A collection of engaging units for using mallet instruments and drums in the music classroom
Artie Almeida Book/Reproducible
Grades K–6 • The activities in the Mallet Madness series utilize songs, poems, music-to-literature connections, and reproducible flashcards to promote learning in the areas of beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expressive qualities. And because of its unique rotation system, your students will play all of the instruments in nearly every lesson.
Product Type: General Music Division: Heritage Music Press Usage/Emphasis: General Difficulty:K-6 Product code:30/2187H
Content
Introduction 3
Instrument Setup 4
Sample Floor Plans 5
The Rotation 6
Music and Literature Connections Suggestions 7
Before You Begin: A Few Reminders 7
Pentatonic Scales 11
Getting Started: Tips for Success 12
Warmups (K-6) 20
Body Director (K-6) 23
Notes and Rests (1-6) 24
Crazy Eights (3-6) 30
Instrument Hopscotch (3-6) 31
Pease Porridge (2-6) 32
1-2 Buckle My Shoe (K-3) 33
Jack and Jill (K-6) 34
2-4-6-8 (2-6) 35
Walk the Dog (K-3) 41
Fuzzy Wuzzy (3-6) 42
Peanut Butter Pie (3-6) 43
The Respect Rap (2-6) 44
Icka Backa Boo (2-4) 45
Melodic Explorations: Direction and Register (K-6) 46
Up and Down in Mallet Town (K-6) 51
C Scale Explorations (2-6) 56
Little Bunny Foo Foo (K-3) 57
Wee Willie Winkie (K-4) 58
The Grand Old Duke of York (K-6) 59
Chinese Ribbon Dance (3-6) 60
Aleatoric Music (K-6) 62
Listen to the Glockenspiels (2-6) 63
Borduns (2-6) 65
Jump Frog Jump (K-2) 71
Mortimer (K-3) 72
In the Tall Tall Grass (K-3) 73
Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop (K-3) 74
Rumble in the Jungle (K-6) 75
Peanut Butter and Jelly (K-3) 76
Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (1-4) 79