Fiddle Over the Moon

Fiddle Over the Moon By Dena Adams and Claire ClarkBook/CD50 pages
Fiddle Over the Moon is comprised of eight early childhood music lessons designed as a supplementary resource for the teacher, or for use by a substitute, with a lmited music background, to use in place of videos, worksheets, or other, non-musical activities. The lessons are written in an easy-to-follow outline format, requiring little or NO music background, and the songs are all well-known tunes (occsasionally with different lyrics), which are notated in treble clef, showing only the melody line.The accompanying CD has all songs, poems and listening examples. All game pieces are fully reproducible.
Book's Music Focus:Compound meter, Steady beat, Movement sequences, Creation of lyrics, Song with hand motion, Fiddles and other instruments, Listening, Analyzing, Vocal exploration, Matching pitch, Vocal solo & duet discrimination, Chorus, Making listening and/or singing choices, Polka Dance, Vocal and instrumental sounds discrimination & performing, Melody identification, Verse, Quiet/loud, Bugle, Dramatization, Compare & contrast.Optional instruments: cabasa, drum, glockenspiel, recorder.
CONTENTS:Lessons at a Glance (Theme, Songs & Activities, Materials, Music Focus)Lesson 1: Fiddle Over the Moon   Hey Diddle Diddle (Mother Goose rhyme)   Over the Moon Game   Over, Under and Around the Moon Game   O Mister MoonLesson 2: Fiddle on the Farm   Hey Diddle Diddle (Mother Goose rhyme)   Diddle Around Game   Fiddle or Not Game   Old MacDonaldLesson 3: Choo-Choo   Choo-Choo Train   Puffing Down the Track Game   Bells and Whistles GameLesson 4: Riding Around   Let's Go Riding   There's a Little Wheel   Little Wheel DanceLesson 5: Hear the Musicians   Row, Row, Row Your Boat   Are You Sleeping?   Wiggle Circle Dance   One, Two, Everyone Puzzle   Who Will Sing? GameLesson 6: Knock! Knock!   Somebody's Knocking at My Door   Knock! Knock! Game   My Aunt Jane (Mother Goose rhyme)Lesson 7: Family and Friends   London Bridge   At My House   At My SchoolLesson 8: Bugle Calls   Reveille   TapsIndex of Songs, Poems, and Games