by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Le Bal (French for ‘The Ball’) and is the final movement of twelve short pieces in Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games) by Bizet. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 151KB) Download File This resource was...
by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
March of the Toys is taken from the musical, Babes in Toyland. Imagine all your toys marching along! They would need a big fanfare to announce the march and a good steady beat to keep them from tripping into each other! This handout for the teacher contains...
by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
The March of Siamese Children is an instrumental piece from the musical, The King and I. In this scene, the King of Siam presents 67 young princes and princesses to their new nanny, Anna. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Ravel’s Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty is the first movement from The Mother Goose Suite. Ravel originally wrote this work as a piano duet (where two people play one piano at the same time). This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Kodaly wrote an opera in which the main character, a soldier called Hary Janos, describes his heroic adventures, which are exaggerated or simply not true. Kodaly used some of the music from the opera in an instrumental work called The Hary Janos Suite. Viennese...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Debussy wrote the music for a ballet called The Toybox in which the characters include a doll, a brave soldier and a wicked Punchinello (similar to the Punch character in Punch and Judy). The doll dances the Little Waltz. This handout for the teacher contains...
