Music and Teaching Materials by Susan Paradis

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Shamrock Composing Activity for St. Patrick's Day


Shamrock Composing Activity for St. Patrick's Day

(SP260)

Level: Pre-reading

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

If you didn't get around to the Valentine ... (More)
Let's All Go Marching-a composing activity for St. Patrick's Day


Let's All Go Marching-a composing activity for St. Patrick's Day

(SP261)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

After your students have completed the Shamrock Composing Activity, if they are far enough along in piano lessons you might want them to put their notes on a staff. You can also use this staff to help older students get started in composition. This is good activity for Saint Patrick.... (More)

Christmas Train - a composing activity


Christmas Train - a composing activity

(SP520)

Level: Pre-reading

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

Christmas train is for early elementary and young beginning students to write their own tune using finger numbers. Depending on the age, it might take more than one week. Be sure and set the printer to landscape view. ... (More)
Christmas is Coming - a composing activity


Christmas is Coming - a composing activity

(SP521)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

This is a seasonal worksheet for students to compose a two-line melody in 3/4 time to words that I wrote. Go to my .... (More)

Golden Menorah-a composing activity


Golden Menorah-a composing activity

(SP522)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

This is a short Chanukah activity to help ... (More)
Write A Valentine's Song


Write A Valentine's Song

(SP523)

Level: Pre-reading

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

This is a composing activity for young children in 3/4 time. Students can write in finger numbers or note names and also draw in the bar lines. ... (More)
See the Bunny - a beginning composing activity for the Easter season.


See the Bunny - a beginning composing activity for the Easter season.

(SP526)

Level: Pre-reading

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

This is another Easter season activity sheet in my series of composing activities for the beginning student. You can use any position you wish and students can write in either finger numbers or note name in the jelly beans. ... (More)
See the Bunny -composing activity on the staff for the Easter season.


See the Bunny -composing activity on the staff for the Easter season.

(SP527)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

This is an Easter.... (More)

Mother's Day Pre-reading Composing Activity


Mother's Day Pre-reading Composing Activity

(SP528)

Level: Pre-reading

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

I made this so students can finish my simple melody with their own ending and give it to Mom for Mother.... (More)

Mother's Day on the staff


Mother's Day on the staff

(SP529)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

This is a short Mother.... (More)

Father's Day Composing Activity


Father's Day Composing Activity

(SP530)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

I composed 8 measures and your students can compose 4 measures. This song uses the C pentatonic scale, and I think it would be a good opportunity to limit the notes in their part to the 5 tones in this scale. Also encourage your students to end on the tonal center, C.

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Fourth of July Composing Activity


Fourth of July Composing Activity

(SP531)

Level: Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

Sub-type2: Seasonal

Here is another composer activity. It ... (More)
Staff paper for Student Composing


Staff paper for Student Composing

(SP532)

Level: Late Elementary

Type: Composing Activities

I made this staff paper to give some guidance to students composing piano music. There are two pages. The first page has a grand staff and 3 measures to a line. The measures are numbered because that will help you a lot when you write a.... (More)