Fine Musician Friends

This collection has eight music lessons designed for the early grades teacher or substitute with a limited music background. The lessons are in easy-to-follow outline format. Average lesson length is 30-40 minutes.

Most songs are familiar or use piggback lyrics. Melodies are notated on the treble clef. All songs, poems, dances and games are recorded on the enclosed CD. Sometimes an adult male does the singing and other times either a female or child's voice is used. Most instructions are recorded on the CD so substitutes can simply play the CD while following the lesson outline.

The book includes many theme-oriented lessons with musical outcomes. Everything is fully reproducible.

Contents:

Lesson 1:
Silly Sally Sings (forte, piano)
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
A Ram Sam Sam
John Brown's Baby
Silly Sally

Lesson 2:
Five Good Friends (speaking voice/singing voice, call and response)
Five Good Friends
Johnny He Had Seven Friends
My Friends Mini-Songbook

Lesson 3:
Shining Star (verse, lyrics)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle Dance Twinkle Music
Twinkle Sing
This Little Light of Mine

Lesson 4:
Fine Musician (instruments)
I Am a Fine Musician
Fine Musicians
Listen Game

Lesson 5:
Freight at Eight (repetition, repeat sign)
The Keel Row Repeat Dance
Freight at Eight
Repeat or Not Game

Lesson 6:
Zacho Zoom Zoom! (high, medium, and low in sound and movement; unison singing)
Zooming!, Zooming Around
Pitch and Play Game
Zacho

Lesson 7:
Camel Boom Boom! (play instruments on cue; recognize staff notes that go up, down, or repeat)
Alice the Camel
High or Low?
Boom Boom Boom Boom!
Boom Tap and Ring!
Game

Lesson 8:
Quack Quack Quack (verse, play instruments on musical cue, create verses)
Five Little Ducklings
Three-in-a-Row Game
Where Did the Ducklings, Go?
Songbook