New from “Freddie the Frog” Thursday, November 06, 2014
Sharon discusses teaching with puppets at Stanton’s 2014 Elementary General Music Clinic
If you teach preschool or early elementary and you’ve never explored the use of a puppet in your classes, it is definitely something to consider. Students love interacting with a character that “isn’t” their teacher, and they will retain information in a whole new way. Freddie the Frog is a puppet created by elementary music teacher Sharon Burch. Freddie has a whole series of teaching materials intended to teach pitch and rhythm literacy, composition, improvisation and a love of music through storytelling. Click here to see all of Stanton’s Freddie products, or read on for NEW items from Sharon and Freddie.
Freddie the Frog and the Jungle Jazz – Sharon Burch & Rosana Eckert
Freddie the Frog®, Eli the Elephant, Babs Baboon and Micki Macaw join trumpet-playing elephants, trombone-sliding tigers, clarinet-playing monkeys and a flock of seagulls as they scat sing, swing and perform collective improvisation in this swingin’ introduction to jazz. The 25-minute musical for 2nd – 5th grade students includes five original songs and dialog with 26 speaking parts, along with unique “beginner band student” adaptations giving students a chance to squawk, buzz and growl on stage as they argue about who’s the best. Sharing their combined talent, the animal friends discover embracing each other’s differences creates the ultimate jungle jam.
Teacher Book (35029504)………………………………………………………….$49.99
P/A CD (35029507)………………………………………………………………….$49.99
Performance Kit (35029508)……………………………………………………..$89.99
Freddie the Frog and the Thump in the Night (Digital Edition) – Sharon Burch
Looking for an easy way to project the Freddie the Frog® books? The well-loved story is now projectable as a digital storybook via your computer’s video player. Open the file, push play and watch! Audio plays while pages turn automatically. Includes optional Smart Notebook and Promethean/ActivPrimary Flipchart files with step-by-step interactive lessons from the Beyond the Books teacher’s guide. Freddie and Eli cheer students along as digital flashcards, songs and games lead them sequentially through note name fun on Treble Clef Island! (Compatible with SmartNotebook 11 and Promethean ActivInspire 1.7.6 software.)
CD-ROM (35029710)………………………………………………………………………………..$26.99
Freddie the Frog Poster Pack – Sharon Burch
Freddie and Eli want to “hang” out in your music classroom! This full color set of eight posters includes 3 large posters (18″ x 22″) of Treble Clef Island, a “Welcome to Music” Freddie poster, and Eli and Freddie dancing on the bed to “Music Rocks!” The jazz cats join Freddie and Eli with 5 posters (9” x 12”) from Freddie the Frog® and the Flying Jazz Kitten, playing the trumpet, trombone, piano, drum set and double bass.
Posters (35029752)………………………………………………………………………………….$24.99
Contact Stanton’s Choral/General Music department at 1-800-42-MUSIC ex. 1 for more information on Freddie the Frog or other General Music products!
