Musicplay is an award winning music curriculum for elementary schools. Musicplay is a sequential curriculum with lessons that follow the calendar year. The weekly lesson outlines the new concepts that will be taught, those that will be reviewed, and include seasonal and holiday repertoire. The planning is done for the teacher!

Important concepts are taught through play. Each week in Grades 1-5 a new singing game is featured. Children love music games. This is a text that will have your students really excited about learning music! The songs and games are chosen to teach musical concepts, to teach children about cultures around the world, and to provide songs for special days and performances throughout the school year. The most important factor in selecting songs for this series, is that songs appeal to children!

The Musicplay teacher’s guides include CD recordings. Each teacher’s guide includes 4-6 full length CDs with more than 100 musical selections per grade level. Children and adult voices are used, and there are many recordings licensed from popular children’s entertainers. Accompaniments include Orff arrangements, piano accompaniments and orchestrated accompaniments. Performance songs on the CD’s have both performance tracks and accompaniment tracks - you can use the accompaniments only for your performances. Multicultural songs feature authentic performances - the songs are in original languages and are sung by native singers. Many of the multicultural songs are game songs that appeal to children even though the language and sound may be unfamiliar.

The Listening Resource Kits 1-5 provide the most comprehensive listening component of any music curriculum in North America. There are 24-40 examples per grade level. The reproducibles, maps, listening logs and activities are unique and will teach children to become perceptive listeners. Musicplay for Kindergarten and Musicplay for Middle School (Grade 6) include listening selections in the teacher’s guide.

The student book for Grade 2-6 is a 60-72 page soft cover book available for about the same price as a band method book. If you have a Smartboard or a computer/projector in your classroom, you can use the new Musicplay PowerPoint Edition to teach the songs and concepts to your students instead of using student books. Our electronic editions feature music that has been re-formatted to fit the screen. Our music is larger and easier to read because we’ve sized the page to correctly fit on a PowerPoint slide. There are many advantages to using a PowerPoint presentation in the music classroom:

• easier for the teacher to show a PPT than to hand out student textbooks to each child
• visually appealing to children, more engaging, easier to focus students’ attention
  
• text highlights in short songs teach beginning reading in the same way that pocket chart reading activities do
• PowerPoints provide shared reading practice for all grades: Music notation and lyrics only are included
• print space and cost does not limit the length or scope of the presentation - we’ve included more visuals, full color, full vocal scores and lyrics
• easily highlight concepts
• We’ve included links to websites to enhance learning - on a Smartboard, one click takes you to sites with tremendous interactive possibilities

Music specialists with training in Orff or Kodàly will find that Musicplay works well with either methodology or as an integrated approach using both. 89 Orff arrangements for Grades 1-5 are found in The Orff Source. An Orff Source Vol. 2 is planned. The music reading songs are not a separate unit at the end of the text. Music reading songs are presented sequentially in every weekly lesson throughout the curriculum so that the students become literate musicians.

Our piano accompaniments are exceptional. The arrangements are interesting, well formatted, easy to use, easy to read, and very playable. Chord symbols are included and vocal parts are given on a separate staff. Piano accompaniments are available for single songs for use in contest or festival, or for an entire grade level.

Musicplay supports and enhances science, social studies, and language arts curriculums. In first grade songs to teach vowels and consonants are included. The Big Book for Grade 1 is a wonderful early literacy tool. Many of the songs are charted, so that students will develop reading skills while they learn music. Poetry is included in Grades 2-5. Science concepts are taught as well - each grade includes songs that teach about the environment.

Musicplay is a curriculum that can be used by a classroom teacher with limited musical training. However, music specialists will appreciate the planning and sequencing that is done for them. Musicplay is used throughout Canada and the USA and in many international schools.

Click here to view the full Musicplay Scope and Sequence.

Click here to download the year plans for MusicPlay K-6.

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$125.00 CDN / USD $30.00 CDN /USD $50.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD   $100.00 CDN / USD $30.00 CDN / USD $40.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD CD Samples Choo Choo Train 292 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Sam The Robot Man 415 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Book Samples Grade 1 Lessons 72 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Grade 1 Song List 21 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ontario Grade 1 Correlations 84 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Scope & Sequence 20 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 1 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Musicplay 1 was revised in 2005. If you have an older edition and would like to update, please email for information: tvmusic@telusplanet.net   For information on Musicplay PowerPoint lessons, click here.

