Movement Resources & Props

39 Interactive Listening Lessons for PreK- Gr.1 by Donna Dirksing, with repro worksheets and YouTube listening links.

by Dalcroze specialist, Dr. Robert Abramson.  Develop rhythm skills & musicality sequentially through movement, ear training & imagination.

Active Listening Strategies for the Elementary Classroom by Wesley Ball.

with Parachutes, Paper Plates, Ribbons and Scarves by Dan Fee and Denise Gagne.

Olympic-themed reproducible games and movement activities & active games with CD  for elem.  

A 'Note'worthy Collection of Music Facts by John Jacobson and rap tracks by Mark Brymer.

Adventures with the Elements of Music and Movement by James Harding, illus. by Eli Noyes.

Create your own tunes with feet or hands (selecting from 8 instrument sounds), then record and play-back. Works well with our MGRs and Color-Coded Songbooks.

(4' x 6') made of heavy vinyl, with storage tube.
 

Place AlphaDots on the mat and step and say the notes as your learn staff geography. Play the pitches on the bells and sing them as you step.  

Place bells on the floor keyboard to add ear training to keyboard geography. 

Created by Mary Ann Stewart.  Our walk-on keyboard connects the body, mind, and ear. 

Put the critters on the foor keyboard mat to encourage note learning.

Extra set to accommodate a larger class.

Created by Mary Ann Stewart.  Kids move on the floor mats to learn notes, intervals, scales, chords.

Plush animal critters from A-G make learning notes on the floor staff more fun!

As you teach the note names, play the pitch on the ladder bells, which also demos low to high.

Hear the pitches as you discover the names of the notes.

Step on the staff as bells are played to teach and hear high/low, up/down, steps/skips.