Learning Through Music

Learning Through Music By Herbert Levin and Gail Levin 150 pages A collection of 42 musical activities designed for classroom teachers, music teachers and music therapists to use in their work with children of various ages, abilities, and needs at the primary level. With over 100 variations, involving singing, moving and playing instruments, these developmentally sequenced activities have been carefully crafted to help children develop: perceptual motor abilities, attentional skills, behavioral limits, speech and language skills, and relational concepts. The music is superb, the piano accompaniments are easy, the activities are great fun for the children, and each one comes with complete instructions on how to engage children at various levels of difficulty. Inasmuch as this a reprinting of their highly acclaimed original work of the same title, the effectiveness of these activities has already been demonstrated in various settings. Contents Author's Preface INTRODUCTION , Before You Begin , Activity Description Page ,,; Level ,,; Children Required ,,; Instrument Required ,,; Instrument Symbols ,,; About the Instruments , General Teaching Suggestions ,,; Playing the Instruments ,,; Directing Techniques ,,; Pacing ,,; Using Cassette Recordings ,,; Working Arrangements ,,; Spplementary Activities PRE-PRIMARY INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES , Activity #1; "To the Music I" and Activity #2;"To the Music II" , Activity #3,"Taking Turns" , Acitivity #4; "Come, Come, Come" , Activity #5; "Sleeping Song" , Activity #6; "Stand Up" , Activity #7; "Now Beat One" PRIMARY INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES , Activity #8; "Beat the Drum Once" , Activity #9; "Copy Cat I" and Activity #10 "Copy Cat II" , Activity #11; "One"; Activity #12 "Two"; Activity #13 "Three" , Activity #14 "Play Your Bell One Time" , Acivity #15; "Busy Hands" INTERMEDIATE INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES , Activity #16; "The Drum Got Cold" , Activity #17; "Two and Three" , Activity #18; "Quietly" , Activity #19; "Drums Four and Five" , Activity #20; "Slow Horns" , Activity #21; "Bell Dance" , Activity #22; "One Bell, Two Bells" , Activity #23; "Drums Ten and Nine" , Activity #24; "Sad Bells" , Activity #25; "Magic Wand" , Activity #26; ""Drums Five and Six" , Activity #27; "Drums Six and Seven" ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES , Activity #28; "Drummer Boy" , Activity #29 "Hurry Horns" , Activity #30; "Try and Catch Me" ,; Activity #31; "Jack in the Box" , Activity #32; "Spooky Bells" , Activity #33; "Echoes" , Activity #34; "March of the Magic Mingos" , Activity #35; "What Do You See in the Sky?" , Activity #36; "Two Shoes" , Activity #37; "Color Song" , Activity #38; "If - Then" , Activity #39; "Is - Are" , Activity #40; "This - That" , Activity #41; "Similie Song" , Activity #42; "Happy Things" RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES , Perceptual-Motor Development , Attention and Limit Setting , Language Development , Relational Concepts Bibliography and Resources