Here’s what teachers are saying about Sing and Make Music: “The lesson plans themselves are very clear, and could easily be understood and taught by a non-musician. . . . In fact, there are so many good ideas ready for use that teachers who otherwise avoided music class, might be inspired to devote more class time to it. . . . It is accessible to the non-specialist, very user-friendly, and presents the musical skills children need in a logical and appealing manner.” —Lutheran Education May/June 1999 Reviewer Susan Wente “In the past, teaching music was difficult and haphazard because there was no standard curriculum to follow. . . . Now, if teachers use Sing and Make Music, students should be equipped to demonstrate a high level of musicality at the end of grade school.” “We are beginning to reap the reward of using Sing and Make Music and are allowing enough time in classroom schedules for an emphasis on music. This will certainly equip our students to be more proficient in the future, whether it be as a worshiper in the pew or as a classroom music teacher or choir director.” —The Lutheran Educator May 2001 From interviews with WELS teachers A Music Curriculum for the Lutheran Elementary School Author: Dr. Edward H. Meyer, Professor of Music at Martin Luther College
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Here’s what teachers are saying aboutSing and Make Music:
“The lesson plans themselves are very clear, and could easily beunderstood and taught by a non-musician. . . . In fact, there are somany good ideas ready for use that teachers who otherwise avoidedmusic class, might be inspired to devote more class time to it. . . . Itis accessible to the non-specialist, very user-friendly, and presentsthe musical skills children need in a logical and appealing manner.”
—Lutheran EducationMay/June 1999
Reviewer Susan Wente
“In the past, teaching music was difficult and haphazard becausethere was no standard curriculum to follow. . . . Now, if teachers useSing and Make Music, students should be equipped to demonstratea high level of musicality at the end of grade school.”
“We are beginning to reap the reward of using Sing and Make Musicand are allowing enough time in classroom schedules for anemphasis on music. This will certainly equip our students to bemore proficient in the future, whether it be as a worshiper in thepew or as a classroom music teacher or choir director.”
—The Lutheran EducatorMay 2001
From interviews with WELS teachers
A Music Curriculumfor the LutheranElementary School
Author: Dr. Edward H. Meyer,Professor of Music at Martin Luther College
Sing and Make Music can be used as a stand-alone musiccurriculum or as an enhancement to any standard musiccurriculum. In addition to teaching basic musical concepts,it also examines the music and liturgy of the church.Each level includes activities to teach students toappreciate music.
Easy-to-Use Teacher’s Guides—•Lesson notes and copy masters are housed between colorful tabs in convenient,
sturdy three-ring binders.
•Functional indexes provide quick reference to unit contents, songs, and CD tracks.
•These all-inclusive guides enable teachers with limited musical ability to teachSing and Make Music with ease.
Lessons—•This music curriculum teaches both music listening and reading skills.
•Lessons in each level build upon one another from year to year.
Songbooks—Accompaniment and Student Editions—
•Simple keyboard accompaniments help teachers with limited keyboardexperience accompany their students.
•Student songbooks for levels two through five provide the words and music forall the supplementary songs.
•Contents include a variety of songs—new and traditional, secular and sacred,and easy as well as challenging.
•Each level offers a wide variety of Christian hymns.
•Lessons can easily be adapted for use with any hymnal.
Compact Discs—•Two sets of CDs provide accompaniments and supplementary music for Sing and Make Music.
•Lesson CDs contain unit lesson songs and listening activities.
•Songbook CDs contain all songs found in the songbook.
•The voice or accompaniment track can be used alone by adjusting the left-to-right balancecontrol on your CD player or sound system. The teacher’s guides list the digital CD track locationfor every song. Select and play a specific song quickly or create a custom, daily-lesson playlist.
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✔ detailed teacher’s guides make these simple lessons easy to teach
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Supplementary Recordings—•Each level of Sing and Make Music includes a unit on
the classics.
•Recordings of the required compositions are availableon various CDs from music stores, school-supplycatalogs, or public libraries.
•Specific recordings referenced in the teacher’s guidesmay be ordered from Northwestern Publishing House.
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