that is in the student books. The music and lyrics are specially formatted to fit a computer/projector screen. Quicktime movies (with audio) of the music and lyrics for each song are included as well as a wealth of slides to teach note names, solfege, beat, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, form, and cultural context. Smart notebook files are included for teachers with Smartboards. This is an excellent tool for shared reading! Sample lessons, PowerPoint samples scope and sequence, curriculum correlations and song lists can be found online.

www.musicplay.ca or www.christmasconcert.com