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Listening Bingo Games p. 36 Music takes wings... What color do you hear? with Movement, Props, & Activities THE NOISY Active Listening SIMPLY THE GIRL MEET THE CLASSICS An all-school WHO HEARD PAINT BOX: FANTASTIC: An The Colors program of Introduction to COLORS by Marie & Sounds of classical Classical Music by Ana Kandinsky’s music Gerhard, illus. by Claudia Harris, illus. by Vanessa Abstract in 3 min. Legnazzi. Who knew Art by Barb a day! that composers loved Brantley- Dan Fee Denise Gagne Newton. What Rosenstock, gnomes, fairies, witches, illus. by Mary All 5 Sets goblins, elves, and wizards color is a dog's bark? The ring MY HANDS SING Grandpre. LISTENING FUN WITH MORE LISTENING FUN 7147 $122 as much as kids do? Simply Fantastic pairs 3 of a school THE BLUES: Romare Vasya saw SCARVES AND TENNIS with Parachutes, Paper centuries of music inspired by magical legends bell? Or the patter of falling rain? Bearden’s Childhood colors singing BALLS: Rhythmically Plates, Ribbons, and Scarves LISTENING RESOURCE KITS by Denise Gagne. and classic tales with evocative illustrations and Just ask Jillian, because for every Journey. “Visual and sounds dancing as he listened Expressive Movements to by Dan Fee and Denise Gagné. Here’s an active music listening program for the listening guides keyed to topnotch recordings sound she hears, she sees a color! jazz” is how the artist to the orchestra. “I could hear the Classical Music by Dan Fee. Get kids moving to classical whole school in about 3 min. a day, even with- on the CD. The listening guides focus on musical Explore many ways to sense the referred to his paint- hiss of the colors as they mingled” Introduce classical works of music, with parachutes, scarves, out a music teacher. Kits include a book with elements, instruments, terms, etc. The book’s world, with our 5 senses and syn- ings & collages. said the young artist. How could he Bach, Grieg, Mussorgsky, and ribbons, and paper plates! This listening scripts to read aloud on the intercom illustrations, explanatory notes, music glossary, esthesia, a mixing of the senses HB 6825 $17.99 capture the colors, movement, and others with expressive move- Both Volumes exciting new active listening kit in preparation for the daily classical selections short composer bios, & backgrounds on the fan- which gifted musicians and artists emotions of the music on canvas? ment routines and props. Kit 9725 $75 includes a Teacher’s Guide with on the CD, plus reproducible activities to rein- tastical characters and themes of the works are often experience. “Art should make you feel, like includes Teacher’s Guide with lessons and force the listening experience: listening logs, also on the CD as PDFs. What else can we say? 3 Colors HBs above reproducible HB 6313 $16.99 music.” HB 6376 $17.99 lessons, movement routines, and visuals—composer biographies, listening logs, worksheets on composers and instruments, and This set is… well, simply fantastic! Ages 7-10. 99022 $49 reproducible composer biographies; enhanced beat charts, dynamics cards, form cards, more. Levels 4 & 5 include a timeline for histori- HB & Enhanced CD 6900 $16.95 CD of printable PDFs and movies of routines; and texture visuals; audio CD; digital CD with cal context. Great for homeschoolers, too. Also DVD of performances; and CD of all the music. PowerPoints to aid in teaching concepts and coordinates with Gagne’s Musicplay Curriculum LISTEN TO THE Digital resources are formatted for PowerPoint, routines; movies about the composers; and (see our website). PB & CD $25/set Smartboard and QuickTime videos. Gr. 1-6. BIRDS: An Introduction Seeing Music & Hearing Art QuickTime videos of each activity. to Classical Music by from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, & DVD PB & 2 CDs 9749 $35 7142 Level 1 K-Gr. 1 7144 Level 3 Gr. 3 6156 $45 see Digital Resources 7145 Level 4 Gr. 4 Ana Gerhard, illus. by Taking a few minutes every day to hear a great piece of music or see a beautiful painting More Listening Fun Kit & Movement Props: for Level 1 below 7146 Level 5 Gr. 5-6 Cecilia Varela. Birds and enriches young lives. Combine them to whet the imagination even more! Listening Fun Kit & Movement Props: Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, 7143 Level 2 Gr. 2 their songs have long Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, DVD, 12-ft. Parachute, 6 Ribbon Wands (36"), captured our imagina- CAN YOU HEAR IT? CAN YOU FIND IT? 24 Scarves (27"), 24 rubber balls (2") 12 Rainbow Scarves (27"), tion and inspired poets Locate sound clues Search for objects in 9759 $119 ($149 value) 10" Playground Ball, King’s Crown, and and musicians. Listen in the paintings and 19 famous paintings. Storage Box 9748 $155 LISTENING RESOURCE to 20 works by Mozart, then