Each half-hour program explores a new theme through adventure, fantasy, mystery, and song with North America's best loved children's recording artists, Sharon, Lois & Bram. Already a favorite with children, the series has strong educational value for the classroom. Sharon, Lois & Bram use primarily traditional materials which stress participation: action songs, sing-along songs, story songs, clapping songs, singing games, play-ground chants and rhymes, and folk songs from many different traditions.

The repertoire includes:

Songs that build language skills (by the use of rhyming, echoing, counting, naming colors, animals and parts of the body, and by use of narrative);

Songs that build physical skills (teaching clapping patterns, miming, finger play, and simple dances);

Songs that develop healthy social attitudes (of sharing, loving, respecting, and enjoying cultural differences);

Songs that nourish and stimulate the imagination;

Songs to sing for the love of singing.

TEACHER'S GUIDE

Each videocassette is accompanied by a teacher's guide co-authored by a teacher and a music education specialist. Each guide includes music and lyrics, a curriculum-based discussion guide, and activities for social studies, language arts, and art.

Please note:

Each of the 13 programs can be purchased separately at $95.00 or rented at $45.00.

Series One Programs are:

1. SCHOOLYARD