FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC for Preschool & Beyond: The Curriculum Book & 4CDs

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This is one of the best resources available for early childhood, prepared by an expert in the field.

What's included:

  • FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC FOR PRESCHOOL & BEYOND (6083) The Curriculum by John Feierabend 
    Encourage tuneful, beautiful, artful individuals. 
    Using quality folk and traditional songs and rhymes with natural melodic expressiveness and language flow, these 3 years of lesson plans coordinate with high-quality recordings so parents can continue teaching at home. Echo songs, Call-and-response songs, simple songs, song tales, action songs, circle games, beat motion activities are included along with suggestions for setting up a class, preparing parents and much more.
    Extra resources are available and listed. A classical music component is available for movement and exploration.
  • PRESCHOOL & BEYOND CDs Set
    by John Feierabend and Jill Trinka
    Timeless folksongs and rhymes for preschool and elementary, drawn from the best of John Feierabend's song collections and curricula. Each CD has approximately40 songs, and the booklets are fully illustrated with lyrics and directions for movement activities. Call and response, echo, sing-alongs and rhymes feature a single vocal line and imaginative acoustic accompaniments.

    CD Set includes:
    See individual titles to listen to samples
  • Old Joe Clark CD (6120)
  • Had a Little Rooster CD (6121)
  • There's a Hole in the Bucket CD (6122)
  • Keeping the Beat with the Classics CD (6063)

Additional Info

Curriculum Contents:

  • Getting Started
  • The Musical Workout
  • Pitch Exploration (Vocal Warm-ups)
  • Song Fragments - Echo Songs and Call-and-Response Songs
  • Simple Songs
  • Arioso
  • Song Tales
  • Movement Exploration (developing expressive sensitivity through creative movement) - creative movement with and without classical music accompaniment
  • Movement for Form and Expression (singing/speaking and moving with formal structure and expression)
    — Non-Locomotor (fingerplays, action songs, circle games, with recorded music)
    — Locomotor (circle games, with recorded music)
    — Beat Motion Activities (developing competencies in maintaining the beat in groups of 2 and 3)
    — Child-Initiated Songs and Rhymes - non-locomotor and locomotor
    — Teacher-Initiated Beat Motions - non-locomotor and locomotor
  • Planning Lessons (templates)
  • Sample Lessons (3 years, two semesters each year, 12 sessions each semester)
  • Final Thoughts

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