Learning Through Music

a collection of 42 musical activities designed for music teachers and music therapists to use in their work with children of various ages abilities and needs at the primary level with over 100 variations involving singing moving and playing instruments these developmentally sequenced activities have been carefully crafted to help cghildren develop perceptual motor abilities attentional skills behavioral limits speech and language skills and relational concepts 1998 150 pages paperback table of contents authors preface xiv introduction before you begin 1 activity description page 1 level 1 children required 2 instrument required 2 instrument symbols 2 about the instruments 2 general teaching suggestions 4 playing the instruments 5 directing techniques 6 pacing 7 using cassette recordings 8 working arrangements 8 supplementary activities 9 pre primary instrumental activities activity 1 to the music i and activity 2 to the music ii 13 activity 3 taking turns 16 activity 4 come come come 18 activity 5 sleeping song 20 activity 6 stand up 22 activity 7 now beat one 24 primary instrumental activities activity 8 beat the drum once 28 activity 9 copycat i and activity 10 copycat ii 30 activity 11 one activity 12 two and activity 13 three 32 activity 14 play your bell one time 36 activity 15 busy hands 38 intermediate instrumental activities activity 16 the drum caught cold 43 activity 17 two and three 46 activity 18 quietly 48 activity 19 drums four and five 50 activity 20 slow horns 52 activity 21 bell dance 54 activity 22 one bell two bells 56 activity 23 drums ten and nine 58 activity 24 sad bells 60 activity 25 magic wand 62 activity 26 drums five and six 64 activity 27 drums six and seven 66 advanced instrumental activities activity 28 drummer boy 71 activity 29 hurry horns 74 activity 30 try and catch me 76 activity 31 jack in the box 79 activity 32 spooky bells 83 activity 33 echoes 87 activity 34 march of the magic mingos 91 activity 35 what do you see in the sky 94