Baa Baa Beat

Eight early childhood music lessons designed for the teacher or substitute with a limited music background.The music teacher uses these theme-oriented lessons as filler activities, as concept support, or for a change of pace. The substitute teacher uses these lessons in place of videos, instead of worksheets, or instead of free play. Lessons are in easy-to-follow outline format. Little or NO music background required. Songs are familiar or piggyback off of well-known tunes. Notation is melody on the treble clef. The accompanying CD has all songs, poems and listening examples.

Contents:
Lessons at a Glance (Theme, Songs & Activities, Materials, Music Focus)
Lesson 1: Baa, Baa Beat , Baa, Baa Black Sheep (Mother Goose rhyme), Mary Had a Little Lamb, Mary's Lamb Game
Lesson 2: Clip Clop Donkey Beat , Sweetly Sings the Donkey, What's That Sound? Game, The Donkey (Mother Goose rhyme)
Lesson 3: Chug-Chug, Little Red Caboose, Train Is A-Comin', Repeat, Repeat, Repeat! Game, Here Comes the Train Game
Lesson 4: Wheeling Around, The Old Woman of Harrow (Mother Goose rhyme)
Lesson 5: Join the Musicians, Listen to the Music: Violin & Trombone Solos & Duets, Tchaikovsky's Russian Dance, One, Two Dancing Game, Class Ensemble
Lesson 6: Pop! Pop!, Pop! Goes the Weasel, Pop! Pop! Circle Game, Pop and Dance, Sing or Play Game, Pops Dominos Game
Lesson 7: Circle of Friends, Friends, The More We Get Together
Lesson 8: American Bugle, Bugle Calls: Reveille and Taps, America, American Bugle Coloring Game, American Bugle Movement Game

Optional instruments: kazoo, slide whistle, 2-tone woodblock.

Music focus in the book: Steady beat, quarter notes, sound discrimination, dramatic interpretation, round, listening & analyzing, repetitive phrases, rhythmic chant, movement to musical cues, compound meter, ensemble, discrimination of instrumental solo or duet or large group, orchestra, vocal & instrumental sounds, quiet/loud instrument play, bugle, compose class calls.