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Kids Can Move! Lesson Plan Book
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Kids Can Move! Lesson Plan Book
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This book contains a CD with all the recordings needed for the lessons! Listening to the Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move! CD and choosing your favorite pieces is a great way to get started. Consider listening to the CD (perhaps in your car) to select pieces you think your children would enjoy. Next, read through the activities and see what looks fun. If you are excited about the activity and the music, your students will be too!
For many of the activities, listening to the music as you follow along and reading the suggestions in the book will be enough for you to introduce the lesson to your students. Other activities may require several listening sessions so you are clear with the form.
The stories and movement ideas in this book are meant to be a starting place for you. If some of the images presented feel awkward to you or a story contains something to which your students or child cannot relate, adapt the material appropriately to your situation. Simplify activities for younger students; add challenges for older students.
Use repetition with variety. We love what we know! I suggest introducing a few pieces of music and becoming very familiar with them as opposed to using many pieces of music and giving the children only one listening opportunity. The first time I played Carmina Burana for my students, they didn't love it the same way they did after we had listened to it repeatedly. One week we danced with scarves. One week we were seated as we played instruments to it. Another week we performed it with four groups, each playing a different part using scarves, finger cymbals, shaker eggs, or hand drums. Then, of course, we did this another week so they could have a turn in a different group. To encourage familiarity, I also play the music as the students enter and exit the classroom. Many teachers and parents have asked me where this music can be purchased; this level of enjoyment would not have happened if we had listened only one time. This is also why I like to include a goodbye song as a listening lesson. (See the goodbye songs included in this book beginning on page 32.)
Depending on the age and the demeanor of your group, it is sometimes a good idea to set up a few guidelines for the listening lessons. These may include:
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CD |
Selection |
Composer |
Page |
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1 |
The Syncopated Clock |
Leroy Anderson (U.S.,1908-1975) |
6 |
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2 |
Forgotten Dreams |
Leroy Anderson |
8 |
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3 |
Sleigh Ride |
Leroy Anderson |
9 |
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4 |
Lieutenant Kue, from Symphonic Suite, Op, 60 (Troika) |
SergeiProkofiev (Russia, 1891-1953) |
10 |
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5 |
Hungarian Dance No. 6 |
Johannes Brahms (Germany, 1833-1897) |
12 |
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6 |
Run, Run! From Memories of Childhood |
Octavio Pinto (Brazil, 1890-1950) |
13 |
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7 |
Children's March ("Over the Hills and Far Away") |
Percy Grainger (U.S., Australian-born, 1882-1961) |
14 |
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8 |
Creatures of the Garden |
Herbert Donaldson (U.S., b,1918) |
15 |
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9 |
The Wild Horseman |
Robert Schumann (Germany,1810-1856)(arr.Donaldson) |
16 |
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10 |
Chinese Dance, from the Nutcracker |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russia, 1840-1893) |
17 |
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11 |
Trepak Dance, from The Nutcracker |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
18 |
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12 |
March, from The Nutcracker |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
19 |
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13 |
Prelude to Act 1, from Carmen (Theme 1) |
Georges Bizet (France, 1838-1875) |
20 |
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14 |
Viennese Musical Clock, from Háry János Suite |
Zoltan Kodály (Hungary, 1882-1967) |
21 |
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15 |
Hungarian Dance No, 5 |
Johannes Brahm |
25 |
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16 |
Colonel Bogey March |
Kenneth Alford (U.S., 1881-1945) |
25 |
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17 |
Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals |
Camille Saint-Saens (France, 1835-1921) |
26 |
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18 |
Kangaroos, from Carnival of the Animals |
Camille Saint-Saens |
27 |
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19 |
The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods, from Carnival of the Animals |
CamilleSaint-Saens |
28 |
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20 |
Pizzicato, from Sylvja, ou la nymphe de Diane |
Leo Delibes (France, 1836-1891) |
29 |
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21 |
Primo Vere: V. Ecce Gratum, from Carmina Burana |
Carl Orff (Germany,1895-1982) |
30 |
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GOODBYE SONGS |
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22 |
"Come, My Friends", a melody from Symphony No, 6 (Pastorale), Op, 68 (Allegretto) |
Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany, 1770-1827) |
32 |
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23 |
Theme and Variations, from Surprise Symphony |
Franz Josef Haydn (Austria,1732-1809) |
34 |
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24 |
Adagio, from Symphony No,1 |
Johannes Brahms |
36 |
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25 |
Largo, from Symphony No,9 (New World) |
Antonin Dvorak (Czechoslovakia,1841-1904) |
37 |
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Lynn Kleiner began her "active" approach to music education in 1978. In 1983, she founded Music Rhapsody, a music school based in southern California for parents and infants, toddlers, and young children through eighth grade Orff and recorder ensembles. For years, Lynn has been a frequent presenter for international music educators' organizations including MENC, the American Therapy Association, the American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA), the Victorian Orff Association (Australia), Music Alberta, Canada; state Orff chapters, school districts, early childhood associations, and parent groups worldwide. Lynn is author of three Warner Bros. Publications books: "Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too!", "In All Kinds of Weather Kids Make Music!", and "Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move!" Lynn also has her own line of percussion instruments through REMO. Lynn's instrument and video kits have received the prestigious Oppenheim Award, the Dove Award, and the recommendation of the National Parenting Association. Her video, In All Kinds of Weather; Kids Make Music! Was named Parenting magazine's video pick of the month. Lynn holds a bachelor of music degree from Eastern Illinois University and has completed graduate studies at Arizona State University. Her Orff teacher's certificate and Master certification are both from Memphis State University. Lynn offers a teacher training course each summer in southern California and has had teachers from all over the world come to her "Kids Make Music" seminars. For more information about teacher training, see workshops at musicrhapsody.com. Lynn Kleiner |
