It’s a Great Day for Music: Rhythm, Orff and Song for All Year Long

(Shawnee Press). This inspiring Orff collection is jam-packed with musical creativity for your K-5 Orff classroom. Songs for rhythm speech and exact pitch singing are included and written to teach steady beat, movement and use of barred and non-pitched percussion ostinato. Other teaching highlights include rhythmic and melodic writing for students, improvisation, musical styles and solfege. Think of each piece as a starting point for your students to unleash their creativity! Full scores, helpful teaching suggestions, lesson objectives and extensions are provided, along with digital access to PDFs of singer songsheets. 23 songs including: Animal Sounds, Beat Bear, Caterpillar Caterpillar, The Color Song, Five Frogs on a Log, Howdy Do, I Like to Go to School, Katy Kangaroo, Pizza, Play Your Name, School Is Cool and more! Suggested for grades K-5.