LF Listening Fun with Scarves and Tennis Balls, by Dan Fee
Listening Fun provides Active Listening Activities for Grade 1-6 students using scarves, tennis balls and movement.
- introduction with many helpful suggestions for teachers
- teacher’s guide with student reproducibles, lesson plans and movement instructions
- lesson plans with objectives, assessment strategies and alignment to national standards
- reproducible biographies of the composers that are represented in this kit
- movement activities using scarves and tennis balls
- guides-at-a-glance for use to avoid holding long written out sheets when teaching
Listening Examples Include:
- “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46 by Edvard Grieg (movement or tennis balls)
- “Bydlo,” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky (scarves)
- “Wedding March,” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn (tennis balls)
- “Morning,” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46 by Edvard Grieg (scarves)
- Gigue, from Amadis de Gaule by Johann Christian Bach (tennis balls)
- Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor , BMV 1067by Johann Sebastian Bach (scarves)
- Prelude, from Holberg Suite, op. 40 by Edvard Grieg (tennis balls)
- “The Great Gate of Kiev,” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
- “Promenade,” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky (scarves)
- Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite in F Major by George Frideric Handel (scarves)
- Gavotte, from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BMV 1068 by J.S. Bach (tennis balls)
Each movement routine comes with:
- a lesson plan detailing how to approach teaching the specific concept addressed in the music
- an expanded movement guide giving step by step instructions on how to perform each move
- a one page Guide-at-a-Glance with timings for quick reference in class
- a biography of the composer and information about the piece
