What's included in the package?

Everything you need to teach a professional quality, enriched music program to kindergarten and early primary classes - pre-kindergarten to Grade 2 - year after year.

The program package includes:

(click each item to read more, or scroll down)

music curriculum and song bookWorld Music and Rhythm Talk

... is a curriculum guide covering the entire school year in three 12-week sessions.


young children playing rhythm instrumentsSession 1: September – December

Concentrates on the study of rhythm and the keeping of a steady beat, and includes a chapter on making percussion instruments.

Session 2: January – March

Uses a multi-cultural focus to impart songs, dances and stories. Dolphin puppet is part of the curriculum packageJourney Through the World of Language is a CD which guides both children and talking to the dolphinteachers through the pronunciation of words in each language. Children will have fun using the recordable dolphin puppet as an aid to making speech sounds and song lyrics from countries such as France, Spain, Germany, Poland, India and many more.

Session 3: April – June

musicChildren develop an awareness of melody and notation based on previously presented song material. Music from Cats and The Carnival of the Animals will enhance the children's imagination while familiarizing them with classical and popular music.

Look inside the World Music and Rhythm Talk Curriculum Guide

Do Re Me and Maria's 6 CD set and additional supporting materials give you all of the music included in World Music and Rhythm Talk.

The Six CDs:

These studio-recorded CDs were produced especially for this curriculum set, and feature many different voices and musicians, including native speakers of the different languages featured. Click to hear samples from each CD.

Listen to samples from the CDs ... but wait, there's lots more:

song bookSong Booklet:

A 60-page booklet of words for all the songs in the program.


Hug the dolphin to hear what you saidRecordable dolphin:

[Note: Dolphin food not included]
Record your phrase and hug the dolphin for playback.

Dance, Sing and Listen Again and Again:

An activity CD in which listening and role play are prominent, from the Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson Series.

Picture cards:

picture cardsIllustrations of everyone's favorite foods, complete with accompanying Braille labels if requested.

Supporting Materials: Book, CDs, and flash cards used in the program:

NOTE: The following are included in the "Complete Version" of the program. If you already own these items, you can order our "Down-sized Version" and save.

  • Supporting materials included with the curriculumPeter and the Wolf / The Carnival of the Animals - A CD used to teach children to recognize many orchestral instruments by sound.
  • Mozart's Magic Fantasy and Beethoven Lives Upstairs from the renowned Classical Kids Series — introduces students to two of the great composers.
  • The Orchestra, read by Peter Ustinov; book and CD — an introduction to orchestral instruments.
  • Flash cards of orchestral instruments.

Still exploring?

View the introduction, table of contents and some sample lesson plans here.

Listen to song samples from the CDs and see all the songs that are included

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