by Denise Gagne.
A collection of activities to get preschool - Grade 5 children playing, listening, creating, and reading music while using non-pitched percussion instruments. Songs are included to teach instrument rules and classroom management.
Suggestions and reproducibles are included for assessment activities with teaching tips for specific ages.
Engage all your classes with simple play alongs, and older students will enjoy relative note value activities with instruments (or tennis balls), stick rhythms, sound-effect stories, listening games, and composition activities.
Paperback & Enhanced CD
What's included:
- Printed Book
- Digital Book PDF
- Audio recordings
- Projectable PDFs
Table of Contents:
Let’s Get Started!
1. Play and Stop
2. Let’s Play Instruments
3. Play and Play and Stop
4. Ways to Play Instruments
5. Instrument Rules
5a. Simon Says
6. Beat and Name Chants
- Introducing Instrument Families
- How to Play Rhythm Instruments
Play and Sing
7. If You’re Happy
8. Let Everyone Play Sticks
Instrument Families
9. Play, Play, Play Along
9a. Play Along K-3
10. Sticks are Tapping
Listening Activities
11a. Who is Tapping?
11b. What am I Tapping On?
11c. What is in the Shakers?
11d. Guess the Instrument
Play Along
12. Play Along with Bach
13. Play Along with Handel
14. Play Along with Mozart
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Rhythm Band, Scarves
Relative Note Values
14. Relative Note Values-Large Notes
15. St. Anne's Reels
16. Surfin Rock
17. Ramsey St. Blues
Note Switch Activities
18. Piano Roll
- Stick Notes
Stories - Add Sound Effects
19. Mortimer
20. Mmm Cookies
21. Rain Rain Story
22. Mr. Frog Story
23. Bell Horses Story
Create and Play
24. Copy What I'm Going to Play
25. Improvise and Copycat Game
26. Question and Answer
27. Hey! Hey! Rondo
Worksheets/Assessment
28. Rhythm Instrument Matching
29. Name the Instrument
30. Which Instrument Did I Hear?
31. Instrument Family Matching
