First Steps In Music

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The Book Of Call & Response TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction
  • Snaps & Snails (Songs about boys)
  • Green Green Rocky
  • John Belly Grow
  • Boney Was A Warrior
  • Santa Anna
  • Little Johnny Brown
  • Sugar & Spice (Songs about girls)
  • C-Line Woman
  • The Churchyard Door
  • Darling Rosie
  • Sally Brown
  • Jane, Jane
  • Miss Julie Ann Johnson
  • Miss Mary Mack
  • Shoo! Shoo!
  • There Was An Old Woman
  • Won't You Go My Way?
  • On the Phone
  • Someone's On The Phone
  • The Telephone
  • Fur, Feathers & Fins
  • Blackhorn
  • Carrion Crow
  • Chinene Nye? (What Is Big?)
  • Did You Feed My Chickens?
  • Did You Feed My Cow?
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Hill And Gully Rider
  • Mule Song
  • John The Rabbit (Version 1)
  • John The Rabbit (Version 2)
  • Lucy Rabbit
  • Rabbit Run
  • Tree'd A Rabbit
  • Sea Lion
  • Who's Got A Fish Pole?
  • Places Near & Far
  • Amasee
  • All Around The Kitchen
  • Bonnie Highland Laddie
  • Chicka-Hanka
  • Did You Go To The Barny?
  • Goin' Down To Cairo
  • How Many Miles To Babylon
  • I Got A Letter
  • Little Girl, Little Boy
  • Shooliloo
  • Step Back Baby
  • Stooping On The Window
  • Way Down Yonder
  • Way Down In North Carolina
  • Songs of Faith
  • Mary Had A Baby
  • Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again
  • Jubilee
  • Michael Row The Boat
  • Noah Built Himself An Arc
  • Preacher Went A-Huntin'
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Train Is A-Comin'
  • Wade In The Water
  • Come Sail Away
  • Cape Cod Girls
  • Blow The Man Down
  • Haul The Bowline
  • Pay Me My Money Down
  • Sing Hurrah, Boys
  • Reuben Renzo
  • So Handy
  • A Yankee Ship
  • Hashewie (Eritrea)

The Book Of Echo Songs TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Alabama Bound
  • All Hid
  • All Night Long
  • Banks Of The Ohio
  • Bill Grogan's Goat
  • Bury Me Not
  • Caney Mi Macaro
  • Charlie Over The Ocean
  • Come All Ye Fair Ladies
  • Come Along
  • The Deacon Went Down
  • Down By The Bay
  • Ev'ry Night
  • Flea! Fly!
  • Freedom Land
  • Hang About
  • He, He, Wanna Wawate
  • I Met A Bear
  • In The Woods
  • Kye, Kye, Kule
  • The Littlest Worm
  • Long John
  • My Aunt Came Back
  • My Name Is Michael
  • No More, My Lord
  • No More Pie
  • Old Texas
  • Old John Henry
  • The Prettiest Girl
  • Purple Light
  • Ricka Bamboo
  • This Old Hammer
  • Trail To Mexico
  • Tongo
  • Up Above My Head
  • Where, Oh Where
  • The Water Is Wide
  • Who Did Swallow Jonah?
  • Wise Old Owl
  • You Can't Get To Heaven

The Book Of Pitch Exploration TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction
  • Ideas
  • Back Shapes
  • Bounce, Aim and Shoot
  • Elevator Operator Shapes
  • Find Your Family
  • Find Your Partner
  • Helium Balloon
  • Parachute Game
  • Pass the Owl
  • Yarn Shapes (Floor Yarn)
  • Flashlight
  • Flying Puppets
  • Pattern Memory
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Pitch Conducting
  • Ribbon on a Stick
  • Roller Coaster
  • Rubber Bands
  • Squirt Gun
  • Sirens
  • Instrumental Glissandi
  • Sound Cards
  • Tape Measure
  • Toss Across
  • Toys That Move
  • Wind Game
  • Vocal Wave
  • Yawning and Stretching
  • Yoo-Hoo
  • Whale Sounds
  • Poems and Stories
  • Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle
  • Big Pig
  • Two Little Puppets
  • Whoops, Pardon Me!
  • Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
  • The Blue Cockatoo
  • I Thought I Heard a Puppy Whine
  • Cowboy Joe
  • An Old Woman
  • Andrew Got a Pogo Stick
  • Laugh Like a Loon
  • On a Dark and Stormy Night
  • The Airplane Ride
  • The Ice Cream Sundae
  • Songs
  • Allee Galloo
  • Ghost Song
  • Little Red Caboose
  • She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain
  • Books
  • Georgie the Ghost, by Robert Bright
  • Ooops!, by Suzy Kline
  • Gingerbread Man, by Paul Galdone
  • Index

