The first pages of Music Recital Book 1 interweave new music into an all-new story about Beethoven Bear, Mozart Mouse and the Magical Music Book. Students will enjoy the imaginative story while applying what they have learned from Music Lesson Book 1. This section of the book is a ready-made recital when a narrator reads the story and students perform the pieces in the appropriate places! The second section of the book includes challenge pieces based on folk tunes that require students to listen carefully and enter correctly as the teacher or a parent plays the duet.

The unique Music Discovery Book contains songs that allow the students to experience music through singing, movement and rhythm activities. Music appreciation is fostered through carefully chosen music; Mozart, Beethoven and Sousa are introduced. Melodies to sing, using either solfege or letter names, help students learn to match pitch and discover tonal elements of music. Correlates to the Music Lesson Book 1. Familiar songs include If You're Happy and You Know It, Mexican Hat Dance and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Lesson Book 1 is geared for pre-reading students. Concepts taught are: * How to sit at the piano * Correct hand position * High and low * Loud and soft (forte and piano) * Keyboard topography * Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests * Repeat signs The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside the note head).

The Teacher's Handbook for Levels 1 & 2 of Music for Little Mozarts serves as an aid in curriculum development and daily lesson planning while providing information related to teaching young children. The suggested lesson plans provide teachers with a starting point to adapt this series for their own teaching situation. A special section provides helpful teaching tips for using the Music Discovery Book and teacher examples for the ear training pages in the Music Workbook are also given. Beginning teachers of young students should find the handbooks extremely useful.

The Music for Little Mozarts Recital Book 2 includes motivational music to reinforce performance concepts that are introduced in the Music Lesson Books. Recital Book 2 also provides extra material for students who move quickly in group lessons. The book includes an all new story about Beethoven Bear, Mozart Mouse and their music friends, as well as familiar music for performance.

The music in Lesson Book 3 is completely written on the staff. After a review, the new concepts taught are: * Staccato, legato, slurs * Melodic and harmonic 2nds and 3rds * Melodic and harmonic 4ths and 5ths * forte-piano dynamics Bass clef C D E are taught for the LH. Students then know all notes necessary to play in the C position. Playing both hands together is taught near the end of the book.

These stickers were designed to be used with all young piano students in any piano method. Many of the characters from the Music for Little Mozarts series including Beethoven Bear, Mozart Mouse, Clara Schumann-Cat, Pachelbel Penguin and J. S. Bunny are featured in colorful and imaginative artwork. Words of encouragement and praise are featured on some stickers. Two different sizes (regular and mini) are included. Booklet includes 495 stickers.