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Educational Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, Children's Music CDs, and DVDs to aide Teaching in the Classroom (12 products)Free Shipping Promotion: All orders $39.95 and over receive free parcel post shipping (within the contiguous United States). In stock orders ship within 24 hours. In order to view some of the Sample Pages you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click the button below:
Educational Songs (11 products) Age Level: 4-7
What makes Letter Sounds one of the most successful products ever? Attention-grabbing music, energetic characters, and action-packed games get kids excited about sounding out letters and learning to read. After a quick review of the alphabet, young learners discover the most common sound that each letter makes. Now, the phonics games really begin! Kids race the clock to say letter sounds before hearing the answers. They’ll giggle along as they name the letters heard in silly sentences. Combining letters to make words comes next. And at last, after practicing with common sight words, it’s time to read stories composed of simple sentences! Letter Sounds has been used for preschool alphabet activities, teaching basic phonics rules, teaching phonics to preschoolers, phonological awareness activities for preschool children, and phonics for beginners. We also hear success stories about older students in secondary grades who have used Letter Sounds in a remedial way to boost reading and spelling skills. Phonics instruction is effective for learning important rules about the structure of words. Students with learning disabilities in written expression have benefited from beginning phonics instruction using Letter Sounds. Letter Sounds has helped individuals of all ages learn to speak English. Letter Sounds is often recommended by teachers who teach English as a second language (ESL). Plus, the “on-screen mouth” in Letter Sounds DVD has been a huge hit with speech therapists and speech and language pathologists. The development team included several professionals in speech and language to make certain that each common sound of the alphabet was correctly presented. Regardless of how you use Letter Sounds, you will love the
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Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Here is the perfect way to get your child ready for starting school. Young learners will enjoy all of the kindergarten readiness activities, including learning to count objects by color, shape, or a combination of both. Even gifted children will be challenged by advanced colors (maroon, turquoise) and shapes (polygons, ellipses). Colors, Shapes & Counting features the comical adventures of Rollie Roundman, Trollie Triangle, and Rockford Rectangle. These playful characters help preschoolers master basic skills and concepts for the kindergarten classroom through songs, laughter, and games. Children will be so captivated by the bright, action-packed animation and stimulating soundtrack, they’ll want to watch and play along over and over again. Even gifted learners will be challenged by the advanced concepts we’ve included! Preschoolers review the basic colors and also learn maroon and turquoise. They discover polygons, trapezoids, the differences between a square and a rectangle, and more. They enjoy counting objects up to 20 by color, shape, or a combination of both… important preschool sorting skills. On Colors, Shapes & Counting DVD, the comical characters come to life. Preschoolers enjoy watching so much that many parents report this is their child’s favorite. Colors, Shapes & Counting DVD includes the following: You may also like:
Age Level: 3-5
Jill and Joey are so excited about starting kindergarten! Your kids will get excited too, as they learn essential skills through fun songs, animated characters, and real children. Skills include colors, counting, tying shoes, following directions, holding a pencil, printing letters and numbers, listening, number recognition and printing numbers through ten, getting dressed, left/right directions, and more. Getting Ready for Kindergarten DVD works well for preschool instruction in daycare or at home. The fun, animated characters Jill and Joey make it easy for your child to get involved and practice right along with the video. Getting Ready for Kindergarten includes plenty of real children to help demonstrate the skills covered. Getting Ready for Kindergarten covers these skills: Getting Ready for Kindergarten is also a perfect supplement for kindergarten teachers to use with students who want to learn to speak English. This makes it an ideal video for ESL instruction as well as kindergarten readiness. Getting Ready for Kindergarten includes:
Grade Level: Second, Third, Fourth Grade
Nobody’s sharper than Marko the Pencil when it comes to helping students learn to read for meaning and prepare for tests. His tips are super effective and his outrageous antics keep students on task. With Marko’s guidance, students ace a practice test by learning how to read passages, find key words, and determine the best answers. Students stay calm and relaxed knowing they have the tools they need to succeed! A team of teachers—who consistently get superior performance from their students on standardized tests—helped create this DVD. They carefully examined reading tests in several states to identify winning strategies for boosting scores and reducing anxiety. Let’s face it: preparing for state-mandated tests is not a favorite activity of teachers and students. But there’s no reason it can’t be fun when you have an entertaining character—one who knows exactly how to connect with