John Feierabend's Collection
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Written by a national leader
in early childhood music education, these creatively illustrated
books contain everything you need to lead a music class for
preschool and early elementary students, including:
- Echo Songs,
Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, Song Tales, Action Songs,
Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more.
- Repertoire based only on
folk or traditional songs and rhymes, because of their natural
melodic expressiveness and language flow, and for their texts
filled with wonder.
- Complete lesson plans for a
three-year curriculum.
- Full coordination with
high-quality recordings that contain all the rhymes and music from
this book—perfect for parents to play at home or in the
car.
- Suggestions on setting up a
class, preparing parents, record keeping, expanding your music
program, and planning ahead.
- A classical music component,
perfect for movement and exploration.
Advanced research continually
points to the importance of music in the lives of young children.
You can further their musical growth with First Steps in
Music!
John M. Feierabend,
PhD, has spent decades compiling songs and rhymes from the
memories of the American people, in hopes that these treasures will
be preserved for future generations. He is Professor and Chair of
the Music Education Department of the Hartt School of the
University of Hartford.
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First Steps in Music for
Preschool and Beyond (Books for Preschool and Early
Elementary)
Description: Book
Product Id. G-5880
$79.95
AUD
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The Book of Pitch
Exploration (First Steps in Music series)
Description: Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5276
$24.95 AUD
This book is for ages 3 to 7 years. Explore the wonders of
the human voice with the fun, magical activities in "The Book of
Pitch Exploration"! Whether it's whooshing or shushing, hooting or
booing, the human voice is capable of creating all kinds of sounds.
This book allows children to discover these sounds through ideas,
poems, stories, and songs that invite vocal participation from all
involved. Not only are these activities fun, they also make
excellent vocal warm-ups! |
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The Book of Echo Songs
(First Steps in Music series)
Description:
Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5277
$24.95AUD
These traditional "echo songs" are built around a leader singing a
phrase and a group singing the same phrase back, planting the seeds
of musical sensitivity in young children. With the songs in this
collection, kids can indulge their imitation tendencies and create
joyful, irrepressible music at the same time. These timeless tunes
allow kids to learn quickly and start making music and having fun
right away. |
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The Book of Call &
Response (First Steps in Music series)
Description: Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5278
$24.95 AUD
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The Book of Children's
Songtales (First Steps in Music series)
Description:
Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5280
$24.95 AUD
Favorite American folk songs of earlier generations come to life
for today's children in this delightful collection filled with
wonder, magic, and make-believe. Storytelling and music are
combined to create some of the best-loved and most enduring songs
of childhood. Just as children love to be read to, they also love
being sung to, especially when the song tells a story. These songs
have narratives that range from silly and sorrowful to
straightforward and satirical, and each song will generate
wonderful images in a child's imagination. |
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The Book of Movement
Exploration (First Steps in Music series)
Description:
Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5876
$24.95 AUD
These activities bring out the strong movement impulses in
children, who love to burn off energy by spontaneously dancing
around the living room or running from place to place. Children
will develop an awareness for their bodies, time, space, weight,
locomotion, flow, and shape. Performed quickly or slowly, with
music or without, solo or in a group, these activities make for
fun, engaging educational experiences for children. |
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The Book of Fingerplays &
Action Songs (First Steps in Music series)
Description:
Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5877
$24.95 AUD
From those ever-turning wheels on the bus to the little teapot,
short and stout, and even those naughty little monkeys still
jumping on the bed, these action songs will engage children's
attention and imagination. In this collection, movement and music
are combined in some of the best-loved songs of childhood. The
classic songs and rhymes provide a basis for understanding the
musical concepts of form and expression. Kids will have fun singing
the music and acting out the accompanying motions. |
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The Book of Beginning Circle
Games (First Steps in Music series)Description: Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5878
$24.95AUD
These wonderful games to play in circles have been passed down from
generation to generation and are full of music, wonder, magic, and
make-believe. Some of these circle games are stationary games in
which one child chases after another while the rest of the group
does not move, while others begin with stationary circles but end
with traveling circles as, one by one, children join a group moving
around the circle. All of these games encourage a variety of
developmentally appropriate behaviors, including social skills,
cognitive development, creativity, language development, motor
skills, and musical skills. Some of the favorite songs included are
"Muffin Man," "Charlie over the Ocean," "The Farmer in the Dell,"
"Allee Galloo," and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush." |
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The Book of Songs & Rhymes
with Beat Motions (First Steps in Music series)
Description: Book/Paperback
Product Id. G-5879
$28.95 AUD
All of the songs and rhymes in this book, passed down from
generation to generation, are full of wonder, magic, and
make-believe and encourage children-and parents-to move with the
beat. This collection includes beat games in which the song or
rhyme follows the child's preferred beat tempo, games in which
everyone stays in one place and the beat is felt in hand movements,
and activities where the beat is put in the feet as everyone
travels around the room. Among the popular songs included are
"We're Going on a Bear Hunt," "Rig-a-Jig Jig," "Did You Ever See a
Lassie," and "Cobbler, Cobbler." |
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There's a Hole in the
Bucket
Description: Audio CD beautifully
performed by Jill Trinka
Product Id. GCD-645
$28.95 AUD
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Had a Little Rooster
Description: Audio
CD beautifully performed by
Jill Trinka
Product Id. GCD-646
$28.95AUD
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Old Joe Clark
Description: Audio
CD beautifully performed by
Jill Trinka
Product Id.GCD-647
$34.95 AUD
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First Steps in Classical
music: Keeping the Beat!
