These Wood Maracas are hand painted and produce an authentic, natural sound when shaken.

These beautiful maracas are hand painted in Mexico. Besides being fun to play for all ages, maracas are the perfect way to introduce children to the style and sound of Latin music. Sold in pairs.

Children Sing and Dance Their Way to Better Basic Skills

Channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into a rich, positive learning experience with this toe-tapping program, featuring music by Greg & Steve. The concise, easy-to-follow lesson plans make teaching music enjoyable for the musical novice and expert alike. Written by Steven Traugh, each book includes two CDs featuring a total of over 30 fun songs. 64 pages each.

Music & Movement in the Classroom is a complete program of materials and teaching techniques designed to channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into productive learning experiences. The program features:

• Step-by-step lesson plans to make the program enjoyable to teach for both the musical novice and expert
• Activities that are easy to schedule into weekly lesson plans
• Lessons that reinforce basic curriculum goals and standards
• Multimodal learning opportunities (visual, kinesthetic, auditory)
• Ideas to foster children's creativity and self-expression

Track Listing
CD 1

1. Can't Sit Still
2. Good Morning
3. What Colors Did You Choose?
4. Mixing My Colors
5. Mack Chicken Dance Medley
6. Dinosaurs Dancing
7. Halloween on Parade
8. Body Talk
9. Shaping up with Shapes #1
10. Shaping up with Shapes #2
11. Across the Bridge #1
12. Across the Bridge #2
13. Counting up to Twenty
14. Alphabet Soup
15. Bingo
16. The Name Clapping Game
17. New Zoo Review

CD 2

1. Warmin' Up #1
2. Warmin' Up #2
3. Days of the Week #1
4. Days of the Week #2
5. Rock 'Round the Mulberry Bush #1
6. Rock 'Round the Mulberry Bush #2
7. What Will We Do When We All Go Out To Play?
8. Listen and Move
9. Quiet Time
10. A-Hunting We Will Go #1
11. A Hunting We Will Go #2
12. The Beanbag Boogie
13. Skip to My Loo #1
14. Skip to My Loo #2
15. Riding in My Car
16. Body Part Movement March #1
17. Body Part Movement March #2
18. The Hokey Pokey #1
19. The Hokey Pokey #2
20. Snowflake