SightRead Ltd

Come visit our amazing musical island for younger musicians - an exciting and engaging musical adventure exploring the building blocks of music - with loads of fun along the way.

Five contrasting areas contain musical games and characters. There is composing, mixing, performing and listening - and plenty of music, lyrics, puzzles, worksheets and artwork to print out!

This CD-ROM will open a completely new dimension in your child's introduction to music - while supporting music making being undertaken at school and at home. All the games, projects and performances are linked to programmes of music education currently undertaken at Primary School. Whether your child knows very little about music making, or is already enjoying the benefits of learning an instrument, Music Island Adventure is the perfect destination to enjoy and progress in the world of music.

Included with Music Island Adventure is an Island Poster (size 42 x 57cm) and three sheets of 12 Music Island stickers.

Music Island Adenture - reviews/customer comments

‘children will have great fun with this’ The Times Educational Supplement

‘very effective in engaging children who have attention and concentration difficulties and who might otherwise not be interested in the composing and evaluating aspects of the music curriculum.’ Peter Owen, Headteacher, The Court School, Cardiff

‘Kids love it.....visually bright and captivating, easily accessed by pupils across a wide range of ages and ability…..all pupils enjoy Beach Party and Rock Pool Band…..holds the attention and inspires the most reluctant of composers.’ Alison Ralston, Head of Arts, Mary Russell School, Paisley

‘looks good, sounds good and offers an imaginative approach to developing pupils'musical skills and knowledge.’ Colin Hutcheon, Education Officer, West Lothian Council

‘..what immediately strikes me is how useful some of the activities are as an early lead in to music in Secondary school (e.g. "Rock Pool Band" as an introduction to midi sequencing etc.)’ Lorna McLaren, Youth Music Co-ordinator, Aberdeenshire Council

‘Super, Smashing’ Elaine Duffus, Curriculum Support Teacher, Aberdeen Council

‘Allows children from a young age to experiment with the sounds of musical instruments, phrases, structure and timbre. Their interest is captured from the start by the fantastic imagery and theme of adventure throughout.’ Kirsty McRae, Primary Music Specialist, Castle Park School, Dublin

‘a runaway success at all levels.’ Howard Duthie, Head of Music, Morrison's Academy, Crieff

‘We have enjoyed using Music Island in Key Stage 3 lessons. All students find it interesting (even 16 year olds) and we used it as part of a project on sound scapes. It was useful for teaching musical phrases (monkey business) and the Rock Pool Band and the Map were also really useful and fun to use.’ Head of Music, Pittville School

‘a hit with our pupils. They find it very motivating particularly when used on the whiteboard. The Beach Party and Rock Pool Band are the present favourites.’ Deputy Head, Hazel Court Special School

‘We love both Music Island and Listen Hear!!!’ Whitesboro Central School, NY, USA

System Requirements

PC
Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 /XP, Pentium or faster 192Mb+ RAM (128Mb+for Windows98SE/Me)

MAC
Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.9/10.4 or later, 256Mb+RAM.