MORE ABOUT MATERIALS AVAILABLE
Teacher Development DVD:
Movement and Music for Children Ages 3, 4 and 5:
We believe this DVD, filmed at the Cobb School in Simsbury, CT. will be a valuable asset to a school’s resource library for many years to come. The first hour shows two sample classes incorporating movement, music appreciation,
and singing, taught by Judy and Sanford Jones. In the second hour, Sanford demonstrates each step in the Montessori bell material, from
the sensorial level through notation.
Teacher Development DVD:
Movement and Music for Children Ages 6-11:
We believe this DVD, filmed at the Cobb School in Simsbury, CT will be a valuable asset to a school’s resource library for many years to come. The first hour shows two sample classes with elementary age children in movement, music
appreciation and singing, taught by Judy and Sanford Jones. The second hour shows a sequence of exercises using the Montessori Transposer (tone bars), including composition.
Songbook:
Green is Our Garden:
24 nature songs, selections from Sanford Jones' children's operas, including synopses of each story on which the opera is based, as well as notes on how each song fits into the story. Musical score isolates the melody line with words. Intermediate level piano accompaniment.
Songbook:
Children's Songs:
22 original songs to enhance the young child's appreciation of life: family, school, nature, seasons and holidays. Commissioned artwork by Elizabeth Bronson. Singable melodies with easy piano accompaniment.
Songbook:
Folk Songs from Around the World:
19 arrangements from 14 countries of familiar (“Down in the Valley” – USA) & unfamiliar (“Congolese Lullaby” - Congo) songs for elementary age. Arranged for unison or two-part singing, with easy piano accompaniment. Again, beautifully illustrated by Elizabeth Bronson.
CD/Audiotape:
Walking on the Line/Rhythmic Activities:
20 minutes of original, quiet piano music for walking on the line, performed by Sanford Jones. The walking music is then followed by bands of music isolating marching, running, galloping, skipping and processing. The CD or tape ends with a medley of all the various locomotor movements.
CD/Audiotape:
Children's Songs/Folk Songs from Around the World:
22 original songs to enhance the young child’s appreciation of life: family, school, nature, seasons and holidays, followed by 19 arrangements from 14 countries of familiar (“Down in the Valley” – USA) and unfamiliar (“Congolese Lullaby” – Congo) songs, performed by elementary children at Mater Amoris Montessori School, Ashton, Maryland.
CD:
Green is Our Garden:
24 nature songs, compiled from Sanford Jones' children's operas, including “The Sun” (The Burning Rice Fields ), “Minnows” (Pearl),and “Morning Song” (Persephone). Performed by the Elementary Chorus at Countryside Montessori School, Northbrook, IL.
CD:
Art Songs for Children:
12 original musical settings of poems of well-known poets, including “The Owl and the Pussycat” (Edward Lear), “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” (Emily Dickinson), and “In Time of Silver Rain” (Langston Hughes). Performed by the Elementary Chorus at Countryside Montessori School, Northbrook, IL.
CDs:
A Pocketful of Music:
Classics Composed for Children 1730-2002: 110 piano pieces performed by concert pianist and educator Martha Braden. A re-issue (in expanded form) of the NAMTA Music through History recordings. A 4-CD set, with extensive program notes on the pieces and the composers. Endorsed widely by music magazines and composers, these CD’s bring the best of classical music to both Primary and Elementary children.
Sheet Music:
Walking on the Line/Rhythmic Activities:
Original piano music composed and performed by Sanford Jones for walking on the line, marching,
running, galloping, skipping, and processing (intermediate level). Includes teacher’s notes on effective ways to introduce these movement activities.
Sheet Music:
A Pocketful of Music:
Classics Composed for Children 1730-2002: An anthology of 110 piano pieces, compiled by concert pianist and educator Martha Braden. This collection correlates with the 4-CD set of the same name. Foreword by noted composer Ned Rorem.
CD:
Songs of Celebration: 13 songs, compiled from Sanford Jones' children's opera, including “Wedding Blessing” (Hiawatha), “Harvest Moon” (The Moon Maiden), and “Prayer for Peace” (Hachma and Mazel). The songs celebrate themes of life, love, family, stewardship, and peace. Performed by the Elementary Chorus at Countryside Montessori School, Northbrook, IL.
CD:
Movement and Singing Games:
A compilation of twenty songs traditional songs including Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow, Rock-A-Bye Baby, The Muffin Man, and London Bridge. Each song has been recorded twice. First, the song is sung by the Elementary Students at Countryside Montessori School in Oakbrook, Illinois, allowing the listener to learn the words and the melody. Then, the song is repeated with piano accompaniment only, allowing the listener to learn to sing the song and carry out the movements. Enclosed is a 16-page booklet which contains teaching instructions.
Elementary Classroom History Materials :
American History Time-Line:
Designed for Elementary Montessori classrooms, this time line consists of 6 separate panels measuring 2 feet in width and totaling 33 feet in length, delineating the periods in our country's development from the crossing of the Bering Strait to the present time. On each panel are black and white line drawings (to be colored by the teacher) representing significant events and people of that period. Color-coded captions on cardstock are also provided to offer basic information about the 75 images. This time line of American history has been a best-seller for the past 25 years.
Elementary Classroom History Materials :
Migration Charts :
Contains preface and instructions, nine migration charts (18” x 24”) of nine drawings/diagrams to be colored by the teacher: The Hunt, The Movement of the Glacier, The Encroachment of the Desert of Vegetated Areas, The Clearing of the Forest, Billiard Ball Migration, The Breaking Down of the Wall, Infiltration and Fusion, The Whirling Horde and Seaborne Migration. Cardstock captions for each of the nine charts (1/2 page of text per chart).
