Plank Road Publishing 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities For Young Children - Connors - Classroom - Book

Author: Abigail Flesch Connors
Format: Book
Subject: Music Classroom Materials

Here's the perfect book to introduce rhythm instruments to young children. The activities bring music into the classroom and offer ways for children to participate in the music experience, using rhythm sticks, sand blocks, bells, shakers, and more! Children make the sound of the ocean waves using shakers, pretend to be a train using sand blocks, create a rainstorm with rhythm sticks, and perform circus tricks with jingle bells. Plus, they learn to play the instruments along with their favorite songs. 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities is perfect for early childhood teachers and music teachers who work with toddlers through age six.

Contents:

• Activities Using Rhythm Sticks
  • Rhythm Sticks Introduction
  • Different Ways To Play Sticks
  • This Is The Way We Tap Our Sticks
  • Sticks Up And Down
  • The Sticks On The Bus
  • If You're Happy And You Know It Tap Your Sticks
  • Walk In The Woods
  • Rainstorm
  • BINGO Sticks
  • London Bridge Letters
  • We Are Tapping
  • Tapping Or Scraping
  • Conducting Sticks
  • Copy My Rhythm
  • Everybody Count To Six
  • I Am A Fine Musician
  • Old King Cole's Sticks
  • Guess Who Tapped?
  • The Tapper In The Dell
  • The Sticks Are Going For A Walk
  • Don't Say Ain't
  • Shapes With Sticks
  • Experiments With Sticks
  • Standing With Sticks
  • Trot, Gallop, Freeze!
  • The Cat And The Mouse
  • Hot Cross Buns
  • Windshield Wipers
  • The Spider Went Over The Spider Web
  • Beethoven's 5th Symphony
  • Jack And Jill
  • "Painting" On The Floor
  • Tap, Tap, Tap Your Boat
• Activities Using Shakers
  • Shakers Introduction
  • Different Ways To Play Shakers
  • Going To Kentucky
  • Waltz Of The Flowers
  • Wake Up, Groundhog!
  • Experiments With Shakers
  • This Is The Way We Clean The House
  • Wind Song
  • Ocean Waves
  • Stir Up My Soup
  • Shake It High And Shake It Low
  • Shaker Square Dance
  • Digging Up A Hole
  • Little Baby
  • The Animals In The Jungle
  • Where Is The Shaker?
  • Shaker Parade
  • Who Will Help Me? (The Little Red Hen)
  • Shakers Count To Ten
  • Teddy Bear Shakers
  • I'm A Little Raindrop
• Activities Using Jingle Bells
  • Jingle Bells Introduction
  • Different Ways To Play Jingle Bells
  • Jingle Bells
  • Little Jingle Mouse
  • We're Passing Around The Bells
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  • Bells Or Shaker?
  • Bells In Socks
  • Bells On Ankles
  • Freeze Dance With Bells
  • Jingle At The Window
  • Hickory Dickory Dock
  • Circus Tricks With Bells
  • Jingle Around The Rosie
  • Frre Jacques
  • All About Colors
  • Nice And Warm
• Activities Using Sandblocks
  • Sandblocks Introduction
  • The Train Is Coming
  • Different Ways To Play Sandblocks
  • The Train Is Going Up The Hill
  • Engine, Engine, Number Nine
  • The Sand Blocks Went To A Party
  • Happy Birthday Cha-Cha-Cha
  • In The Middle Of The Night
  • Go 'Round And 'Round The Village
  • Sand Blocks Like To Clap
• Activities Using Other Instruments
  • Cymbals Introduction
  • New Year's Eve Countdown
  • Pop Goes The Weasel
  • Introduction To The Drum
  • The Drum Game
  • Animal Footsteps
  • All About The Triangle
  • All About The Tambourine
  • Tambourine Walk
• Rhythm Bank Activities
  • Old MacDonald's Instruments
  • The Instruments On The Bus
  • Rig-A-Jig-Jig
  • Freeze Parade
  • Rock-A-Bye Baby
  • The Instruments In The Dell
  • She'll Be Tapping 'Round The Mountain (Rhythm Band)
  • Do You Know The Jingle Bells?
  • Conducting The Rhythm Band
  • Where Are The Sand Blocks?
  • Simon Says