Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!

Fun, fun and more fun! What more could you ask for than a resource that will have students begging to listen to more classical music? In Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!, Artie Almeida shares some of her most-beloved guided listening and movement-based lessons. These lessons offer a wonderful opportunity to build a school/home/family connection.

Artie sends home Family Musical Moment notes to encourage families to share the experience by downloading the piece of music and listening to it together. Each lesson in this book has a page of Family Musical Moment Notes in the online data files as well as in reproducibles throughout the book's pages.

The included access to online resources features orchestral tracks from the Naxos recording label, video performances of the lessons, and reproducible visuals and teaching aids. Look on page 6 to see how to access these resources.

Pull out your favorite movement props and let the learning - and listening - begin!

Contents:

• Tips and Suggestions
• "Finale" to the Overture from William Tell
• Guided Listing with Non-Pitched Percussion Form Chart
• Guided Listening with Parachute Play
• Flashlight Activity
• The Syncopated Clock
• Moving with Scarves
• Form Chart
• Vocabulary
• Flash Cards
• The Wild Horseman
• Giddy-Up! A Stick-Horse Activity
• Form Chart
• "Galop" from The Comedians
• A Ribbon Streamer Movement Activity
• Form Chart
• "March" from The Nutcracker
• A Form Lesson Activated with Plastic Plates
• Form Chart
• A Form Lesson Activated with Large Plastic Candy Canes
• A Form Lesson Activated with a Stretchy Band
• "Trepak (Russian Dance)" from The Nutcracker
• A Form Lesson Activated with Ribbon Wands
• Form Chart; A Form Lesson Activated with Parachute Play
• "Viennese Musical Clock" from Hary Janos Suite
• Movement with Large Scarves
• Form Chart
• Creative Movement Groups
• Rondo Alla Turca
• Guided Listening with Student Responder Packs
• Form Chart
• Mozart Scramble
• Info Sheet
• Animal Responders
• The Stars and Stripes Forever
• Flag Routine
• Form Chart
• Picture of John Philip Sousa
• El Capitan
• A Plastic Cup Routine
• Form Chart
• Picture of El Capitan
• "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
• Experiencing Tempo and Dynamics with Kickballs and Guiros
• Vocabulary Flash Cards