101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children
101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children

Author: Abigail Flesch Connors

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1458766039

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Help every child experience the magic of making music! From the moment they can grasp and hold an object, young children love to shake, rattle, and bang for the sheer joy of creating sounds. Music is vital to the development of many skills, including math ability, language, and coordination. 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children will delight two- to six-year-olds as they are invited to create sounds of ocean waves, rainstorms, and horses galloping, as well as play along with their favorite songs. With 101 ideas, a subject index, and teacher tips, the book makes it easy to find rhythm instrument activities to fit every curriculum and every day.

101 Music Games for Children
101 Music Games for Children

Author: Ger Storms

Publisher: Hunter House

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780897931649

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Music is wonderful for bringing out creativity and encouraging learning in kids. They love to sing and dance, and they love it when adults sing and dance along with them. Appropriate for families, teachers, day care providers, and camp leaders, this book presents lively music games that children and adults can play together. Using popular songs, easy rhythms, and musical recordings, the games in this book help children develop creative, personal, and social skills. They also learn about music and sound. The games are not competitive, they encourage and reward children for participating, not for winning.

101 More Music Games for Children
101 More Music Games for Children

Author: Ger Storms

Publisher: Hunter House

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780897932981

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Music games are relaxing and playful. They encourage creativity both in children's imagination and expression. All players need is a willingness to have fun and to experience the joys of interacting with others. The games include rhythm games, dance and movement games, card and board games, and musical projects. All of the games stress humor, challenge, surprise and cooperation rather than competition.

101 Movement Games for Children
101 Movement Games for Children

Author: Huberta Wiertsema

Publisher: Hunter House

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780897933469

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Every body is made to move, and moving is one of the best things we can do for our bodies. children who learn the joy of moving at an early age improve their chances of remaining active and healthy throughout life. The games in this book will also help children develop a healthy sense of play. Thes noncompetititve games - which focus on pure movement, rather than dance or music - stress excitement, humour, challenge, surprise and cooperation. Players just need enthusiasm and a willingness to explore activities with others.

Making Allies, Making Friends
Making Allies, Making Friends

Author: Hugh Vasquez

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2003-06-12

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1630265381

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Designed for students in grades six to nine, this curriculum offers more than 30 innovative class sessions that address diversity (racial, ethnic, and sexual) and violence issues. Each session contains a warm-up exercise, theme information, value clarification, and an experience or activity. Journal writing, critical thinking about history textbooks, role-playing, storytelling, poetry/rap, photographs, illustrations, tables, and whole-school research projects are just some of the tools presented in this hands-on guide to defending against violence in middle school.

Teaching Music to Children
Teaching Music to Children

Author: Blair Bielawski

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0787780413

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This valuable resource is designed to give elementary teachers with no formal music training all the tools they need to help their students develop an understanding of and appreciation for music. This book includes lessons, reproducible games, worksheets and puzzles. Also included are MP3 files that feature over 60 minutes of music and a complete PowerPoint presentation. The book follows a well-sequenced curriculum based on the National Standards for Music Education in the United States and the Ontario Curriculum for the Arts in Canada.

World Beat Fun
World Beat Fun

Author: Zig Wajler

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780757908521

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Zig introduces K--8 children to rhythms and sounds from various countries in World Beat Fun. Music technology integrates with world percussion to create an entertaining and educational collection of songs and rhythms for kids. Included are 74 cool CD tracks with call-and-responses, play-along without background rhythms, and play-along with Zig's original rhythm parts. Music styles/regions include Asian, Middle Eastern, African with hip-hop, Native American with hip-hop, North American rock, rain forest, and salsa. Traditional classroom rhythm instruments may be used to play the patterns. Teaching suggestions are included.

Classroom Music Games and Activities
Classroom Music Games and Activities

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Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 0787710776

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This collection will help you teach music basics whether you have a music degree or no formal music training. Students will practice their listening skills, identify musical notation and terms, recognize instruments, and more! Reinforce lessons from other subjects with cross-curricular elements, or adapt the activities to include new material. Mix and match whole-class, group, and individual activities to give your students a variety of ways to learn music basics.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Author: Abigail Flesch Connors

Publisher: Gryphon House Incorporated

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780876593493

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In Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Rhythm Instruments and More for Active Learning, you will find activities that inspire curiosity, exploration, and creativity. When children are singing, moving, listening, and playing music, their creative energy enhances their learning in many areas.

Kids Can Listen! Kids Can Move!
Kids Can Listen! Kids Can Move!

Author: Lynn Kleiner

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780757917769

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Lynn Kleiner presents her creative ideas and stories for movement and percussion-playing as she delights preschool through primary-age children with orchestral favorites. There are selections for marching, dancing, trotting, skipping, jumping, hiding, sleeping, playing instruments, entering class, and saying goodbye. Lots of fun, this book will allow teachers to capture children's interest in orchestral music for a lifetime. The CD contains 25 tracks including selections from Bizet's Carmen, Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, Dvorák's New World Symphony, Haydn's Surprise Symphony, and many more.