listen for them in Then “listen”to the KIT 1: Digital Resources by Vivialdi, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Vaughan Williams the music. Brueghel’s paintings and describe Peter Tchaikovsky's Denise Gagne. Interactive and others, learn about the birds that inspired winter landscape the sounds suggested NUTCRACKER SUITE: WHAT IS MUSIC? DVD whiteboard visuals to them, and how each was represented in the brings to life Vivaldi’s Both Books, CD by the art. To add a Active Listening Strategies Explore the phenomena of accompany Listening work. Includes a listening guide, short bio of swirling ice skaters, 7770 $35 musical dimension, play for the Music Classroom sound. Why are some sounds Resource Kit 1: Listening each composer, and a glossary. Enhanced CD Remington’s cowboys music that reflects the by Wesley Ball. Listening maps, musical and others only noise? maps, composer bios, includes music, printable illustrations, notes depict the gunfire of moods of the paintings or “orchestrate” them with body percussion and lesson plans, reproducible What causes vibrations, and instruments guide, listening and more. HB & Enhanced CD 8780 $16.95 Copland’s Billy the Kid, and Posada’s skeletons activities, and the complete how do they relate to our logs, Venn diagrams, & kids Both Gerhard HBs/CDs above 99021 $32 rattle their bones to Saint-Saën’s Fossils. Plus instruments. Index of works and artists included. work on CD. $19.95 ea. perception of musicality? Plus demo videos of activities. guides to musical instruments, composers, HB 7700 $17.95 a look at the cultural context CD-ROM 7844 $20 artists, and works. HB & CD 7760 $19.95 Activity Book/CD 8073 of musical perception. Middle HAJA: The Bird Who Student 20-pak 8074 Was Afraid to Fly p. 3 school & up. 60 min. MUSICPLAY Curriculum by Gagne Both 8075 $37 DVD 6349 $109 Ann Bryant introduces more Children’s Classics FROM FOLKSONGS TO MASTERWORKS: Details and pp. 86-89 Art Music Listening Lessons for Grades K-6 audio clips “A primary objective of ‘listening’ in a Kodaly- Classical Music Through Stories Anna Harwell Celenza’s Amazing Music based music lesson is to practice a learned ele- Set of 5 Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony ment in a selection of art music.” Organized by Books & CDs bring a new generation to the wonderful grade level, lesson plans integrate skills learned 9727 $59 Stories Behind the Classics world of classical music in the tradition Discover the stories behind the from folk songs with practice using classical masterworks, listen to the music Complete Set of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s selections found on the CDs. This compre- 8659 $77 Concerts. Filmed live at children’s concerts, on the CD, and learn about the hensive listening & learning resource includes composer and his period. Very well Gershwin’s Amazing Music is a breath of fresh air and appendices of song lists, sources, games, Rhapsody in Blue shows the enthusiasm and involvement of Set of 4 DVDs done for ages 4-12. HB & CD plus glossary. 285 pp. 6582 $21.95 the young audiences. Bravo! 5730 $95 Spiral PB & 4 CDs 6688 $145 DVDs $24.95 ea. Vol. 1: EMOTION IN MUSIC Vol. 3: FAMILIES. Meet the families Integrate music, art and literature for ages 6-10. Each read-aloud story Witness the expressive power of of instruments as they explore many ESSENTIAL LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR coordinates with a related classical work on the CD. PB & CD $12.95 ea. music, even in a Tom & Jerry different sounds and emotions. THE MUSIC CLASSROOM: Ready-to-Use The Incredible Spinning Wheel The Crazy Alien Ball. A Night on cartoon. 46 min. DVD 5726 27 min. DVD 5728 Lessons and Games for Grades PreK-8 by Eric Branscome. Through games, activities, and creat- This story blends with Omphale’s Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky cre- Spinning Wheel by Saint-Saëns. ates the mood. 9722 Vol. 2: PICTURES IN MUSIC Vol. 4: JAZZ. The Billy Taylor Trio ing their own listening maps, kids learn to rec- 9723 Discover how music creates joins the Symphony, and with help ognize instruments and hear changes in timbre, Billy Briggs, Big on Skates images in the mind—and in an from the audience, demos the ele- texture, dynamics, and pitch. Enhance listening William, The Crack Shot Kid Smetana’s stirring Moldau sweeps us Duke Ellington’s Vivaldi’s art contest! 27 min. ments of jazz. Jazz is a language, adventures with lots of reproducible templates, Told to The William Tell Overture by along. 9721 Nutcracker Suite Saint-Saëns Four Seasons DVD 5727 and the kids “get” it! 27 min. tips, and tools in lesson-plan format. 92 pp. Rossini. 9726 6023 $19.95 Danse Macabre DVD 5729 Jupiter Cove. Jupiter from Holst’s 6028 $19.95 6039 $19.95 PB 7516 $24.95 The Planets sets this stage.