Sample Note: Available as a USB thumbdrive only. The Lapbook USB stick provides seven lapbook templates, one for each biography used in Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades: Book 1. Students will create a lapbook for each composer, allowing them to connect with the music and the lives of these musicians in a hands-on way. These easy to assemble lapbooks will help solidify in your child’s mind: musical concepts, character traits, world geography, and information on the composers’ lives. A required element when using Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades: Book 1.  

Sample 

Music Appreciation: Book 1 for the Elementary Grades will introduce children to seven different composers, dating from 1685 to 1828 (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini and Schubert). Each composer’s childhood and adult life are vividly described in individual biographies. Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the stories is true. Each book contains written music and delightful pictures throughout. It is more than the human side of these books that will make them live, for in the music the great masters breathe. This book includes a variety of hands-on activities such as: geography lessons, history lessons, recipes, instrument studies, music vocabulary, hand writing, musical facts of the Classical period, timelines, character trait studies, and so much more. Geared for a variety of learners—auditory, kinesthetic, visual, and just plain “active”—the Student Activity Book is an excellent companion to your reading experience. (We recommend you purchase an Activity Book for each student.)

• Exceeds all of the national standards required for music appreciation (kindergarten - sixth grade.)
• User- friendly for multi-age groups
• Geared for a variety of learners— visual, auditory and kinesthetic
• Incorporates activities from across the curriculum