kids. That’s why we’re so pleased to have Vic Mignogna playing the voice of Marko the Pencil. Vic is well known for his award-winning acting in anime cartoons and video games. Vic won Best Actor, 2007 American Anime Awards. As a special reward at the end of Reading Comprehension, Marko makes an appearance at the Golden Stylus Comedy room to show just how sharp he can be! His kid-friendly jokes will have everyone laughing. Kids love telling jokes to others, and Marko has some of the best school-related jokes on the planet. Included with Reading Comprehension, you get Marko’s cool website where you can download a practice test and answer key, learn more tips for doing well on standardized tests, and check out other helpful tools for scoring high on a reading test. Reading Comprehension includes: • Reading Comprehension You may also like: Age Level: 6 & up Available as an audio CD w/ Book or a DVD
On Addition & Subtraction Rock DVD, the basic concepts are clearly illustrated visually, using familiar kid-appealing objects. Then delayed-answer drills challenge students to beat the performers by solving facts before the answers are read aloud—much like animated flash cards. The audio CD version includes a CD and illustrated book with activity pages including our very popular math mazes. Teachers and parents have permission to photocopy the pages for instructional use. These reproducible activity pages are a great way to supplement your child’s learning with the “add and subtract songs” on the CD. Addition & Subtraction Rock is ideal for developing speed and accuracy for beginning learners as well as older kids…. whether you choose a DVD, the CD and book version, or both! Facts are presented in random order with delayed answers so that learners can check their progress. Learners of all ages, at home or in the classroom, will love this fun, musical way to learn addition and subtraction facts. Addition & Subtraction Rock includes the following: • Add A While (adding 0 and 1) You may also like: Age Level: 8 & up Available as an audio CD w/ Book or a DVD
Everyone loves rapping along and learning multiplication with D.J. Doc—the Hip Hop Hamster. Positive lyrics, super-cool rap music, and high-energy action make these multiplication rap songs irresistible. Multiplication facts through 12 are easy to learn and remember with these fun rap songs—a different one for each set of rap facts. Now includes Skip Counting songs. Learning multiplication facts doesn’t have to be dull. With Multiplication Rap, students can rap along while they learn and retain facts. Upbeat rap music with positive lyrics make these super-cool rap songs favorites with kids of all ages. Delayed answers the second time multiplication facts are presented allow students to check their progress. These cool rap songs will help kids learn the multiplication tables quickly and easily. When you order Multiplication Rap, you can choose from a DVD video version or an audio CD & book version. Multiplication Rap audio CD includes a book with activity pages to reinforce the multiplication songs. Teachers and parents have permission to reproduce these multiplication activity pages. Kids especially love the multiplication rap mazes. As a bonus, Multiplication Rap CD now includes skip counting songs for counting by 2 through 12 and 25. Multiplication Rap DVD video offers fast-paced action to hold the interest of kids and get results. This multiplication program allows self-study and individually paced instruction. D.J. Doc Roc is “the Hip Hop Hamster” that kids of all ages love. He is joined by MCM, CAPital C, Bling-Bot, and the other fun characters of the Get Smart Crew. Each set of facts has its own unique video song. As a bonus, this DVD now has Skip Counting for 2 through 12 and 25. Multiplication Rap is perfect for students of all ages including older students who are turned off by juvenile-sounding multiplication songs. Although you will find plenty of other multiplication recordings, this is the one and only Rock ’N Learn Multiplication Rap. Multiplication Rap DVD and CD both include: • Power Rap (0x, 1x) • Skip Counting Songs (count by: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25) Bonus Track (on Multiplication Rap audio): Make Your Own Multiplication Rap Song You may also like: Age Level: 6 & up
Rock ’N Learn Spanish DVD will have you speaking Spanish in no time! Useful vocabulary words and conversational phrases are fun to learn and easy to remember with this musical approach. Energetic performers entertain and motivate learners of all ages. Delayed answers make it easy to check your progress. You’ll even learn important survival phrases. (This program may also be used to help teach Spanish-speaking persons to learn English.) Rock ’N Learn Spanish DVD has both Volumes I and II on one DVD disc. It is recommended for ages 6 and up, although it has been used successfully with everyone from preschoolers to older adults. It is also great for teaching native Spanish-speaking persons how to speak English, making it useful for programs that stress English as a second language (ESL). Many programs that teach a language overwhelm and bombard with too much information in the hopes that you will just naturally assimilate it. That’s not the approach with Rock ’N Learn Spanish DVD. The material is broken down into easily manageable chunks of information… simple words and phrases to make learning quick, easy, and entertaining. Fun songs provide plenty of repetition and practice. You will be amazed by how quickly you begin to speak and understand Spanish. Does this program really work? You know how easy it can be to learn a song. That’s why we’ve put our Spanish lessons to music. The fun pop-style songs with a Spanish twist provide lots of enjoyment and help the words stick in your head. After a lesson, you will practice learning what you know in conversational sentences. This is a fun and effective way to begin learning a new language. Look at all we’ve included with Rock ’N Learn Spanish … • The Greeting Song You may also like: Grade Level: Grades 4-12