The Book Of Children's Song Tales TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction
  • Love and Marriage
  • The Deaf Woman's Courtship
  • The Crabfish
  • Froggie Went A-Courtin'
  • Fiddle-Dee-Dee
  • 'Twas On A Monday Morning
  • The Frog And The Mouse
  • Lazy John
  • Soldier, Soldier
  • Risseldy Rosseldy
  • Robin A Thrush
  • The Leather-Winged Bat
  • Who's Who?
  • King Arthur
  • Jennie Jenkins
  • There Was An Old Woman
  • Maschero
  • There Was Once A Princess
  • Clever Beasties
  • The Farmyard
  • The Derby Ram
  • The Fox
  • Kitty Alone
  • The Fox Went Out
  • Long Time Ago
  • The North Wind Doth Blow
  • Little Black Bull
  • There Was A Bullfrog
  • Three Little Kittens
  • A-One, A-Two, A-Three
  • One Wide River
  • Over In The Meadow
  • The Keeper
  • A Riddle and Three Swaps
  • The Riddle Song
  • The Swapping Song
  • The Sow Took The Measles
  • And So On And So On
  • Old MacDonald
  • Had A Little Rooster
  • Bought Me A Cat
  • Oh, In The Woods
  • There Was An Old Lady
  • And Then What?
  • There Was A Man
  • Momma, Buy Me A China Doll
  • Let's Go Hunting
  • Let's Go To The Woods
  • Three Jovial Huntsman
  • Old Obidiah
  • There's A Hole In My Bucket
  • Oops!
  • Bertie Bubble
  • The Boll Weevil
  • The Frog And The Crow
  • May Day In The Morning
  • Michael Finnegan
  • The Lephrchaun
  • Piggy Wig And Piggy Wee
  • Old Joe Clark
  • The Tailor And The Mouse
  • Tommy And The Apples
  • The Tune The Old Crow Tried To Sing
  • Going, Going
  • A Ship A-Sailing
  • I'm Gonna Pick My Banjo
  • I'll Sell My Hat
  • Over The River
  • And That's The End
  • Cockles And Mussels
  • The Carrion Crow
  • The Old Woman And The Pig
  • Oh, Blue (Version 1)
  • Oh, Blue (Version 2)
  • Tooriltetoo
  • Who Killed Cock Robin?
  • Don Gato (Mexico)

