Music and Teaching Materials by Susan Paradis
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 | (SP030) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is an Primer on-the-staff version of the pre-reading piece I posted last year. I changed the words slightly, and added new art and a very easy teacher duet. ... (More) |
 | (SP035) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Here is another pre-reading piece for beginning students. If students get the right and left hands mixed up, try highlighting the right and left hand staves in different colors. ... (More) |
 | (SP036) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Enjoy this short primer level piece with a teacher duet! ... (More) |
 | (SP037) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a pre-reading Halloween piece. ... (More) |
 | (SP038) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a pre-reading version which I have recently added some changes. ... (More) |
 | (SP039) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is one of my beginner.... (More) |
 | (SP040) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the on-staff version of the pre-reading Halloween piece I posted earlier. ... (More) |
 | (SP041) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the version on the staff. ... (More) |
 | (SP042) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the grand staff version of the pre-reading piece I posted earlier. ... (More) |
 | (SP043) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Another beginning Halloween piece. This one is not in landscape. ... (More) |
 | (SP044) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a traditional Halloween song I used to sing with my younger students when I taught elementary music. There's a lot to teach in this song, and I ... (More) |
 | (SP046) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This a pre-reading version of the previously posted staff version. It can be difficult for a young child to read, so carefully teach how to sing it for several weeks before attempting to play it. Young students will have LOTS of trouble.... (More) |
 | (SP047) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a beginning reading Halloween piece with a simple teacher duet. ... (More) |
 | (SP048) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal If you have a new student in the autumn, this is something she can play at her very first lesson. ... (More) |
 | (SP049) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal I wrote this for a student's first piano lesson. There are no notes, the student just plays finger numbers and makes up an ending. Will they say "Boo" or "Trick or Treat ... (More) |
 | (SP050) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Because of the skipping fingers, this pre-reading traditional folk song is better for at least age 7. This is a white key arrangement of the little song I played on the black keys as a child. ... (More) |
 | (SP051) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a version of the traditional folk song arranged for students who are beginning reading. There is also a teacher duet. Set your printer for landscape orientation. ... (More) |
 | (SP054) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a pre-reading piece for beginners to play for Thanksgiving. It is written for white keys using all the fingers. Follow the picture of the keyboard for hand placement. ... (More) |
 | (SP055) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a primer version of the carol. I used big notes to make it look easier. You can.... (More) |
 | (SP056) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is another new version. This year I each hand a different color note, red or green, removed the repeating finger numbers, and moved it out of middle C position. ... (More) |
 | (SP057) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the first half of Deck the Halls for beginning students. There is only one skip, so it is an easy first Christmas song to play. The rest of the melody has a sharp that I thought might be too much for little ones. This has been updated with colored notes and a background for easy tracking..... (More) |
 | (SP058) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal I revised the entire page, including the art, the fonts, and the fingering. I hope you enjoy this pre-reading version! ... (More) |
 | (SP059) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is an elementary level version. There are no 8th notes, but there is some hands together playing to make it more interesting. ... (More) |
 | (SP060) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a traditional Middle C version of Jingle Bells. ... (More) |
 | (SP061) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Teach the eighth notes by rote in this pre-reading version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. This year I have completely revised this song. The note heads were enlarged and.... (More) |
 | (SP062) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the on the staff version from a Christmas book I made a few years ago. ... (More) |
 | (SP063) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is an easy version of the famous carol with lots of finger numbers on the harder phrases. I usually have to teach the rhythm by rote. It is in the key of F and it scares some students to see a flat, but this is a good key to sing in, and maybe parents or siblings can sing or play along. ... (More) |
 | (SP064) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Here is an easy arrangement of this favorite carol. ... (More) |
 | (SP065) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This pre-reading version contains verses one and two only. It is recently revised to make it easier to read. ... (More) |
 | (SP066) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is not the tune that is in common use in the US. However, it is a very lovely tune that is well-loved by many, especially churches in the Anglican tradition and in the UK. This might be the only pre-reading version of this song you will see, so enjoy! You may have to show your student.... (More) |
 | (SP067) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal Many teachers liked the pre-reading version of this, and requested I post it at the elementary level. In the version here, the melody is divided between the hands. There are eighth notes, but I taught them by rote and go so well with the words that it was not a problem. .... (More) |
 | (SP071) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is the first verse only, written in a pre-reading version. ... (More) |
 | (SP072) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a primer level version, with all the verses. The right hand thumb is on middle D and the left hand thumb is on middle C. I changed the meter in order to omit 8th notes. ... (More) |
 | (SP073) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal After I explain what this carol is about, children really enjoy it. This is a pre-reading version that you can use with beginners and young children. ... (More) |
 | (SP075) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is an elementary version of the beautiful Christmas carol, Silent Night. I usually teach the dotted quarter note by rote. ... (More) |
 | (SP104) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a Pre-Reading Valentine ... (More) |
 | (SP105) Level: Early Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a very easy piece for students can read the notes in C 5-finger .... (More) |
 | (SP107) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal I made this for a beginning student in My First Piano Adventures (published by Randall and Nancy Faber) who started lessons right before Valentine ... (More) |
 | (SP152) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal My preschool beginner asked me to write him a song and since he has just started I wrote him this. It is in triple meter. Play it on the group of 2 black keys going up. For fun ask your student if she can play the shimmery lights of fireworks as they come down from the sky. ... (More) |
 | (SP161) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal For my Canadian Friends, I have a pre-reading sheet just for you to use for Canada Day. This pre-reading song is in triple meter and is played on black keys going up the keyboard. Feel free to change the finger numbers. ... (More) |
 | (SP165) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a pre-reading off-the-staff Easter song about the Easer bunny. Students need to be able to use both thumbs, as well as alternate between the left and right hands. To help with this, I highlighted the left and right hand parts with different colors. That makes learning this a lot easier. ... (More) |
 | (SP166) Level: Pre-reading Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal This is a very easy version of the pre-reading song, Easter Bunny posted above this. Print in landscape orientation. ... (More) |
 | (SP167) Level: Elementary Type: Music Sub-type2: Seasonal It is hard to find music for the Easter season. This version is for students in Primer or Level 1 method books. If your student has not learned staccato and legato yet, white it out. There are 2 pages and a very simple duet that a sibling or parent might be able to play. ... (More) |