GIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Your sound. Inspired.

  1. PRODUCTS
  2. Book
  3. The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions

The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions

Revised Edition

John M. Feierabend

Text Author: John M. Feierabend

© 2004 GIA.

Item #: G-5879     Status: Available

$19.95 Ship

Series: First Steps in Music

Description:

Click here to download the 2020 Supplement to First Steps in Music.

Over the past year, a committee formed by the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) developed a set of standards for evaluating repertoire associated with the curriculum. With their guidance, we have removed several songs that were deemed to be harmful, derogatory, or disrespectful in regard to their histories or context. We have also added a number of new songs and rhymes from a variety of world cultures. The above link details these revisions for the curriculum book and the supplemental folk song collections.

 

It feels great to get into a rhythm! Establishing a feeling for the beat is central to all rhythmic development, and with The Book of Songs and Rhymes with Beat Motions children of all ages can enjoy fun games while developing a feel for rhythm patterns. Whether felt in the hands, the feet, or with the whole body, the games in this book will have all participants keeping the beat.

Because they are easy to learn and fun to play, songs and rhymes with beat motions are a wonderful way to engage children, while at the same time planting seeds of musical sensitivity and imagination. This special book, for the first time, collects the most cherished of these songs and rhymes (some in danger of being lost or forgotten), enabling your family to carry on the tradition of laughter and learning for generations!

John M. Feierabend, PhD, has spent decades compiling songs and rhymes from the memories of the American people in hopes that these treasures will be preserved for future generations. He is a leading authority on child development in music and movement and served as Professor and Chair of the Music Education Department of the Hartt School of the University of Hartford.

Categories: Children and Youth, Skill Building

Number of Pages: 144

Language: English

Format: Softcover

RELATED RESOURCES