The Dave Snider Music Centre

Animal Tales: Stories, Songs And Activities That Build Character

By: John Jacobson And Mark Brymer

Imagine how different the world looks from a giraffe's perspective. Or the beautiful view a snail enjoys as he moves along at a slow, easy pace. Learn how a zebra discovers life is not a simple as black and white. Young readers (and 'good listeners') in grades 2-5 will meet a host of animal friends in this character-building collection of 8 interactive stories, songs and activities. For maximum learning and participation, a variety of reading and performance options are included to involve from one reader to a whole group. The life lessons from the animal tales are reinforced with songs, activities and puzzles. And everything is reproducible! A recording of the stories and songs is also available for loads of listening and interactive fun!

09970751 Collection (with reproducible pages) $24.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $19.96 USD

09970752 Performance/Accompaniment CD $45.00 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $36.00 USD

09970765 Classroom Kit (Collection, P/A CD) $59.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $47.96 USD

Assessment In The Music Classroom: Practical Tips And Activities

By: Cristi Cary Miller

Take the stress out of assessment with this musical playground of activities and singing games your students will love! Elementary music specialist, Cristi Cary Miller shares a wealth of material in this easy-to-use resource to help identify and define students' musical skills and progress while having a barrel of fun! Designed for students in grades K-5, this creative collection of 18 seasonal songs and activities will provide hours of fun throughout the school year while assessing students on rhythm reading, steady beat, matching pitch, solfege, vocal tone colors and much more! Make assessments a vital part of your lesson planning this year! 18 songs including: Telephone Time, Hello Neighbors, Rhythm Charades Rap, Sol La Sol Mi Dance, Listen Very Carefully and much more!

09970956 Teacher Resource $14.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $11.96 USD

Bach To The Drawing Board

Composer: Paul Jennings
Composer: Teresa Jennings

Take the creative excitement of charades, throw in the fun of drawing your clues, get the whole class into the act as they test their musical knowledge in a positive atmosphere, and you've got a great learning game for the music classroom! The game includes over 500 words or simple phrases on easy-to-read cards in two difficulty levels. Each card has words or phrases in 4 categories: Musical Things, Musical People, Musical Works and Musical Grab Bag.
Recommended for Grades 4-8.

44202016 Back To The Drawing Board $24.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $19.96 USD

Composer Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

This fun, educationally designed game helps your students learn the names and faces of 24 famous classical composers from the Baroque through Contemporary periods of music history.

Composers include: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Strauss, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Grieg, Debussy, Bartók, Villa-Lobos, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Copland and Menotti. Based on the traditional “Bingo” game, Composer Bingo promotes an active learning environment and involves all of your students!

The game is age-appropriate for both lower and upper elementary music students with two levels of play, and focuses on development of memory skills.

Composer Bingo includes 30 player cards, caller cards and an instruction sheet.
Recommended for Grades 3-8.

4423026 Composer Bingo $24.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $19.96 USD

Composer Reproducible Pack

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Enhance your unit on composers with this set of 8.5“x11” reproducible composer illustrations. Included are the 24 composers found on the player cards in Cheryl Lavender's Composer Bingo: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Strauss, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Grieg, Debussy, Bartók, Villa-Lobos, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Copland and Menotti. Recommended for Grades 3-8.

44203096 Composer Reproducible Pak $9.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $7.96 USD

Help! I'm A Substitute Music Teacher

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Basic survival may be your top priority when you accept an assignment as the substitute music teacher! Equip yourself with this invaluable kit of kid-tested songs, games, activities, practice pages and detailed teaching suggestions for each. Use these substitute plans as complete lessons or as supplements to the regular music teacher's lesson plans. You and your students never thought music class could be so much fun! The Instrument Sound Samples cassette contains sound samples of electronic, folk and orchestral instruments and provides a perfect supplement to games in the book.
Recommended For Grades K-6.

44208016 Help! I'm A Substitute Music Teacher $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

44209027 Instrument Sound Samples CD $14.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $11.96 USD

Instrument Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Instrument Bingo is designed to improve your students' aural perceptions of the tone color and characteristic sounds produced by many familiar musical instruments. Includes 30 player cards, caller cards, a special recording (with six different sequences of sound samples of each level) and helpful instructions for using the game.

