Jolly Music

The Music Handbook has been developed to give primary school teachers, including those with no music teaching experience, a well-planned music curriculum.

The structure of the book enables teachers with little or no musical background to follow the lesson plans closely and use the CDs for support - particularly useful for those who feel less than secure with singing to the children.

Musically trained teachers can use the music scores, and the book will serve them as an introduction to the Kodály method.

- 30 clear structured and sequenced lesson plans
- Photocopiable child assessment record
- Resources section with songs, rhymes, actions and games
- Puppet templates
- The Handbook has 144 pages and includes six CDs with all teaching and performance tracks.

Beginners level suitable for ages 4-7.

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   144
Age category:   4 - 7
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound Book + 6 audio CDs
ISBN nr.:   9781844141128

The perfect accompaniment to The Music Handbook - Beginners, this full-colour big book is ideal for whole class use.

It comes with an integral fold-out stand, and contains the complete collection of five rhymes and 24 songs in a large easy-to-read format. Each rhyme or song includes pulse marks to guide the children in performance, and pictures to remind them of the appropriate actions or games.

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4 - 7
Size:   470x356mm
Attributes:   Big Book
ISBN nr.:   9781844141135

The Music Handbook Level 1 enables music to be taught in an effective and enjoyable way, even by teachers with no music experience.

Level 1 builds on the work begun at Beginner's level and is suitable for use with children aged 5 to 8 who have completed that level. All of the lessons are based on singing so that both teacher and children are freed from the technical demands of instruments.

Thirty carefully structured lesson plans continue to develop the key musical skills of listening, singing in tune and inner hearing, leading the children towards their first steps in music literacy.

Through a repertoire based on playground rhymes and songs, the children deepen their understanding of musical elements including pulse, rhythm, pitch, loudness and speed. Activities and games support multi-sensory learning and make lessons fun. Taught in this way, classroom music will build childrens's enthusiasm and confidence, laying the foundation for a lifetime of enjoyment.

- 30 lesson plans
- Resources section with songs, rhymes, actions and games
- Templates for puppets and rhythm activities
- 7 CDs with teaching and performance tracks

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   192
Age category:   5 - 8
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound Book + 7 audio CDs
ISBN nr.:   9781844141432

The Jolly Music Big Book contains the rhymes and songs for Jolly Music in a practical format for classroom singing.

A companion volume to The Music Handbook - Level 1, this book comes with an integral fold-out stand and contains the complete repertoire in a large format for use in the classroom. Each rhyme or song includes pulse marks to guide the children in performance, and pictures to remind them of the appropriate actions or games; words and notation are also included as a reminder for the teacher.

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   67
Age category:   5 - 8
Size:   470x356mm
Attributes:   Big Book
ISBN nr.:   9781844141449

The Music Handbook Level 2 builds on the skills the children have learned at Level 1.

Suitable for children aged 6-9 who have completed Level 1.
Includes two new rhymes and eight new songs as well as lots of old favourites.
Reinforces the children's knowledge of pitch names and handsigns and introduces lots of new rhythms.


Contains the following materials:
* 208 pages and 7 CDs with all teaching and performance tracks
* 30 clearly structured and sequenced lesson plans
* 4 rhymes and 25 songs
* Resources section with songs, rhymes, actions and games
* Photocopiable resources including templates for craft activities and teaching games and 10 rhythm cards

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   208
Age category:   6 - 9
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound book + 7 CDs
ISBN nr.:   9781844141647

The Perfect companion to the Music Handbook - Level 2.

This 60 page book with its integral fold-out stand is ideal for whole class singing, and full colour illustrations. It contains the complete collection of 4 rhymes and 25 songs for Level 2 in a large easy-to-read format.

Each rhyme or song includes pulse marks to guide the children in performance, and pictures to remind them of the appropriate actions.

Author:   Cyrilla Rowsell & David Vinden
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   60
Age category:   6 - 9
Size:   470x356mm
Attributes:   Big book
ISBN nr.:   9781844141654