Two useful books includes over 60 original songs, games and accompanying activities that make it easy for preK - gr. 4 children of all abilities to explore musical concepts and learn to sing in tune.
Main text by Loretta Mitchell is organized into two parts - Part 1 consists of 10 activities that help students experiment with various ways of using their voices; Part 2 is divided into four sections (Songs for Beginning and Ending Music Class, Holiday Songs, Songs for Older Elementary Students, Songs for General Use). Each song, game and activity contains everything you need to use is successfully in your program: clearly defined learning objectives, step-by-step directions, reproducible game cut-outs, detailed teaching hints and suggestions and more. Also includes reproducible masters, cross-curricular ideas, improvisation suggestions, and helpful index by classification, title, and pitch content of songs.
202 pp. Paperback.
Donna Dirksing added classroom instrument accompaniments to the songs with the ORFF COMPANION. Grade levels suggested for each of the 26 songs. Based on the Orff approach combining rhythmic speech, singing, instrument playing, movement, and improvisation, but you'll be successful even without Orff experience.
What's included:
Songlist:
- Bake a Cake
- Good King Leopold
- Make a Sound
- Tune In
- Some Love Cofee
- Very Nice to Know You
- Halloween
- Tutti Frutti Monsters
- Trick orTreat
- Turkey and Stuffing
- Spin the Dreidel
- Christmas Train
- Special Valentine
- A-B-C Safari
- One Potato, Two
- Rico's Restuarant
- Who Has the Button
- Helicopter Pilot
- I'm Locked in a Candy Store
- I See Someone
- It's Magic
- Mister Troll
- Tell Me, Tell Me, Wizard
- Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream
- Who Is the Captain
- Who's Next
Listen to Samples:
NOTE: This is NOT the full track listing.
