The Book of Movement Exploration: Can You Move Like This? (First Steps in Music series)

I'm a huge fan of John Feierabend's elementary school music curriculum. I think this is one of his best books. As a former singer/actor, I love the idea of introducing fun movement games into the elementary music classroom, especially the kind of imaginative games that are found in great acting/improv classes. Here are just a few examples: playing slow classical music and having the kids walk across the room as if they're moving through Jell-o, playing classical music and having students walk when you walk and freeze when you freeze, and playing classical music while pretending to be stars dancing through the universe. The kids LOVE these imaginative games, and are constantly asking to play them again and again. I let one of my 2nd grade classes have a "game day" once, and they said "can we play the walking through Jell-o game?". Kid tested. Teacher approved.

I have met John Feierabend in person and let me say I was honored to have this in my collection. I teach 3 year olds and the activities are perfect for that age.

This book was another one my daughter was looking for to help her at college. It was in great condition and is the exact thing my daughter needed for her class. Thanks

All Feirabends books are accessible and you can use the activities right away.This books gives you terminology for the movement along all sorts of ideas and music for applying the theory.

Good to have in your repertoire for movement activities. Could be used in music, gym, dance, or just as a regular classroom activity.

For my daughter's first year teaching. Just what she wanted.

this series of books by John Fierabend is a must have for any music educator.. great buys on Amazon...great materials for the general music ed classroom and very useful for special needs classrooms also.

Thank you John Feierabend for all you do for us Music Teachers. My kids love all the activities so far.

Das vorliegende Buch bietet Erzieherinnen im U3-Bereich neue Anregungen. Es ist verständlich aufgebaut und liefert neue Ideen für die Arbeit mit Kindern unter 3 in Kindergärten und Tagesstätten- auch für musikalisch eher "unerfahrene" Erzieherinnen. Die Verse in englischer Sprache können mit etwas Phantasie gut ins Deutsche übertragen werden. Gut geeignet auch für erste Schritte in der Fremdsprache im Elementarbereich!