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1. Read (and sing/play!) other kids music. 3. Write your own music. 4. Listen and learn about Classical Music 5. Listen and Learn about Jazz 6. Listen and Learn about The Blues
Fun with making, listening, reading, and writing music
In My Grandmother's Garden
- DISCOVER the world's first MUSICTALE:
MUSICKIT is proud to present our own 2002 GRADIVA AWARD Nominee
In My Grandmother's Garden by Kit Eakle; Illustrations by Jean Eakle
"The first children's storybook in which music and text play an equal role."
Have a look at a pdf reproduction of the book HERE:
Includes musical notation as an integral part of the story
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IF YOU LIKE this book PLEASE tell a friend and ASK YOUR local BOOKSTORE to carry it!!!!
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC: A Classroom Classical Music Listening Program
Listen to the Music contains listening activities and descriptions of 42 works by a wide variety of classical and modern composers. Composers include: Bartok, Vivialdi, Mozart, Handel, J. S.Bach, Ravel, Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, ClaraSchumann, Ravi Shankar, Duke Ellington, Villa Lobos, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Benjamin Britten and more...
The book includes thematic indeces for classroom themes, special holidays and musical concepts to help teachers plan classroom activities.