08740624 Instrument Bingo CD Pak $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD

08740622 Replacement Cassette $12.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $10.36 USD

08740623 Replacement CD (Set Of 2) $19.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $15.96 USD

It's Your Turn

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Here's a collection of incredibly successful games and activities for the elementary music classroom. IT'S YOUR TURN emphasizes the art of 'play' - the ultimate learning tool for children of all ages. This book features large-group, fun-filled experiences which reinforce basic musical concepts such as melody, rhythm or tone color. Highlights include: Surfin', Hand Jivin', Rockin' Rhythms, Tune-a-Grams, Invasion of the Soap Bubbles, Boogie Woogie Rap and much more. For Gr. 1-6.

44209036 It's Your Turn Book $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

It's Your Turn Again!

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Every child loves to play, and this handy classroom resource lets them do just that! Nationally renowned elementary music educator and clinician Cheryl Lavender has done it ... AGAIN ... with these 'tried-and-true music recipes' from her classroom to yours. Here are learning games which reinforce the basic musical concepts of melody, rhythm and tone color, while encouraging sharing, participation and cooperation. Games include: World-Wide Hello, Where's the Beat?, Dyno Dynamics, Musical Charades, Movie Music Match-Up, Name Game, Jump Back Baby, Music Is Math, It's Talent Day.

08740696 It's Your Turn Again! Book $12.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $10.36 USD

08740892 It's Your Turn Again! CD $21.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $17.56 USD

Lines And Spaces Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

This learning game is a collection of enjoyable, whole-group activities which helps your students reinforce the identification of notes on the staff in a wide variety of learning responses. It comes complete with 1 instruction guide, 30 laminated, reversible Player cards (Bingo side & blank staff side), 1 Grand Staff Poster, 1 reproducible Grand Staff Mini-Poster, 1 page of 24 cut-out Caller Cards. Recommended For Grades 3-8.

08740697 Lines And Spaces Bingo $19.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $15.96 USD

Melody Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

“Mr. Maestro” will get all of your students involved in recognizing range, direction, movement, rhythm and tonality with this fun version of bingo. Appropriate for both beginning and intermediate levels of note-reading, the recording includes 24 short pentatonic music examples, diatonic melodies and even some altered tones. These melodic fragments are in 3 different game sequences so you can play the game again and again. For all ages.

44223050 Melody Bingo Cassette Pak $24.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $19.96 USD

08740825 Melody Bingo CD Pak $34.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $27.96 USD

08740823 Melody Bingo Replacement Cassette $9.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $7.96 USD

08740824 Melody Bingo Replacement CD $15.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $12.76 USD

Music Listening Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Bach! Beethoven! Brahms! Your students will be introduced to the music of the masters in MUSIC LISTENING BINGO - a 'mini-course' in Music Appreciation! This is a delightful game that your students can play to sharpen their listening skills while recognizing and identifying 24 of history's greatest composers (from Renaissance through Contemporary) and their musical themes. Includes 30 player cards, 1 reproducible Composer Listening Guide, 1 Music History Timeline poster, 5 reproducible 'Listening Smart' pages, and 1 recording featuring all the recorded excerpts in 6 separate sound sequences. For all ages.

08740828 Music Listening Bingo CD Pak $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD

08740827 Replacement CD (Set Of 2) $19.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $15.96 USD

Music Masterminds:
The Ultimate Cross-Curricular Connection Of Music Puzzles And Games

By: Cheryl Lavender

Music MasterMINDS challenges children to learn more about the 'fun'damentals of music - rhythm, melody, tempo, harmony, form, timbre, style, expression and musical careers, as they connect musical learning across the curriculum to reading, language arts, spelling, math, science, social studies, history, art, and foreign language. And through play, children develop such life-learning skills as observation, reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving skills! Designed for Grades 1-6, each section of this creative resource focuses on a musical element, and the puzzles are sequenced in order from easiest to most challenging.

Use Music MasterMINDS as a supplement to regular music lessons, or as activities for the sub or for those days that need a special activity! Share these puzzles with classroom teachers for ongoing, cross-curricular integration. Puzzles include: Find the Hidden Instrument, Spell a Story, Fast and Slow Match-Up, Find the Music Alphabet, Loud and Soft Match-Up, State the States, Music Symbol Crossword, Composers' Word Search, World Instrument Quest, Meet Mr. Mozart, Connect the Music Careers, and many more intriguing challenges! Available: Activity Book. For Gr. 1-6.

