Blue Is The Sea

This book addresses the practice of arts integration using a basic approach for the music and dance classroom. It features 25 themes with music, poetry, dance and visual art activities for preschool through middle school students. It includes:. Lesson examples applicable to students of all ages.. Pedagogical and methodological ideas for teaching music and visual arts.. Games, songs and poems with body percussion and orchestrations for the Orff instrument ensemble.. Movement exploration and improvisation exercises.. Suggestions for illustrating texts and songs.. Graphic Notation scores. Tips for observing art. Examples of student art and poetry. Art work and photos of students working in full, vibrant color.

Sof?a L?pez-Ibor Sof?a L?pez-Ibor has taught music for 29 years. She studied Music Pedagogy in Madrid, Spain and at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. Since 1996, she has been teaching children between three years old and eighth grade at The San Francisco School. She regularly teaches Orff teacher-training courses, presenting workshops in over 28 countries world-wide.

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