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Rather than say it, why not sing it! School Rules is packed with attention grabbers, songs about good behavior, manners, lesson openers and closers, self esteem, procedures, sharing, being a good student and much more - 46 songs in all! For added value, the music pages are reproducible with melody line and chord symbols, and each song offers helpful teaching tips and a host of cross-curricular activities. So, tell the elementary classroom teachers in your school! They'll find these songs helpful, too! A performance/accompaniment CD is also available separately or in a Classroom Kit with the Teacher book. There are helpful demonstration tracks to help learn the songs and accompaniment tracks when teacher and students want to showcase their own voices! Suggested for Grades K-4.

Here comes Christmas...with moonlight, starry skies, shepherds and sheep. Aaron and his fellow shepherds have lost their way to Bethlehem because they stopped to help a stranger in need. Now, it's up to Connie Stelation and her squad of shining stars to help him and the others find their way to witness the miracle at the manger. Five songs and a cast of irrepressible shepherds, sheep and stars tell the miraculous story of the coming of the Savior with a little help from their special prop box. This easily-prepared 15-minute musical is perfect for younger children's choirs and can be performed with as few as eight children or many more. The reproducible Director's Manual offers permission to photocopy singer's sheets and dialog, making Shepherds, Stars and a Savior a budget-stretching, flexible answer for a creative children's Christmas musical! Available: Director's Manual, Performance/Accompaniment CD, Preview Cassette (full performance only) and RehearsalTrax Pak (12 preview cassettes for individual rehearsal). Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Grades K-4.

Here comes Christmas...with moonlight, starry skies, shepherds and sheep. Aaron and his fellow shepherds have lost their way to Bethlehem because they stopped to help a stranger in need. Now, it's up to Connie Stelation and her squad of shining stars to help him and the others find their way to witness the miracle at the manger. Five songs and a cast of irrepressible shepherds, sheep and stars tell the miraculous story of the coming of the Savior with a little help from their special prop box. This easily-prepared 15-minute musical is perfect for younger children's choirs and can be performed with as few as eight children or many more. The reproducible Director's Manual offers permission to photocopy singer's sheets and dialog, making Shepherds, Stars and a Savior a budget-stretching, flexible answer for a creative children's Christmas musical! Available: Director's Manual, Performance/Accompaniment CD, Preview Cassette (full performance only) and RehearsalTrax Pak (12 preview cassettes for individual rehearsal). Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Grades K-4.

Here comes Christmas...with moonlight, starry skies, shepherds and sheep. Aaron and his fellow shepherds have lost their way to Bethlehem because they stopped to help a stranger in need. Now, it's up to Connie Stelation and her squad of shining stars to help him and the others find their way to witness the miracle at the manger. Five songs and a cast of irrepressible shepherds, sheep and stars tell the miraculous story of the coming of the Savior with a little help from their special prop box. This easily-prepared 15-minute musical is perfect for younger children's choirs and can be performed with as few as eight children or many more. The reproducible Director's Manual offers permission to photocopy singer's sheets and dialog, making Shepherds, Stars and a Savior a budget-stretching, flexible answer for a creative children's Christmas musical! Available: Director's Manual, Performance/Accompaniment CD, Preview Cassette (full performance only) and RehearsalTrax Pak (12 preview cassettes for individual rehearsal). Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Grades K-4.

Master Sibelius music notation software step by step with the most complete how-to guide available. Designed for both novice and experienced musicians, composers, producers and arrangers, it contains a variety of examples, from single-line melodies to complex scores. Written by two proven experts, trainers and authors in the field of music notation software, this book will be a constant reference for all of your Sibelius questions and needs.

Master Sibelius music notation software step by step with the most complete how-to guide available. Now fully updated with new examples and descriptions of features in Sibelius 6, this essential reference is designed for both novices and experienced musicians, composers, producers, and arrangers, containing a variety of examples - from single-line melodies to complex scores. Written by two proven trainers and expert authors in the field of music notation software, this book will be a constant reference for all of your Sibelius questions and needs.

Teach your students to sight-sing with confidence! Set 2 of this popular series expands sight-singing skills to the Keys of D and G with a step-by-step approach through six lessons in each key signature that culminate with a special song students will be able to sight-sing! Helpful Teacher Tips focus on the music concepts being presented, provide a suggested teaching sequence to use when presenting each exercise, and give keys to sight-singing success. Two student reproducible pages filled with sight-reading exercises are provided for each lesson. After students have perfected the exercises a cappella on their own, they can reinforce the learning process by performing with the rhythm accompaniment tracks on the enclosed CD. The enhanced CD also offers performance/accompaniment tracks for the 2 songs included, plus PDFs of all the sight-singing exercises for projection options. For teachers who are new to this series, this material starts at the beginning and assumes no previous sight-singing knowledge. You can start right now! Also available, Sight-Sing a Song: Set 1 (HL #09971136) that covers the Keys of C and F.

How can I teach my students to sight-sing when I have them for such a limited class time? Sight-Sing a Song will help you do just that - teach your students to sight-sing with confidence. This well-designed sight-singing approach by master teacher and choral director Audrey Snyder progresses in an easy step-by-step fashion through a variety of exercises that culminates with a special song students will be able to sight-sing! Each lesson includes helpful Teacher Tips that focus on the music concepts being presented, a suggested teaching sequence to use when presenting each exercise, keys to sight-singing success, options for enrichment and motivation, and two student reproducible pages filled with sight-reading exercises. Exercises and songs are presented in the keys of C major and F major, so students will also experience moveable Do. After students have perfected each exercise a cappella on their own, they can enhance the learning process further by performing with the rhythm accompaniment tracks on the enclosed CD. Performance/ accompaniment tracks for the songs are also included. Time is short. Let's start sight-singing! Available: Book/CD Pak. Suggested for grades 2-6.