Music for Special Kids: Musical Activities, Songs, Instruments and Resources

Acknowledgements......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
How to Use This Book......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Singing......Page 20
Increasing Self Esteem through Music and Musical Activities......Page 21
Hello Songs......Page 22
This Is the Way We Start the Day......Page 23
The Hello Rap......Page 24
The Wheels on the Bus......Page 25
John Brown’s Baby......Page 26
Replacing Words with Syllables or Sounds in Familiar Songs......Page 27
The Doo Doo Song......Page 28
Dum Dum Da Da......Page 29
Waddley Ah Cha......Page 30
Boom Chicka Boom......Page 31
The Bear......Page 32
Days of the Week #1......Page 33
Days of the Week #3......Page 34
Months of the Year #2......Page 35
The Name Song......Page 36
Three Little Monkeys......Page 37
Eency Weency Spider......Page 38
Sing and Read Books......Page 39
Song Cards......Page 41
What’s That Song? Game......Page 44
Song Puzzles......Page 45
Singing and Sequencing......Page 46
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Mix Up Game......Page 47
Sing and Whistle Game......Page 50
Playing 
Instruments......Page 52
Play—Stop Game......Page 54
Learning Opposites on the Drum......Page 55
Practicing Number Concepts on the Drum......Page 56
Guess Which Number?......Page 58
Copy Cat......Page 59
Ball Toss on the Drum......Page 60
Syllables on the Drum......Page 61
Sentences on the Drum......Page 63
Bean Bag Game......Page 64
Counting the Strings......Page 65
Learning the Musical Alphabet on the Autoharp......Page 66
Playing Words on the Autoharp......Page 67
Playing a Song on the Autoharp......Page 68
Skip to My Lou......Page 69
Playing Paddle Drums......Page 70
Keyboard......Page 73
Practicing Color Recognition on the Keyboard......Page 74
Practicing Letter Recognition on the Keyboard......Page 75
Practicing Word Recognition on the Keyboard......Page 76
Keyboard Concentration......Page 77
Boomwhackers......Page 78
Boomwhacker Chant......Page 79
Boomwhacker Copy Cat......Page 80
Playing a Song on the Boomwhackers......Page 82
Old MacDonald on the Boomwhackers......Page 83
Making Letters with the Boomwhackers......Page 84
Handbells......Page 85
Bell Color Matching Game......Page 86
Ring the Color Game......Page 87
Playing a Song on the Handbells......Page 88
Putting the Bells Away in Order......Page 90
Playing a Song on the Q-chord......Page 92
Composing a Song on the Q-chord......Page 93
Practicing Letter Recognition on the Q-chord......Page 94
Practicing Word Recognition on the Q-chord......Page 95
Matching Colors on the Glockenspiel......Page 96
Practicing Letter Recognition on the Glockenspiel......Page 97
Practicing Word Recognition on the Glockenspiel......Page 98
Counting the Bars......Page 99
Creating Your Own Rhythm Bag......Page 100
Egg Shakers......Page 103
Ocean Drum......Page 104
Finger Castanet Activity......Page 105
Guiro......Page 107
Triangle......Page 108
Tambourine......Page 109
Percussion Instrument activities......Page 110
Hide and Seek with Instruments......Page 112
Name that Instrument......Page 113
Twister Instruments......Page 114
Rhythm 
Activities......Page 116
Learning the Note Values......Page 117
Clapping the Rhythm......Page 122
Playing Instruments to the Rhythm Worksheets......Page 123
Stomping the Beats......Page 124
Guess that Rhythm......Page 125
How Do You Feel?......Page 130
Playing Emotions on Instruments......Page 131
Moving to Emotions......Page 132
Mood Music......Page 133
Moving 
to Music......Page 134
Structured Movement Songs......Page 135
Put Your Little Foot......Page 136
Movement and action songs and activities......Page 137
The Grand Ol’ Duke of York......Page 138
Animal Song......Page 139
Little Red Boat......Page 141
Happy Feet......Page 142
Paddle Drum March......Page 143
Baby Steps, Giant Steps......Page 145
Standing for a Consonant......Page 146
Physically Exploring the Music......Page 147
Drum Dancing......Page 149
Exploring How Our Bodies Move with Music......Page 150
Musical Colors and Shapes......Page 151
Dynamics and Tempo on the Drum......Page 154
Musical Notes......Page 156
Notes on a Staff......Page 157
Staccato and Legato......Page 159
Music for Relaxation......Page 162
Relaxation Exercises......Page 163
Whole Body Quiet Time......Page 164
Get Tight, Get Loose......Page 165
Tummy Breathing......Page 166
Touch and Add......Page 167
Rhyme Time......Page 168
Match This......Page 169
Musical Crayons......Page 170
Touch Bags......Page 171
Shadow Dancing......Page 172
The Calm Song......Page 173
Sheet Music......Page 176