Themes & Variations

Author: Denise Gagne

For teachers with a Smartboard, IWB or computer/projector

What's included:
Every musical selection that is in Musicplay 2 is given in 3 formats

1. PowerPoint with audio
2. QuickTime movie of the song lyrics - just click and the song plays, switching the slides for you
3. Smartboard Files (audio is inserted into the one slide lyrics)

Each presentation includes:

• Musical notation
• Song lyrics with colourful illustrations - great for shared reading!
• One slide lyrics
• Colour coded Boomwhacker melodies for simple reading and scale songs
• Slides to teach students how to read music: rhythm, melody, expression
• Kids demo movies of many of the singing games
• Orff arrangements
• Searchable Excel index
• Links to excellent websites
• If teachers have a Smartboard in their classroom, they can use all the interactivity of the board when using the Smart Notebook files.