Orff We Go!

Description

Seasonal Songs, Games and Orff Activities for the Music Class

by Cristi Cary Miller and Kathlyn Reynolds

Connect music with movement, dance and speech in active participation – while having lots of fun! Learn about beat and rhythm, melodic patterns, pitch direction, tempo, solfege, syncopation, and much more with this creative collection from the pages of Music Express magazine. There is something for all elementary ages, including 16 songs and activities created specifically for lower grades, and 16 songs for upper grades. Music specialists Cristi Miller and Kathlyn Reynolds have also provided helpful teaching sequences and simple Orff or piano accompaniments for enhanced learning and participation, and the music pages are all reproducible!

Songs for Lower Grades:

• Autumn Wind
• Bunny Boogie
• Can You Move Like Me?
• Diddle Dee Dye Dee Dee
• Drum Game Song
• Friendship Circle
• Happy Valentine
• Hey There!
• Jack Be Nimble
• A Lizard Named Claude
• One of a Kind
• Rhythm and Beat
• See the Stars
• Sing a Song of Solfege
• Snowflakes
• There’s a Little Wheel a-Turnin’
• Songs for Upper Grades:
• Fairly Renaissance
• Follow the Drinking Gourd
• Fun wa ni alaafia
• Jump Jive
• Let us Give Thanks
• Let’s Go to Mexico
• Let’s Take a Walk
• Long May Your Colors Wave
• Music Brings Us All Together
• Music Makes Me Move
• One Wintry Night
• Pass the Rock
• Pretty Little Miss
• The Scene is Halloween
• Sleigh Ride
• There’s Magic in the Air