Let's Celebrate The Nutcracker includes the themes from the eight pieces of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Written on the grand staff, the short 8-12 bar excerpts allow students to perform music from the entire suite. The story of the ballet and an activity page are also included.

These clever activity sets feature two solos with correlating activity pages. Perfect for summer review!

These clever activity sets feature two solos with correlating activity pages. Perfect for summer review!

This book is packed with everything girls need to know about being a perfect party host and gracious guest. From slumber parties to holiday parties to just-for-fun parties, she'll get step-by-step instructions for unique invitations and decorations, clever games, fun DIY projects, and delicious recipes for more than ten party themes!

This practical day-by-day calendar is a goldmine for planning exciting activities and classroom units based on national and international holidays, multicultural and historic events, famous firsts, inventions, birthdays of important individuals (including authors), and more. The entries are annotated and include contact information and Web site addresses to facilitate further research and learning. In addition, three suggested learning activities are provided for each day of the year. Designed for any year, this one-stop resource can be used over and over again as a ready-reference, daily activity guide, rainy-day resource, or idea generator for bulletin boards. Teachers, librarians, and parents can use the calendar entries and activity suggestions as a springboard to spark interest in a particular topic or event, enhance learning and awareness, or introduce students to a new unit of study. Invaluable to school and public libraries!

Motivate piano students with these creative game-oriented approach activities that review the first and second years of piano study. Perfect for summer piano lessons!

Designed for first-year students who are beginning to read music notation, this music activity volume contains eight familiar melodies from The Nutcracker Suite. All student parts are in five-finger position and do not contain dotted rhythms or eighth notes. Optional teacher/parent duets provide additional harmonic and rhythmic support. The activity pages reinforce rhythm patterns, musical terms and theory with games, puzzles and coloring pages

Lyrical, sensory nonfiction text and vibrant illustrations invite readers to experience a child’s-eye view of 13 holidays around the world, such as the Spring Festival in China, Inti Raymi in Peru, Eid al-Fitr in Egypt, Día de Muertos in Mexico and the New Yam Festival in Nigeria. Includes pronunciation guides, a global festival calendar and educational notes about why we celebrate.

Motivate piano students with these creative game-oriented approach activities that review the first and second years of piano study. Perfect for summer piano lessons!

This duet collection features excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite, simplified for late-elementary to early-intermediate piano students. Both Primo and Secondo parts are equal in difficulty. The eight selections included in this collection are the same as those chosen by Tchaikovsky for the orchestral suite. These arrangements truly capture the excitement and harmonic textures of the original works. Also included is a one-page story synopsis for student reference.