From Wibbleton to Wobbleton
Subtitle: adventures with the elements of music and movement
By: James Harding ; illustrated by Eli Noyes
Contributors: Noyes, Eli; Orff, Carl, 1895-1982
Series: Pentatonic Press integrated learning series; Teaching the whole child through music: Creative play; Pentatonic Press integrated learning series; Teaching the whole child through music
Publisher: Pentatonic Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780977371259
Subjects: Activity programs in education; School music; Rhythm bands and orchestras; Activity programs; Instruction and study; Movement education; Games with music; Interdisciplinary approach in education
Notes: "This book contains ... Lessons in integrating music and movement with language arts, math, and science; Lesson plans for both music and classroom teachers; Arrangements for Orff instrument ensemble; Ideas for using the Orff-Schulwerk approach without Orff instruments; Reflections on the place of creative play in education; Ideas for teachers for developing their own materials"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Speech pieces. About speech pieces ; Birds of a feather ; Rules ; Witches and watches ; Farmer's almanac ; How many miles to Babylon? ; Planetary orbits ; Friday the 13th; title: Singing games. Working with the voice (and ear) ; Farmer, farmer ; Cuckoo and eggs ; Locks and keys; title: Featuring props. Working with props ; From Wibbleton to Wobbleton ; Boxes ; Diddle diddle dumpling ; Betty Botter ; Fortune teller/Roses are red; title: Featuring Orff instruments. Working with the Orff ensemble ; Which came first? ; Loose teeth ; Gregory Griggs ; Snakes and ladders ; Billy and me ; Mary Mary quite contrary ; Modes of the pentatonic scale ; The wise old owl ; Warm hands, warm ; The crooked man ; Dr. Seuss ; Mrs. Hen; title: Songs and canons. Singing for the fun of it ; In wisdom's lovely, pleasant ways ; You've changed ; The cuckoo ; A spring round ; 'Round the oak tree; title: Appendices. Playing with the elements of music ; Working with musical notation ; What is Orff Schulwerk?