Description: Audio
CD
Product Id. GCD-493
$28.95 AUD
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First Steps in Music:
Preschool and Beyond-Bundle
Description: Curriculum
Book, 8 Books and 4 CDs
Product Id. G-7001A
$228.00AUD
This Bundle is perfect for the teacher wanting everything at a
great price! It includes one of each of the following items:
* First Steps in Music,
Preschool and Beyond Curriculum Book (G-5880)
* Keeping the Beat CD (CD493)
* There's a Hole in the Bucket CD (CD645)
* Had a Little Rooster CD (CD646)
* Old Joe Clark CD (CD647)
* The Book of Fingerplays and Action Songs (G-5877)
* The Book of Songs and Rhymes with Beat Motions (G-5879)
* The Book of Children's Song Tales (G-5280)
* The Book of Beginning Circle Games (G-5878)
* The Book of Pitch Exploration (G-5276)
* The Book of Movement Exploration (G-5876)
* The Book of Call and Response (G-5278)
* The Book of Echo Songs (G-5277)
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First Steps in Music:
Preschool and Beyond Package
Description: Curriculum
Book and 4 CDs
Product Id. G-7001
$159.00
AUD
This Package contains one copy of each of the following:
* First Steps in Music,
Preschool and Beyond Curriculum Book (G-5880)
* Keeping the Beat CD (CD493)
* There's a Hole in the Bucket CD (CD645)
* Had a Little Rooster CD (CD646)
* Old Joe Clark CD (CD647)
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First Steps in Music Vocal
Development Kit
Description: Puppets, Toys, and instruments with
manual
Product Id. G-6400
$159.00
AUD
Hear your students’ voices grow!
In this essential kit, Dr. Feierabend includes puppets, toys,
and instruments designed to help with two types of vocal
development activities. “Pitch Exploration Activities” invite
children to create sliding sounds and encourage them to use their
head voices. “Echo Songs” and “Call and Response Songs” allow
children to use their newly found head voices to sing short melodic
phrases. A wonderful variety of activity ideas are found in this
manual.
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Pitch Exploration Stories
Description:
Flashcards
Product Id. G-6509
$34.95UD
These amusing stories help inspire children to make sliding
sounds that explore the vocal muscles used to sing in the upper
register, or “head voice.” Just as an athlete warms up certain
muscle groups before exercising, singers should “warm up” the head
voice muscles with activities such as these before singing. Just as
aerobics improve physical conditioning, vocal ability will improve
if these stories are used frequently.
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Pitch Exploration Pathways
Description:
Flashcards
Product Id. G-6510
$45.95 AUD
These amusing stories help inspire children to make sliding
sounds that explore the vocal muscles used to sing in the upper
register, or “head voice.” Just as an athlete warms up certain
muscle groups before exercising, singers should “warm up” the head
voice muscles with activities such as these before singing. Just as
aerobics improve physical conditioning, vocal ability will improve
if these stories are used frequently.
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Oh, In the Woods
Description:
Flashcards
Product Id. G-6511
$34.95 AUD
This wonderful and classic cumulative echo song comes to life
with this engaging set of color cards from educator John M.
Feierabend. This set is a perfect way to engage children in music
making and storytelling, and is certain to be a classic in any
music teacher's repertoire!
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Down By The Bay
Description:
Flashcards
Product Id. G-7962
$34.95 AUD
A new song in
flashcards by John M. Feierabend!
The beloved folk song, "Down by the Bay," is captured beautifully
with these splendid illustrations, certain to brighten any
classroom. This 4-color, large-format flashcard set is a perfect
way to engage children in music making and is destined to be a
classic in any music teacher's repertoire!
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