Let's Make Music a&b

A child-centred and teacher-friendly Music series for Junior Infants to Sixth Class. The series is written specifically for non-specialist teachers to deliver the three strands of the Revised Music Curriculum, Listening and Responding, Performing, and Composing, in an integrated, effective and enjoyable way.

• New and refreshing, full-colour activity books written to help develop student's skills, creativity and confidence in music
• Extensively classroom tested and based on teacher feedback nationwide
• Each book has ten progressive units, which contain theme-based listening, performing and composing activities
• Listening quizzes in each unit, based on the music concepts identified in the listening piece
• Songs and listening pieces cover a wide range of genres.
• Material and language level are age appropriate.
• Encourages a wide range of responses to the songs and listening pieces.
• A simple, step-by-step approach to music notation is introduced in the series: at Junior Level, children are encouraged to play tunes on percussion instruments; at Senior Level, they are encouraged to play tunes on their favourite musical instruments.
• Let's Make Music! is written by experienced authors, whose aim is to make music fun in the classroom.
• Assessment: Through the entire series, the teacher has the opportunity to observe the range of responses each child makes to the music, e.g. Listening and Responding.
• Questions are provided to focus the child's attention on the musical concepts.