Shawnee Press It's a Great Day for Music: Rhythm, Orff and Song for All Year Long - Lamb - Book

Composer: Jane Lamb
Format: Softcover
Version: Classroom Materials
Level: Grade K-5

This inspiring Orff collection is jam-packed with musical creativity for your K-5 Orff classroom. Songs for rhythm speech and exact pitch singing are included and written to teach steady beat, movement and use of barred and non-pitched percussion ostinato. Other teaching highlights include rhythmic and melodic writing for students, improvisation, musical styles and solfege. Think of each piece as a starting point for your students to unleash their creativity!

Full scores, helpful teaching suggestions, lesson objectives and extensions are provided, along with digital access to PDFs of singer songsheets. 23 songs. Suggested for grades K-5.

Song List:

• Animal Sounds
• Animals Say
• Beat Bear
• Bumble Bee
• Caterpillar, Caterpillar
• The Color Song
• Come Along
• Five Frogs On A Log
• Five Little Frogs
• Five Little Piggies
• Howdy Do
• I Like To Go To School
• It's A Great Day For Music
• It's Raining
• Katy Kangaroo
• Moving Day
• Pizza
• Play Your Name
• School Is Cool
• Sing Me Your Name
• Spot
• Tacos
• Your Favorite Dog