The Nutcracker Activity Book Book 1

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

Over 45 puzzles and games — filled with characters from one of the most popular ballets of the Christmas season — can be completed by connecting dots, navigating mazes, locating hidden pictures, and much more.

Twenty fun-filled reusable stickers invite youngsters to re-create the delightful tale of little Clara, her magical Nutcracker Prince, and the dreaded Mouse King.

This activity book contains 11 Christmas favorites, each with a duet accompaniment for parent or teacher, and an activity page that correlates with the solo. Teachers and students who enjoy the excitement of the Christmas season will find this book a perfect addition during the holidays.

This volume includes some of the most favorite selections from the ballet, including "Russian Dance," "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and "Waltz of the Flowers." The story of "The Nutcracker" is provided to help players musically recreate scenes from this classic ballet. Bound to be popular with almost any student!

The beautiful sounds of Christmas music delight us each year anew, as we celebrate the Season with time-honored Christmas carols and songs. The eight early-elementary to elementary arrangements in this compilation will both please and motivate younger piano students, who always love to play melodies they are familiar with. Each solo features a single note melody, and is complete in itself. For a fuller, richer sound, the duet part for the teacher may be added.

Delightful arrangements of traditional holiday favorites are correlated page-by-page with Lesson Book 1 from the Chord Approach Series.

The popular Christmas Festival series is designed for your students' first four years of study as they enjoy their favorite Christmas carols each season. Along with optional teacher/parent duets in Books 1 and 2, the student progresses from playing in five-finger position (both hands, Book 1; left hand, Book 2) to arrangements with simple accompaniments and close-position chords (Book 3) to varied accompaniment styles with alternate harmonies (Book 4).