First Steps in Music: Preshool and Beyond

Curriculum Book

First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond

Written by a national leader in early childhood music education, this creatively illustrated book contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including:

Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more!
Repertoire based only on folk or traditional songs and rhymes because of their natural melodic expressiveness and language flow, and for their texts filled with wonder.
A Complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum.
And much more!

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Song Collections

CDs and Digital Recordings

Had a Little Rooster

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There's a Hole in the Bucket

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Old Joe Clark

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Keeping the Beat!

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Music for Creative Movement

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Lomax the Hound of Music

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DVDs and Streaming Video

First Steps in Music: In Action

In this video series, you will observe master teacher Lillie Feierabend working with a group of children as she demonstrates all eight parts of the First Steps in Music curriculum. She also demonstrates a wide variety of activities and teaching techniques.

A great way to see the curriculum and activities implement in general music classes.

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First Steps in Music for Kindergarten and First Grade: In Action

The First Steps in Music curriculum becomes real in this DVD featuring FAME-certified master teachers Lindsay Jackson teaching a kindergarten class and Andrew Himelick teaching a first grade class.

Each class includes an optional commentary track where Dr. Feierabend and the teachers describe in detail the decisions and approaches they take with their students.

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Move It! Expressive Movements with Classical Movements for All Ages

John M. Feierabend, renowned lecturer and researcher in the field of music education, and Peggy Lyman, acclaimed dancer and dance educator, join forces to create Move It!—a vibrant and innovative approach to teaching young children and students of all ages the joy of moving to classical music!

The adaptable choreography is perfect for early childhood specialists, elementary music teachers, and dance educators for use with children of all ages, as well as senior citizens and the physically challenged.

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Move It! Volume 2

This long-awaited follow-up to the first volume of Move It! contains 23 works in a wide variety of styles and is certain to appeal to early childhood specialists, elementary music teachers, and dance educators. Every movement is demonstrated on the DVD, recorded on the CD for use in class, and clearly and simply detailed in the illustrated guidebook.

This resource contains everything you need to inspire students of any age to move to great classical music.

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First Steps in Music: The Lectures

This remarkable video set captures the ideas and spirit of one of the most dynamic music educators of our time, John M. Feierabend. Each video presents a compelling vision for the importance of music and music education in our lives, starting from infancy.

Essential viewing for anyone interested in providing a well-rounded education for our children and want to make sure music remains an essential part of our lives.

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Mr. Rankine's Music Cabin

A joyful, research-based, and engaging educational program based on John M. Feierabend’s First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege curricula. Set in a magical cabin hidden in the forest, each episode contains great folk songs and promotes active learning and participation.

Complete with lively puppets, green screens, and a musical time machine, David embarked on a fun-filled journey of creating a distance learning program that focused on online engagement and active learning that compels children to participate.

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Best of Lomax, The Hound of Music

Lomax, The Hound of Music, the acclaimed PBS Kids show, based on John M. Feierabend's First Steps in Music series, breaks new ground for its great songs, engaging story, and educational content.

These select four episodes are full of moments of "quiet wonder," integrating all the elements of his acclaimed music education curriculum. Perfect for children in preschool and early elementary school.

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Additional Resources

First Steps with the Nutcracker

Lillie Feierabend has presented The Nutcracker for over twenty years to the delight of her entire school community. Join her as she guides first, second, and third grade students in dancing each character and discovering the delight of moving expressively and musically to the Movement Exploration themes.

This resource comes with a DVD and a code for accessing the video contents digitally.

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First Steps with Hansel & Gretel

Lillie Feierabend has presented Hansel and Gretel for over twenty years to the delight of her entire school community. Join her as she guides first, second, and third grade students as they sing songs from the opera and create Arioso for each character.

This resource comes with a DVD and a code for accessing the video contents digitally.

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First Steps in Music Vocal Development Kit

With the First Steps in Music Vocal Development Kit, teachers can use many of Feierabend’s favorite tools and techniques with students every day!

In this essential kit, Feierabend includes puppets, toys, and instruments designed to help with two types of vocal development activities. Pitch Exploration Activities invite children to create sliding sounds and encourage them to use their head voices. Echo Songs and Call-and-Response Songs allow children to use their newly found head voices to sing short melodic phrases. A wonderful variety of activity ideas are found in this manual. Learn More

Down by the Bay - Flashcards

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Pitch Exploration Stories - Flashcards

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Pitch Exploration Pathways - Flashcards

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Oh, in the Woods - Flashcards

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First Steps in Global Music

What better way to discover the world than to sing songs that have captivated the imaginations of children across the continents.

In this amazing collection of songs children love to sing, Karen Howard truly opens the door to encountering songs from diverse cultures and experiences, on themes from family, animals, flowers, food, and more. The repertoire is particularly accessible for teachers and children wishing to discover these great songs.

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The Book of Church Songs and Spirituals

Years in the making, this comprehensive collection of church songs and spirituals is perfect for anyone looking for great songs for children's choir rehearsals, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, church and vesper services, church camps, "singings," fellowship events, revival services, elementary music classrooms, and other church, music, and social gatherings.

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Feierabend Fundamentals: History, Philosophy, and Practice

The first comprehensive look at all aspects of John M. Feierabend's innovative and popular approach to teaching music, written by a team of practitioners from early childhood to college and beyond.

Feierabend Fundamentals is written for new teachers, teachers certified by the Feierabend Association for Music Education, veteran teachers, and undergraduate and graduate college students.

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First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk: Sing, Say, Dance, Play

Written by a team of five master elementary general music teachers, this comprehensive book is full of strategies and activities that link the Orff Schulwerk approach and John M. Feierabend’s successful First Steps in Music methodology.

This book also includes a set of twelve complete lesson plans, supplemental repertoire, and a significantly expanded section on Arioso.

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First Steps in Music: Preschool and Beyond Bundle Packages

Basic

Curriculum Book + 4 CDs

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Basic+

Curriculum Book +
4 CDs +
8 Song Books

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Enhanced

Curriculum Book +
5 CDs +
8 Song Books +
4 Flashcard Sets +
2 Move It! DVDs

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Ultimate

Curriculum Book +
6 CDs +
8 Song Books +
4 Flashcard Sets +
5 DVDs +
1 Vocal Development Kit +
FULL SET of Folksong Picture Books

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First Steps in Music: Preshool and Beyond

Curriculum Book

First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond

Song Collections

The Book of Pitch Exploration

The Book of Echo Songs

The Book of Call & Response

The Book of Children's Songtales

The Book of Movement Exploration

The Book of Fingerplays & Action Songs

The Book of Beginning Circle Games

The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions

CDs and Digital Recordings

Had a Little Rooster

There's a Hole in the Bucket

Old Joe Clark

Keeping the Beat!

Music for Creative Movement

Lomax the Hound of Music

DVDs and Streaming Video

First Steps in Music: In Action

First Steps in Music for Kindergarten and First Grade: In Action

Move It! Expressive Movements with Classical Movements for All Ages

Move It! Volume 2

First Steps in Music: The Lectures

Mr. Rankine's Music Cabin

Best of Lomax, The Hound of Music

Additional Resources

First Steps with the Nutcracker

First Steps with Hansel & Gretel

First Steps in Music Vocal Development Kit

Down by the Bay - Flashcards

Pitch Exploration Stories - Flashcards

Pitch Exploration Pathways - Flashcards

Oh, in the Woods - Flashcards

First Steps in Global Music

The Book of Church Songs and Spirituals

Feierabend Fundamentals: History, Philosophy, and Practice

First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk: Sing, Say, Dance, Play

First Steps in Music: Preschool and Beyond Bundle Packages