Captivate readers, ace writing tests, and express yourself clearly—Marko the Pencil will show you how. His Writer’s Toolbox, packed with easy-to-implement strategies, will take your writing from mediocre to magnificent. Stories, essays, term papers, or standardized tests—whatever you write, Marko gives you proven strategies for getting remarkable results. This is the fun way to sharpen your writing skills. Winner of 4 awards! • Parents' Choice Silver Honor Join in the fun as Marko helps a friend develop a real writing passage—demonstrating each of his tools in action. You’ll learn how to: This animated adventure is ideal for classroom use as well as individual practice. Although it was designed and tested with students in fourth grade, our team of educators discovered that students in higher grades (even high school and college) benefited from the review of writing tools and how to effectively integrate all of them into a writing passage. We have included a special bonus section: Marko shows you how to proofread your work, and he reveals secrets to score well on multiple-choice writing tests. Plus, you will find free downloadable posters and support material at Marko’s special website. All of the students using this program during our research loved watching it and commented that many of the writing concepts that they had heard about in school finally made sense to them. Spectacular animation and Marko’s humor keep students focused. We suggest that the main program be viewed at a separate session from the bonus material. The main Writing Program is 34 minutes in length. Students may review certain tools at any time, easily accessible from the DVD menu. Proofing and Editing, Marko’s bonus material is 37 minutes in length and helps students catch careless errors in their work. Students learn to proof for errors involving paragraphs, quotes, incomplete sentences, subject-verb agreement, misspelled words, punctuation, and much more. Marko the Pencil is played by actor Vic Mignogna, Best Actor 2007, American Anime Awards and voice for many popular video games. Writing Strategies is perfect for boosting performance on any writing assignment, state-mandated writing test, or other type of writing exam. Students gain the skills they need to approach writing with fun and confidence. Writing Strategies includes: • Marko’s Song BONUS MATERIAL Total running time: Approx. 70 minutes Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten Sing, rhyme, and play all the way to stronger early learning skills with this comprehensive collection of more than 300 songs, poems, and fingerplays from The Mailbox magazine. This creative collection is designed to help early childhood teachers develop youngsters' skills and generate excitement about learning. To save you time, the ideas are organized by seasons, curriculum areas, and popular early childhood themes, so it's easy to add just the right activity to your lesson plans. Here are just a few of the topics you'll find in this
exciting teacher resource book:
Beginning-of-school icebreakers Seasonal topics, such as pumpkins, winter, rainbows, and butterflies Holidays throughout the year Basic concepts in literacy, math, and science Thematic topics, such as "All About Me", weather, and animals In addition, you'll find a timesaving index that will help you find what you're looking for when you need it. The next time you're searching for a simple song, the perfect poem, or a fabulous fingerplay, turn to this teaching resource. Pages: 192
You may also like: Sing a Song of Seasons Our entire collection of The Best of The Mailbox teacher resource books The Mailbox Magazine Back to the Educational Songs/CDs/DVDs index
Make seasons, holidays, and popular themes come alive with the terrific songs, poems, and fingerplays in this book. It fosters learning by combining the ease of familiar tunes or rhythms with the value of original lyrics that help you teach or reinforce your curriculum concepts. Lively, colorful illustrations relay the message of each song and provide stop-by-step motions when needed. The book is conveniently organized by season, making it easy for you to find just what you're looking for all year long. So whether you're teaching about apples, Columbus Day, snow, or insects, reach for Sing a Song of Seasons to bring an abundance of lively learning into your early childhood classroom! Pages: 128
You may also like: The Best of The Mailbox Songs, Poems, & Fingerplays Our entire collection of Seasons teaching resources Back to the Educational Songs/CDs/DVDs index Grade Level: Preschool - Sixth Grade
Price: $14.99 Product #: 5011106
Bring the magic of The Uncle Brothers' (Danny Quinn and Tommy Gardner) children's music to your elementary school, library, camp, preschool, or daycare center. Their original children's songs have brought them high acclaim with both kids and parents. The songs on this musical CD are upbeat and fun and focus on reading and imagination. The songs on this CD will aide you in teaching the students in your classroom about reading, books, the library, using their imagination. Songs included on this educational CD are:
Learn To Read listen
If a Book Could Talk
Kangaroo Waffles
Next Harry Potter lyrics
Heather and the Unicorn
Imagine This!
The Invention Song
My Candy Tree
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