Books - Teaching Material

Method books, songbooks and teaching resources for elementary music: recorder, ukulele, Orff, handbells, Boomwhackers and general classroom curriculum.

The Windsongs series is the recorder backbone here, six student books moving from a first three-note tune through Canadian and traditional repertoire and finishing with Alto Odyssey for students changing size, with a teacher's guide and companion CD covering the whole series. Recorder Express by Artie Almeida, It's Recorder Time, and the Recorder Resource Kit and Complete Recorder Kit by Denise Gagné round out the recorder shelf.

For ukulele, Little Ukers comes in Levels 1 and 2, each published separately for C tuning and for D tuning, which matters because the chord shapes and diagrams differ between the two. Ukulele School is likewise split by tuning. Also here: Ukulele Adventures by Brian Fergus, Ukuleles on Board by Sally Haines, Essential Elements for Ukulele by Marty Gross, the Marty Gross and Sally Haines Method Book 2, Play Ukulele Today, Ten Tunes for Fingerstyle Ukulele and Banjolele, a chord chart, and the Ukulele for Children series by Christina O'Brien including a Christmas book, teacher guide and twelve-copy class pack.

For Orff and general classroom work: The Orff Source by Denise Gagné, Teach Music Reading with Boomwhackers, Exploring Rhythm Instruments, Growing With Music with its CD, the Songbook for Junior Hand Bells, and the Joy Reeve series.

Also stocked: Hand Drumming Getting Started by Milton Randall as an e-book, an Orff mallet buying guide as a printable PDF, and a choir ring binder with expanding pockets.