Kidstix


Book Description

Get your students stuck on music with these engaging play-along arrangements that include warm-ups, traditional, classical, and popular music selections. Artie Almeida provides her tried-and-true teaching suggestions as well as instructions to create the homemade StickStations on which all of these pieces are played. Top-notch audio recordings are also included.




Mallet Madness


Book Description

Grades K-6 * From master-teacher Artie Almeida comes this exciting collection of over thirty activities for mallet percussion instruments and drums that will energize your classroom. "Mallet Madness" uses songs, poems, music & literature connections, and reproducible flashcards to promote learning in the concept areas of beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expressive qualities. Thanks to its unique rotation system, your students will play all of the mallet percussion instruments in your classroom, as well as many of the non-pitched instruments. Suggestions for adapting the activities for use in classrooms with few, or even no, mallet instruments are also given. Whether presented as a unit or spread over a semester or school year, your students will love "Mallet Madness" and you will love the skills and musicality they develop during these lessons.




Stomp, Stomp!


Book Description

Flip the flaps, move the sliders, and trace the trails in this bright, quirky board book about dinosaurs! Where will Little Dino play today? Flip the flaps, move the sliders, and trace the trails in this bright, quirky board book about dinosaurs!




Mallet Madness Strikes Again!: A Collection of Engaging Units for Mallet Instruments and Drums


Book Description

Grades K6 Inspiration has struck master teacher Artie Almeida once again! Catch the fever and join in the fun. "Mallet Madness Strikes Again!" features all new rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre lessons designed for your mallet instruments, as well as the ever-popular Literature and Music Connections with lessons based on childrens literature, plus a whole new Technique Builder section to improve your students mallet skills. Complete lessons and reproducible visuals are sure to provide you with all of the support that you need to deliver engaging and exciting lessons for your young musicians. And dont forget the interactive CD-ROMs, available for both Promethean and SMART software, which also include PowerPoint sides.




Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!


Book Description

Grades K5 What could be better than a resource that will have your students begging to listen to more classical music? Artie Almeida shares some of her most beloved listening and movement-based lessons. Outstanding orchestral tracks, video performances of the lessons, and reproducible visuals and teaching aids are included!




I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello


Book Description

Perfect for any young reader interested in music, families who love music, and a must-have staple for music classrooms, this funny picture book is an amusing introduction to the instruments in an orchestra, featuring clever rhymes and whimsical illustrations. Meet a shy fellow! He’s hard to notice, but he’s right at the side of the room listening to a duet for cello and viola. But look again -- our shy fellow suddenly has an urge to swallow a HUGE cello, which is precisely what he does. And he doesn't stop there! He also swallows a harp, a saxophone, and a fiddle while trying to satisfy his voracious appetite for musical instruments. But when he swallows a teensy, tiny, little bitty bell, you won’t believe what happens! In this take-off on a classic children’s song, kids will laugh out loud and learn all about musical instruments with this story that’s a melodious mix of fun and frivolity.




Daffy Duck Passes the Buck (Win Colossal Cash by Answering General Music Questions!)


Book Description

All games in the Artie Almeida Music Games series were created by Artie Almeida for fun reinforcement and assessment of basic music concepts in general music classes. Games are geared to various elementary grade levels. In this exciting musical trivia game, students compete for colossal cash by answering questions about musical instruments, music vocabulary, and music symbols. Terrific for an end-of-year review of knowledge! Contents of game (packaged in a 9" x 12" plastic ziplock hanging bag): 30 colorful Daffy Duck Bills (11" x 5") with music questions in six different denominations (the higher the denomination, the harder the question), plus directions/answer key.




Ten to Teach Melody


Book Description

Grades K6 Invigorate your classes with this collection of ten lessons from an all-star team of music educators! Each lesson targets a specific aspect of the element of melody, helping your students learn about steps, skips, repeats, contour, high vs. low sounds, composing with sol and mi, identifying low sol, melodic inversions, sequences, and motifs, complete with lesson suggestions and numerous teaching aids!




Fun with Boomwhackers


Book Description

Lessons including 20 fun songs and activities to use with boomwhackers musical tubes which reinforce standards set by Music Educators National Conference for K-8. Boomwhackers are colorful percussion tubes tuned to different musical notes. Hundreds of songs can be played on them helping students to develop musical and movement skills. Boomwhackers are available in different sets to form two full chromatic octaves, and Octavator tube caps are available to drop the tone of a tube by an octave creating a possible three octave range.




Pocket Posh Complete Calorie Counter


Book Description

A calorie counter like no other! Just in time for the New Year/New You promotions, AMP offers a handy calorie counter that is beautiful as well as useful. We’ve taken our million-selling Pocket Posh®format and packed this pretty purse-sized book with all the nutritional info you need for keeping your New Year’s resolution while enjoying your favorite foods. Complement your style while keeping an eye on your calories with the Pocket Posh Complete Calorie Counter. Compact, trendy, and easy-to-use, this handy guide includes all the nutritional information you need for keeping your New Year's resolution while enjoying your favorite foods. With nutrition and calorie listings for more than 5,000 general and brand-name foods and over 50 major fast food and family restaurant chains, the Pocket Posh Complete Calorie Counter is the perfect accessory for every calorie-conscious woman.