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101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books) |
Author: Storms & Hurd
Published: 1995-03-24 |
List price: $14.95
Our price: $10.17
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As of: December 01st, 2008 03:35:19 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Useful for teachers needed to add in music
These games are great for using music to stimulate thinking, planning and connecting with emotional response. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS BOOK if you are looking for ideas around a progressive (building each week on previously learned) music skills education curriculum. It is great for incorporating music, rhythm and sound into everyday teaching environment.
 Not as useful as I'd thought.
After reading the raving reviews I ordered the book - I needed ideas and help because I'm a music teacher who is now teaching elementary music, yet I had limited experience in that area. I couldn't afford the Kodaly books, so I thought this would be a good start.
What a disappointment! A lot of the games involve blindfolding the students, which isn't appropriate in classrooms anymore, especially because most elementary music classes will have 20-30 kids, no matter what size the school. On top of that, the games don't actually involve the kids singing much - there are rhythm games, but good ones are very few.
Overall, this book seems very outdated in it's ideas and games. It wasn't a wise investment for me.
 Games for Children (musical)
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!! This book has been so helpful in my children's ministry at church.
Good book, not as musical as I thought.
This is a good book for music teachers to have, but don't expect to use all 101 games. Many are variations on a theme, are impratical in the classroom, or simply are not very musical. An example of this is a game where students have to act out the titles of songs, like Charades. Sure, it'd probably be fun, but it's hard to say what the students are actually learning about music from that. I'd say there's 10-15 games I think I might use - or leave for a sub to use. I also would modify most of them to make them more appropriate for a limited classroom space.
Great Resource!
This book is SO GREAT for teaching music and music themes at home. It works for any number of children, but it is best for a small group of about 3-6. I used it with only one, and it worked ok with some modification. Great variety of games that kids really enjoy playing!
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