Bøger af John M. Feierabend

Co-published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education Presents ideas about the most effective, developmentally appropriate, and enjoyable ways to introduce young children to music. Includes ideas for developing different musical concepts, managing groups of children, and developing community interest in early childhood music programs.

Explores the wonders of the human voice with the fun, magical activities. Whether it's whooshing or shushing, hooting or booing, the human voice is capable of creating all kinds of sounds. This book allows children to discover these sounds through ideas, poems, stories, and songs that invite vocal participation from all involved.

These activities bring out the strong movement impulses in children, who love to burn off energy by spontaneously dancing around the living room or running from place to place. Children will develop an awareness for their bodies, time, space, weight, locomotion, flow, and shape. Performed quickly or slowly, with music or without, solo or in a group, these activities make for fun, engaging educational experiences for children.

A classic folksong is brought vividly to life in this enchanting children's picture book, accompanied by beautiful paintings that capture the essence and wonder of this story and pull the reader in to a fantastic world of music and wonder. "e;There was a Man and He Was Mad"e; exists in many variations, and was popular as early as 1886, when James Orchard Halliwell published it in his "e;The Nursery Rhymes of England."e; The melody is very simple and therefore easy to learn, and is reminiscent of the favorite children's folk song, "e;Old McDonald."e; Throughout its aural life, "e;There Was a Man and He Was Mad"e; has been continually reinvented for no other reason than the pleasure of placing this man in more and more ridiculous situations. This book captures one of the many wonderful versions of the song-with an added twist!