MusicTime! is a series of teacher and student workbooks for all levels of primary school plus junior secondary school.
Written by one of Australia's most experienced music educators, the series is designed to fill a gap in the market for music learning that is both relevant and fun.
MusicTime! Let's Begin
A teacher workbook for the junior primary school
A new concept in primary school education, this book is written for teachers who would like to include music in their classroom program but do not necessarily have a background in music or music performance. Designed for students in their first year of school, the book provide dozens of teaching ideas that link musical concepts with Key Learning Areas, such as Math, Science, and Studies of Society and Environment as well as the other Arts strands of Drama, Dance and Visual Arts.
MusicTime! Let's Begin consists of 20 Quick Activities (5-20 minutes) and 10 Units with themes that include 'All Kinds of Weather', 'Here comes the Postman' and 'Four Flapping Flamingos'. A topic such as Birthdays involves students in drawing a cake (Visual Arts), counting candles (Mathematics) and 'playing' the layers of cake through graphic notation (Music). Songs about the weather provide musical experiences but also activities on features of weather (Science), safety issues (Health and Physical Education) and outdoor games (Dance/movement).
Ten Extension Ideas are also provided for teachers who have some knowledge of music.
A detailed check list shows how the teaching activities fulfill the learning outcomes of the curricula of every Australian state. Also included is a glossary plus useful websites and references.
Includes a CD which contains the following:
- over 40 music examples
- 18 song tracks - 6 without vocals designed for student performance
- 8 pieces of movement
- 10 rhythmic pieces
- an original prep grade performance
MusicTime! Discover Things
The second teacher workbook in this series, MusicTime! Discover Things will suit students in their second and third years of primary school. Themes include 'The Telephone', 'Insects' and 'Stars and Planets'. Patterns, a key aspect of early primary education, is taught through Music, Mathematics and Visual Arts, while students learn about the world in which they live (Studies of Society and Environment) through singing about different aspects of work and related composing activities.
Includes two CDs with 50 musical examples performed by leading Australian musicians.
A1020 MusicTime! Discover Things $79.95
MusicTime! and MusicTime Too!
Student workbooks for upper primary and junior secondary school
MusicTime! A 10 unit workbook where students learn the basics of music through tasks that focus on games, performances and imaginative thinking. Unit topics include 'Space', 'All Kinds of Trains' and 'Spirits, Spooks and Ghostly Places'. Includes composing and performance tasks plus English writing tasks. Each unit concludes with a 'Find out more' section that may be used as homework. Musical terms are explained as they are appear throughout the book, with a 'blank' glossary provided at the end of the book for students to fill in the spaces as they encounter the words. Filled with delightful illustrations by Cheryl Small.
Ideal for students learning music for the first time.
331362 Student Workbook $19.95
MusicTime Too! A 10 unit workbook where students build on their knowledge of music through a series of topics especially chosen for lower secondary students, all of which are linked to a musical theme. These include 'Relationships' (melody), 'Popular Music' (dynamics), 'Sport' (notation) and 'Food' (rhythm). Includes 28 performance tasks, 16 theory tasks and four musical appreciation tasks plus an introduction to orchestration. A 'Find out more' section and 'blank' glossary are also provided. Illustrated by Brendan Tolley with drawings that will appeal to junior secondary students.
Ideal for students with some knowledge of music.
331363 Student Workbook $19.95
MusicTime! and MusicTime Too!
Teacher Notes
MusicTime! Teacher Notes. Two books in one, providing over 80 pages of suggestions on how to use the Student Workbooks. Detailed descriptions are provided on introducing the activities of the 20 units to students in a range of settings - from those working alone, to small groups or as a full class. The activities are linked to the learning outcomes adopted by most Australian states, with a checklist for the curricula of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria (both the CSF and VELS).
Includes two CDs with 60 musical examples from the Workbooks.
A1029 Teacher Notes $69.95
MusicTime! Ideas, Games and Adventures
A teacher workbook for students at Level 3.
Includes reproducible worksheets.
MusicTime! It's my world!
A teacher workbook for students at Level 4.
Includes reproducible worksheets.
About the author
Dr Ros McMillan is one of Australia's foremost music educators. She has over 45 years experience teaching at all levels, from group lessons with three year olds as the first Australian Yamaha teacher, to classes of Year 8 boys, to adult workshops. As head of Music Education at the University of Melbourne, where she taught for 20 years, she trained generalist primary teachers and specialist secondary teachers in classroom music method. Her graduates are now in schools throughout the world and her curriculum materials are widely used throughout Australia.