$100.00 CDN / USD $7.50 CDN / USD $40.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD CD Samples Bell Horses 571 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ridin That New River Train 497 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Book Samples Grade 2 Lessons 72 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Grade 2 Song List 20 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ontario Grade 2 Correlations 96 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 2 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's External Links Listen to children from Nova Scotia sing "Sing for Peace" from this collection.   $100.00 CDN / USD $7.50 CDN / USD $40.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD We revised Musicplay 3 in 2005. The original edition of Musicplay 3, written in 1999, included some songs that were used in more than one grade level. We decided to eliminate any overlap of songs between grade levels. The replacement songs that were chosen, were chosen to teach the same concept, or the same theme as the original song. If the original song was an action song, we replaced it with an action song. We also added some material to Musicplay 3, just for fun! Many multicultural listening examples were added as part of this update. In keeping with our update policy, we want to keep the updates as reasonably priced as possible. I will still send the new guide to teachers as pdf files via email, at no cost. However, to print out 150+ pages on your home printer, will cost about the same as ordering the materials. If you love your Musicplay 3 just as it is, don’t update! Just keep using the materials you have, and don’t feel that you have to order an update, just because a newer edition is available. CD Samples I'm Glad I'm Back At School 456 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 3 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Video Samples Donkey Riding YouTube Video Book Samples Grade 3 Lessons 2.058 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 3 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Grade 3 Song List 63 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 3 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ontario Grade 3 Correlations 149 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 3 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Musicplay 4 and 5 were extensively revised in the Fall of 2006. We started shipping the new editions of Musicplay 4 and 5 August 30, 2006. This is such a large update that we will not be printing an update book/CD. There are 42 new musical selections in Musicplay 5 and 24 in Musicplay 4. To receive updates at the special price, we will require return of the old Musicplay 4 or 5 colored title page and introduction pages as proof of your purchase. We will send you the complete revised teacher's guide and new CDs for only $40. To receive the updates for free, order a class set of student books for Musicplay 4 or 5 (minimum 20 copies) request the updated teacher guide, and we will send it to you at no cost. If you purchased class sets of original edition student books (minimum 20 copies) for Musicplay 4 or 5, you can request by email a pdf file with reproducible copies of the new songs. Please include approximate date of purchase, and name of purchaser so we can verify that the student books were purchased. Teachers or schools who purchased Musicplay 4 or 5 during 2006 should automatically receive these updates at no cost. We have compiled a list of those who purchased from Themes & Variations, and those who registered their copy with us and will be shipping those copies out in early September. If you purchased Musicplay 4 or 5 in 2006 and don’t receive the updates by mid October, please email and request this. Please have your invoice # available for verification. Order Musicplay Updates: If you would like to order the update book/CDs at this time please complete the order form below, and send this with your proof of purchase. Click here to download the Musicplay update order form.   $100.00 CDN / USD $7.50 CDN / USD $40.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD CD Samples Do Your Ears Hang Low 830 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 4 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Two Canadian Folksongs 2115 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Book Samples Grade 4 Lessons 154 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 4 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Grade 4 Song List 65 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 4 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ontario Grade 4 Correlations 116 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 4 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's   $100.00 CDN / USD $8.50 CDN / USD $40.00 CDN / USD $125.00 CDN / USD CD Samples When I Believe In Me 1060 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Capitals of Canada 2675 KB Mp3 file Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Book Samples Grade 5 Lessons 145 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Grade 5 Song List 43 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's Ontario Grade 5 Correlations 142 KB PDF File Musicplay Grade 5 Teacher's Guide w/4 CD's   $125.00 CDN / USD $8.50 CDN / USD $50.00 CDN / USD Finding songs with lots of appeal to the middle school child was a challenge. Some sixth graders love to sing and will sing wonderful choral music. Others need to be convinced that singing is fun. This program has 126 Musical selections on six CDs in styles varying from Praetorius to Avril Lavigne. This variety makes this grade 6 music program fun to teach and fun for the students to learn. The students will learn music theory based on the music that they sing or listen to. 32 worksheets are included in the teacher guide to make it easy to ensure that curriculum expectations are met. Songs in Musicplay 6 include rounds and canons, folk songs, fun songs, action songs,game songs, songs with Orff accompaniments! Fun songs include Oh my Darling Frankenstein, Sippin¹ Milkshakes, Hagdalena Magdalena, Mary Mac, Fish and Chips, Cornermaster Store and more! Choral music includes music by Craig Cassils, composer of "Child of the Universe", Hymn to Freedom by Oscar Peterson, Song for the Mira, I Love This Country, She¹s Like the Swallow, and Flanders Fields. Listening selections from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras are included. Pop music includes SK8R BOI, La Bamba, My Heart Will Go On, Complicated, Sloop John B (Beach boys style). Holiday songs includes songs for Halloween, Hanukkah, Christmas, Remembrance Day, St. Patrick¹s Day and Graduation. Multicultural music includes Indian raga, Greek bazouki, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew and rhythms from around the world. Instruments songs for boomwhackers and several recorder ensembles are included. Sports songs! The Hockey song, and four baseball songs by Bob Schneider will be big hits with the sixth grader. Blues and Rap accompaniments for a composition unit are also included. * All Orff arrangements are by Judy Sills and will be available in a separate collection in 2004 You¹ll find material in this program for even the most sophisticated of sixth graders! CD Samples Bach Cello suite, Listening Selection 1280 KB Mp3 file Barges - 2 part song 2195 KB Mp3 file Bat Boy 2871 KB Mp3 file Mango Walk, Orff arrangement 756 KB Mp3 file Video Samples Cup Game YouTube Video Book Samples Grade 6 Sampler 64 KB PDF File

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