Sibelius Starclass is the complete software to help you teach music at the elementary school level. It guides you through over 180 exciting, ready-to-use lesson plans that support MENC standards. Starclass includes full explanations of musical concepts for non-specialist teachers, plus hundreds of music clips and printable pictures and an audio CD to play in class.
Summary of Sibelius Starclass features
- Saves you hours of preparation
- Supports MENC and QCA guidelines
- Ideal for non-specialist and specialist teachers
- Over 180 exciting, ready-to-use lesson plans
- Cross-curricular and creative music lessons
- 99-track audio CD to playin class
- Hundreds of sound-clips and printable pictures
All of the lessons are high-quality and fun, involving a wide range of topics such as planets, the weather and whale-song.
Starclass stimulates creativity through music. Progressive lessons introduce composition, movement, body percussion, playing simple instruments, sol-fa and basic notation. Some lessons are for the whole class, and others are for smaller groups.
Each lesson plan includes step-by-step instructions, music and sound examples, printable pictures, and learning outcomes stating what students will achieve.
Sibelius Starclass contains hundreds of audio examples, ranging from abstract sounds such as metronomes and breaking waves, to instrumental excerpts and music to perform activities to. These are also provided on an audio CD, so you can play them in class without a computer.
Starclass includes hundreds of pictures of everything from instruments to dinosaurs, which you can enlarge and print out for worksheets, flashcards and posters. All of these resources may be photocopied!
You don't need specialist knowledge of music to teach with Starclass. Its Teacher Development sections introduce all the key musical concepts you need – and if you don't know where to start, Starclass has a range of progressive lessons specially selected for each year. So even non-specialist teachers can feel confident about teaching music.
But Starclass is perfect for specialists, too. In many of the lesson plans, experienced music teachers can click a button to obtain more advanced information, and there's a built-in Assistant who provides extra teaching notes and materials wherever needed.
Computer requirements
Windows: Pentium or faster, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT4 or later, 32Mb+ RAM, 300Mb free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive. If you have - or are thinking of buying - Windows Vista, please see our notes on the compatibility of Sibelius products with Windows Vista.
Apple Mac: Mac OS 8.6 or later (including OS X), 32Mb+ free RAM, 300Mb free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive
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