Jump Right In Grade 1, Teacher

The Jump Right In series is based on how children learn music rather than how it has always been taught. It focuses on helping children learn to audiate and become independent, creative musicians, and features folk repertoire from around the world as well as adaptable lessons to meet the needs of all children.

The included CD features high-quality recordings of every song. This teacher's guide has lesson plans, indices, and scope and sequence information.

Book 1 is intended for first grade classes. Topics include:

• Singing – unison, solo, and ostinato
• Chanting – unison and solo
• Stylistic Movement – body awareness, self-space, shared space, flow, weight, space, and time
• Beat Movement – bilateral, alternating, locomotor, and creative
• Dance – circle games and action songs
• Instruments – small percussion and tone bars
• Musical Concepts – Resting Tone, macrobeats, microbeats, timbre recognition, dynamics, and phrase

Contents:

• Jump Right In: The Comprehensive Music Curriculum
• Understanding Music Through Audiation of Tonalities and Meters
• Modes of Performance
• Using the Teacher's Edition
• Music Aptitude
• Measurement, Evaluation, and Testing
• Scope and Sequence
• Coordination with Instrumental Music
• Philosophy
• Unit 1: Fall
• Unit 2: Winter
• Unit 3: Spring
• Unit 4: Summer
• Index