101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books) [Paperback]

Storms & Hurd (Author), Cecilia Bowman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: SmartFun Activity Books

This lively and imaginative book is being used in homes and schools in over 13 countries to help children learn about music and sound while they develop the ability to listen, concentrate, be creative, improvise, and trust one another.

Using audiocassettes or CDs, of popular songs and simple instruments children and adults get to play listening games, concentration games, musical quizzes, trust games, guessing games, and more. The games are not competitive– they encourage and reward children for participation, not for winning.

The SmartFunActivity series encourage imagination, social interaction, and self-expression in children. To make the books easy to use, games are marked according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and group size, using helpful icons. Most games are non-competitive and none require special skills or training. The series is widely used in homes, schools, daycare centers, clubs, and summer camps.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Hunter House (March 24, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897931645
• ISBN-13: 978-0897931649
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Music

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114 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 101 Music Games for Children, June 4, 2000

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Rebekah Heller (Beatle Bugs, Music Education ... (Orange County, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books) (Paperback)

Being a music educator, I purchased this book in hopes toenhance my music program. I have found it hard in the past to find musical games that young children can enjoy outside of musical chairs! With this book, I will never have that problem. To insure that my students have FUN learning music, we spend the last part of class playing one of these games. It is easy to do because this book provides you with a guide indicating age appropriateness, how long the game takes (5 min., 15 min., 30 min., etc.), specific number of players needed, and instruments and/or props if needed. Oh, did I mention that you don't have to be a kid to love these games? Well, you don't! There are games in here for those competitive music know-it-alls like myself! Did I mention that this book is great for planning parties? Forget the clown, it's usually a rip off anyway! Besides, music and parties go hand in hand! Last, it's a totally great book! ...

51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent activity ideas, May 15, 2002

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This review is from: 101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books) (Paperback)

I am a music therapy student and I used this book in constructing activities for music classes at a summer camp. This book had so many ideas for activities with music materials and ideas that were easily adaptable to fit the groups' needs. I especially love that few of these games really have a single winner, so everyone gets to participate and enjoy. I would highly recommend this for music therapists and educators as well as anyone else looking for this type of game for children.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, not as musical as I thought., September 12, 2005

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This review is from: 101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song (SmartFun Activity Books) (Spiral-bound)

This is a good book for music teachers to have, but don't expect to use all 101 games. Many are variations on a theme, are impratical in the classroom, or simply are not very musical. An example of this is a game where students have to act out the titles of songs, like Charades. Sure, it'd probably be fun, but it's hard to say what the students are actually learning about music from that. I'd say there's 10-15 games I think I might use - or leave for a sub to use. I also would modify most of them to make them more appropriate for a limited classroom space.