09970714 Activity Book (wtih reproducible pages) $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

Music Moves Me
Active Listening Strategies For The Elementary Classroom

Composer: Wesley Ball

Make music come alive with this creative collection of visuals and strategies. Created for the music classroom, this handy book/CD pak features reproducible listening maps and movement activities designed for a variety of levels, along with easy-to-use teaching plans based on the National Standards. All musical examples used are included on the CD. Featured listening selections include: Stars and Stripes Forever, Fanfare for the Common Man, Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat (from The Aristocats), Chinese Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite), Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (from Pictures at an Exhibition), Histoire du Tango, Spring (from The Four Seasons), Variations on America, Variations on Simple Gifts, Stompin' at the Savoy, Russian Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite), Mars the Bringer of War (from The Planets), Splish Splash, Summer (from The Four Seasons).

09970466 Book/CD (with reproducible activities) $34.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $27.96 USD

Music Round Robin
An Active Learning Game That Tests Your Musical Knowledge

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Here is an active learning game that tests your students' musical knowledge! Consisting of a total of 64 cards, 32 cards feature pre-printed musical facts geared toward Grades 3-6. Your students will progress through the easy-to-follow question-and-answer format as quickly as they can within a designated time limit. The other 32 cards are left blank, so that you can create your own set of Music Round Robin questions to help reinforce your own unique course of study. Best of all, all 64 cards are laminated on both sides for durability and so that they can be used with wipe-away dry erase markers. Carefully developed by Cheryl Lavender, this is a classroom-tested resource that you will use over and over again. Let your students “take the music challenge”!

44223119 Music Round Robin Game $19.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $15.96 USD

Music Styles Bingo
Whole-Group Games And Activities For The Music Classroom

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Here is the latest in Cheryl Lavender's popular series of Bingo games! This collection of enjoyable, hands-on activities is designed to help students in grades 4-8 identify, describe and compare 24 different styles of music from Folk to Classical and from Heavy Metal to New Age and lots more in between! While having fun playing the game, students will collaborate to learn the origins of music styles, investigate cultural and historic influences, discover how music styles evolve, and make meaningful connections among different styles of music. In addition to the traditional Bingo game, MUSIC STYLES BINGO also includes a variety of alternate games; Music Styles Map, Music Styles Recall and Music Styles Assessment. The Game/CD Pak comes complete with 30 player cards, 4 Sound Sequence Cards, a helpful Educator's Guide and the professionally-produced CD recording of music styles excerpts. For Grades 4-8.

09970292 Game/CD Pak $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD

09970398 Replacement CD $15.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $12.76 USD

Music Symbol Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Music Symbol Bingo is an enjoyable, motivational game which your students can play to reinforce recognition and identification of 24 of the most common music symbols and terms used in the elementary music class. Based on the traditional “Bingo” game, it promotes an active learning environment and involves all of your students! Music Symbol Bingo is age-appropriate for both lower and upper elementary music students with two levels of play. For younger players, Side A of each card features 24 symbols with their corresponding musical term. Side B introduces more advanced terminology for older students. Comes complete with 30 reversible Player Cards with Level A (beginning) on one side, and Level B (intermediate) on the other side, and 1 sheet of 24, reversible cut-out Caller Cards. For Grades 3-8.

44213166 Music Symbol Bingo $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

Rhythm Bingo Level 1

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Designed to coincide with early teaching of rhythms, RHYTHM BINGO LEVEL I is an enjoyable, motivational game that promotes an active learning environment involving every child. The game is really like two games in one, as there are two levels to every card. Level A reinforces the learning of simple rhythm patterns in 4/4 including quarter notes/rests and eighth notes. Level B features more advanced rhythms with half, dotted half and whole notes/rests. For Grades 2-8.