The Book Of Songs & Rhymes With Beat Motions TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction
  • Follow the Child's Beat
  • Ambos A Dos
  • Dame Get Up
  • Hey, Betty Martin
  • Did You Ever See A Lassie?
  • Do, Do, Pity My Case
  • Down In The Valley
  • Haul Away Joe
  • My Mother Sent Me Unto You
  • Puncinella
  • Rock Candy
  • Santa Maloney
  • The Farmer
  • The Monkey Stomps His Feet
  • Follow the Child's Beat Using Instruments
  • Fiddlers Playing
  • Hickory, Dickory, Dock
  • Engine, Engine
  • When I Was A Shoemaker
  • William He Had Seven Sons
  • Frog In The Meadow
  • Listen, Listen
  • Cobbler, Cobbler
  • There's A Cobbler
  • Stationary Beat
  • Aiken Drum
  • Aserrín
  • Bling, Blang
  • I Can Hammer
  • Johnny Had One Friend
  • Johnny Works With One Hammer
  • Kye Kye, Kule
  • Mother Goonie Bird
  • My Aunt Came Back
  • My Ship Sailed From China
  • One Finger, One Thumb
  • Riding In A Buggy
  • San Sereni
  • The Three Bears
  • Tortillitas
  • Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar?
  • 'Twas On A Monday Morning
  • Head And Shoulders, Baby
  • My Name Is Joe
  • Wash The Dishes
  • We're Gonna Go On A Bear Hunt
  • Zodio
  • Stationary Circles
  • Circle 'Round The Zero
  • Draw Me A Bucket Of Water
  • Doctor Knickerbocker I
  • Doctor Knickerbocker II
  • Here Comes Missis Macaroni
  • Little Johnny Brown
  • Old Obidiah
  • Pizza, Pizza
  • Ali Baba
  • Buzz
  • Jigama, Jigama
  • The Minister's Cat
  • Neighbor, Neighbor
  • Who's The Leader
  • Nievie, Nievie
  • Tweedle, Tweedle
  • Way Down Yonder
  • Wee Melody Man
  • Wishy Washy
  • Passing Objects
  • Stick, Stick
  • Cup, Stick & Stone Passing
  • The Wonder Ball
  • This Is A Pencil
  • Al Citron
  • I Give You A Cat
  • I Pass The Shoe
  • Obwisana
  • Where, Oh, Where
  • Passing the Beat
  • Checkerberry
  • Down On The Banks Of The Hanky Panky
  • Take It
  • A Quackadilioso
  • Beats in Groups of 2 & 3
  • Introduction
  • Beats in 2
  • All The Birds
  • All Fools Day
  • Betty Botter
  • Cinderella
  • Doctor Fell
  • Ducky Duddles
  • Hearts
  • Jerry Hall
  • A Kite
  • Little Guinea Pig
  • A Man Of Words
  • Money Spent
  • Peter Pumpkin Eater
  • St. Dunstan
  • St. Paul's Steeple
  • A Parrot
  • Shoe Our Pony
  • Una Vieja
  • Wise Old Owl
  • I Dropped My Dolly
  • King William
  • Minka
  • Old Aunt Kate
  • Beats in 3
  • "Baroque And Blue"
  • Moses Supposes
  • Old Mother Goose
  • Sing At The Table
  • Bryan O'Lin
  • Terence McDiddler
  • A Well
  • Blow The Wind
  • Cockles And Mussels
  • Oh, Dear
  • Schumann Lullaby Op. 124, No. 6
  • Washer Woman
  • Traveling but NOT in a Circle
  • Allee Allee O
  • All 'Round The Brickyard
  • Go 'Round The Mountain
  • Hi-Di-Ho
  • How Do You Do-Ti
  • I Love The Mountains
  • Paige's Train
  • Snail, Snail
  • Rig-A-Jig Jig
  • The Thread Follows The Needle
  • Turn, Cinammon, Turn
  • Wind Up The Apple Tree
  • Left! Left!
  • Left, Left
  • Off To Timbuktu
  • Polly Perkin
  • UnSquare Dancing
  • Traveling Circle Games
  • All Around The Kitchen
  • Dance And Sing Around The Ring
  • Coffee Grows On White Oak Trees
  • Green Gravel
  • Ida Red
  • Jolly Is The Miller
  • O How Lovely Is The Evening
  • Little Speck O'Lady
  • O Sister Phoebe
  • Riding Here To Get Married
  • Sallie Go 'Round
  • Somebody Waiting
  • Tideo
  • Tulilule
  • Walk All Around
  • Walk Along John
  • Simple Dances
  • Four In A Boat
  • Great Big House
  • Pop Goes The Weasel
  • Seven Jumps
  • Three Jolly Fishermen
  • Weevily Wheat
  • Tepok (Malaysian)
  • Yo, Mamana, Yo (Mozambique)

The Book Of Movement Exploration TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Movement Themes Checklist
  • The Five-Course Meal for Movement Classes
  • Theme 1: Awareness of Body Parts & Whole
  • Whole Body Movement
  • Isolated Body Parts
  • Leading with a Part
  • Initiating with a Part
  • Theme 2: Awareness of Time
  • Quick and Slow Movement
  • Clock Time
  • Theme 3: Awareness of Space
  • Personal Space and General Space
  • Direct/Indirect Pathway (Straight/Twisted)
  • Inward Movement (Narrow)
  • Outward Movement (Wide)
  • Direction of Movement
  • Distance of Movement
  • Theme 4: Awareness of Levels
  • Hight/Middle/Low
  • Theme 5: Awareness of Weight
  • Heavy/Light
  • Strong/Gentle
  • Tense/Relaxed
  • Theme 6: Awareness of Locomotion
  • Theme 7: Awareness of Flow
  • Sudden/Sustained
  • Sequential/Simultaneous
  • Bound/Free
  • Theme 8: Awareness of Shape
  • Becoming Shapes
  • Theme 9: Awareness of Others
  • Partners
  • Groups
  • Theme 10: Student Created Movement
  • Representative Movement
  • Non-Representative Movement