Join experienced teacher and education consultant, Jonathan Kingston, as he introduces Hal Leonard’s new online platform, Essential Elements Music Class.
Essential Elements Music Class is easy-to-use, provides fun and engaging content, and has at its core popular songs which children love to sing. The platform includes a wealth of favourite hit songs from Disney, Pixar, The Beatles, Encanto, The Greatest Showman, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Bob Marley to name but a few. This new resource not only enables excellent music provision, but also allows teachers the opportunity to integrate music-making into their schemes of work, in assemblies, for PSHE, and for events in the wider school calendar.
Essential Elements Music Class is already used by thousands of schools across the USA. The new UK version has been expertly adapted to meet the needs of UK teachers, with non-specialists in mind. New content will be frequently added to reflect the latest popular songs for children.
Key features include:
- Over 500 song resources, variously featuring notation, backing tracks, demonstration tracks, singalong lyrics, printable piano accompaniments, dance routine videos and more.
- Classroom music lessons for years 1–6, fully planned and customisable to supplement and enhance existing schemes of work.
- Whole-class methods for ukulele and recorder.
- A virtual bookshelf of Hal Leonard digital books, with great ideas for classroom music-making
- Interactive Listening Maps, featuring learning games on great works from classical, film and musical theatre.
- Downloadable activity worksheets covering a wide range of year-appropriate topics
- Teacher-led playlists, enabling pupils and parents to access songs and learning resources at home, with no child login required.
Digital delivery.