44218016 Rhythm Bingo Level One $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

Level Two features more advanced rhythms in 4/4 and 6/8, in two levels of play

44218026 Rhythm Bingo Level Two $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

Rhythm Bingo Level 2

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

As a follow-up to Rhythm Bingo - Level I, LEVEL II challenges your music students with more advanced levels of play to increase their fluency in reading rhythm patterns. Based on the traditional “Bingo” game, RHYTHM BINGO - LEVEL II promotes an active learning environment and involves all of your students! With two levels of play, the game reinforces more advanced rhythms in 4/4, including dotted rhythms, rests, simple sixteenth notes, and triplet patterns, as well as rhythms in 6/8. For Grades 2-8.

44218026 $16.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $13.56 USD

Solfege Bingo

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

From Cheryl Lavender's popular Bingo series, here is a game designed to help students in grades 3-8 hear, read, perform and identify solfege melody patterns. By playing Solfege BINGO, your students will develop ear training and sight-reading skills - essential for music literacy and overall musicianship. Includes beginning to intermediate note-reading through 2 levels of play: Level A includes melody patterns based on the C pentatonic scale, and Level B uses the C major scale. The professionally-produced CD recording includes 8 different sound sequences ranging from easy to challenging, so you can play the game again and again! The Game/CD Pak comes complete with 30 player cards, a helpful Educator's Guide, Cutout Caller Cards, a Kodály Hand Sign poster and CD recording.

09970423 Game/CD Pak $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD

09970474 Replacement CD $15.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $12.76 USD

The Song Writing Kit (Resource)

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

This little kit gives you everything you need to do a memorable unit on song writing with your lower elementary classes. Provides detailed lesson plans for each session in the unit, and reproducible photocopy masters for the sheets you will use with your class. For Gr. 1-3.

44219016 The Song Writing Kit $9.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $7.96 USD

Sub Survivor
Strategies, Songs & Listening Activities For The Music Sub!

By: Lynne Carlstein

Equip yourself with all the tools you'll need to face that next music class with Sub Survivor. This creative resource offers a special section of teaching tips to keep you prepared and organized with “the notebook” and “lesson packs” close by. Easy-to-follow lessons offer a variety of age-appropriate listening activities, games and writing projects with cross-curricular connections! In addition, over 20 songs by top choral writers John Jacobson, Emily Crocker, Mac Huff, Roger Emerson, Cristi Miller, John Higgins, Rollo Dilworth and Alan Billingsley are included on the enclosed sing-along CD to enhance lesson time even more. For additional value, reproducible lyric and activity sheets are offered. Available: Book/CD Pak. For Gr. 1-6.

09970959 Book/CD Resource (with reproducible pages) $29.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $23.96 USD

World Instrument Bingo MULTICULTURAL

Composer: Cheryl Lavender

Timbales! Mbira! Shofar! World Instrument BINGO is an enjoyable collection of collaborative learning games your students can play to discover and identify folk instruments from around the world. Created by elementary music specialist and clinician, Cheryl Lavender, this game will help students identify tone colors, explore sound production, and compare cultural influences on music. The kit comes complete with 30 Bingo Play Cards, an instruction booklet with game directions and World Instrument Fun Facts, a CD with sound samples of 24 world instruments recorded on six separate sound sequences, a World Instrument poster, and 1 page of 24 cut-out caller cards. For Gr. 3-8.

09970163 Game/CD Pak $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD

09970164 Replacement CD $15.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $12.76 USD

The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Teaching Strategies

Composer: Wesley Ball

This familiar standard by English composer Benjamin Britten has become the classic introduction to the sights and sounds of the orchestra for young people. Enhance music appreciation and explore the unique qualities of the instruments in a symphony orchestra with this creative collection of visuals and strategies. Created for the music classroom, the Activity Book/CD features a variety of reproducible listening maps and games, helpful teaching suggestions, and a full-length version of this masterwork performed by the Slovak Symphony Orchestra. The value-packed Classroom Kit includes the Book/CD Pak and the Hal Leonard Discover the Instruments of the Orchestra poster pak of 24 full-color 9“x12” laminated posters with history on each of the instruments, fun facts and representative musicals works. Make music listening fun AND active! For Gr. 4-8.

09970594 Activity Book/CD Pack (with reproducible pages):$24.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $19.96 USD

09970595 Classroom Kit (Activity Book/CD Pack & Discover The Instruments Of The Orchestra Poster Pack): $39.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $31.96 USD