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101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books)

101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books)

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Author: Storms & Hurd
Creator: Cecilia Bowman
Brand: GRYPHON HOUSE
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
Sales Rank: 33887

Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.6

ISBN: 0897931645
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.42
EAN: 9780897931649
ASIN: 0897931645

Publication Date: March 24, 1995
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Product Description
A collection of more than one hundred melodic amusements, rhythmic routines, and philharmonic fun and games for parents, teachers, scout leaders, or anyone wishing to utilize the wonderful medium of music to elicit creativity and encourage learning among young people.


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4 out of 5 stars Useful for teachers needed to add in music   October 24, 2008
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.


2 out of 5 stars Not as useful as I'd thought.   September 14, 2008
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

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Overall, this book seems very outdated in it's ideas and games.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.



5 out of 5 stars Games for Children (musical)   May 24, 2008
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!! This book has been so helpful in my children's ministry at church.


4 out of 5 stars Good book, not as musical as I thought.   September 13, 2005
 23 out of 24 found this review helpful

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.


5 out of 5 stars Great Resource!   August 2, 2005
 11 out of 12 found this review helpful

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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