Making music with traditional stories (Guinness British Hit Singles - David Roberts (Editor))

Member Name: melliemel

Product:	Guinness British Hit Singles - David Roberts (Editor)
Date:	11/11/02 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: Well known stories, Help with how to introduce music into stories, Tunes easily identifiable

Disadvantages: On the expensive side but worth it!

I was recommended, Three Singing Pigs by Kaye Umansky, by a friend when I first began to teach music and singing to a group of 5-7 year olds. The book features 13 stories with musical elements; these range from simple rhymes to well known tunes to activities and games. Stories include: Little Red Hen, Three Billy Goats Gruff and the Hairy Scarey Castle.

The stories cover musical elements such as pulse and rhythm, and explains how to present these concepts to young children. It also provides instructions on how to make simple instruments to produce sounds which accompany the stories. At the back of the book melody lines are also provided for each story.

I have used most of these stories in class to encourage children to be creative in how they make and use sound. I think the most popular has been the Hairy Scarey Castle which they were singing for about six weeks after!

I know there are other books in the series: Three Tapping Teddys, which is for the under fives and explores rhythm; Bobby Shaftoe Clap Your Hands, which uses everyday nursery rhyme tunes to explore colours and everyday actions. These all provide a doorway into the National Curriculum for music and are also FUN!
A&C Black are the publishers

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