- 52 pages with new song material, (hear samples below)
- The philosophy….understanding how children
learn to sing
- Full of great photos suggestions for ideas at
a glance
See samples below
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- Manual for teachers, parents & adults
working with children
- Easy to follow, innovative lesson ideas,
- Movement activities, dances, games, instruments, puppets, simple props and
more
- Photo-copiable word
handouts
- Teaching points, tone sets, rhythmic elements, etc.
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Accompaniment scores for older children to perform on a range of
classroom instruments,
- Activity suggestions for babies, toddlers,
preschoolers and school aged children
- Mini musical performance possibilities for children
To hear a track sample click on the music score
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Suggested Activities: Follow the dance
lyrics: jump up, squat down, hand over eyes- turn around.
Chorus: do use outstretched fingers,
shaking hands and dance with swinging arms, one foot planted on the
ground the other swinging- to the
front, to the back, to the front, to the back etc.
finishing with a bow (hands by sides). For best results, this step should be taught and
practiced. |
Tone Set: m, fi,
si, l d m l’ Rhythmic
Elements: Teaching
Points: Melodic minor
scale, m fi
si l
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Suggested
Activities:
Make a circle. Stand like a penguin, hands tucked into your sides and knees
together toes facing outward.…sing and echo sing while following all the
dance instructions in the song. Begin by waddling or doing the ‘Charlie
Chaplin’ type of shuffle in a circle. Shuffle left, then right, spin around,
flap wings (arms) into your sides, shuffle in, shuffle
out, flap wings and then with outstretched arms tucked close to the body, do
3 claps. Fun to do all the while echoing what the leader sings! |
Tone Set: d r m f s l t d’ Rhythmic
Elements:
Teaching
Points: t or f & ties Ionian mode or a
major scale - F major Conducting
in 4 taa time and following two parts of music. |
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Suggested
Activities:
Dance in a circle and do all actions. Make up your own veres,
Make a long list of all the Aussie animals you want to sing about…. Ask for solo
singers to sing next instruction. Between each verse in rhythmical fashion
teacher moves and calls out movement, eg jump jump jump, prance prance prance….children copy in
time to Try
this with instruments: * shaking -dig echidnas
dig dig dig- use egg maraccas *
tapping- peck emus peck, just peck peck peck- use claves * scraping -Climb koalas climb climb climb-guiros * ringing -fly cockatoos just flap your wings,
-bells Another
version with instruments: 'Round
in a circle let's all play let’s play altogether play
Aussie band, just; shake, bounce, tap, ring, scrape, Bush
mates now forever! |
Tone Set: r f s l t Rhythmic
Elements:
Teaching
Points:
Mixolydian mode. Conducting in 2/4 time. Make up your own
verses and rhythmic patterns |
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Suggested
Activities:
Dig, roll, crawl, waddle, and follow actions. Pass the wombat puppet so that many
repetitions can be sung. Sing in combination with wombats waddling, back to
back, so that you hear the different modalities and time signatures. |
Tone
Set:
s,
d r m f s l t d’ r’ Rhythmic
Elements:
Teaching
Points: Conducting
5/4 time |
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Suggested
Activities:
Present the story and perform as a mini musical with parts for a narrator,
frog and a range of Aussie animals. Great when presented with puppets, some
frog guiros and a range of tuned and non tuned percussion. Use egg maracas
for snakes, rainstick for rain sounds, vibraslap for kangaroo, tone block for wombat, wooden
effects for eel…..etc. |
Tone Set: t d r m f s l t d’ r Rhythmic
Features:
Teaching Points: Phrygian mode
Conducting in
4 taa
time Read
accompaniments patterns supplied or create your own. |
Prices as follows:
Swing It Possum!
CD $33.00 (+postage)
Double
CD- with accompaniment tracks $37.00
(+postage)
Teacher’s
Manual $48.00 (+postage)
