Abigail Conners is an Early Childhood Music Specialist throughout the New Jersey area. Her programs include singing, dance, rhythm instrument activities, literacy/music activities, and listening games. This is her first book with Gryphon House.
"I love the ideas and activities in Abigail's Exploring the Science
of Sound idea. She has great questions for discussion! "Peggy
Ashbrook
Peggy Ashbrook is an early childhood science teacher, mentor and
writer--the National Science Teachers Association's (NSTA) Early
Years column in Science & Children and companion blog.
"Exploring the Science of Sounds" is a book which has been needed
for years. Teachers of young students used to just teach singing
with a touch of music history. Today we try to incorporate all of
the various aspects of music (language, history, math, science,
etc.) into lessons. This book is not just for music teachers: the
classroom teacher and science teacher will find it a great addition
to their library. ETSOS offers many ways to get the students
thinking about sound and how to create sounds on their own. All of
the activities are intelligently arranged to enable the teacher to
present the lesson quickly and efficiently.
Thomas A. Mosher,
TEMPO Magazine, editor
New Jersey Music Educators Association
Library Bookwatch: December 2017
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review http:
//www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/dec_17.htm#Education Most preschool
teachers have musical instruments in their classrooms, but may not
realize they can use them for science explorations. Science,
technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) these explorations
are crucial for laying a solid foundation for later learning.
Abigail Conners is an Early Childhood Music Specialist throughout
the New Jersey area. Her programs include singing, dance, rhythm
instrument activities, literacy/music activities, and listening
games. In "Exploring the Science of Sounds: 100 Musical Activities
for Young Children" she draws upon her experience and expertise to
showcase 100 activities that let children ages 3 - 6 explore the
science of music and sound using materials easy to find for a
preschool classroom. With "Exploring The Science Of Sounds", young
children will use their bodies to create sounds, explore the
relationship between size and pitch, investigate how tempo affects
the way we listen to sounds, create musical instruments, and much
more. From the drops of rainwater to the tinkling of wind chimes,
the science of sound is all around. Through playful activities
children will explore: Acoustics - what is sound?; Volume - loud
and soft; Tempo - fast and slow; Timbre - sound quality; Pitch -
high and low. Exceptionally well organized and presented,
"Exploring The Science Of Sounds" is unreservedly recommended for
preschool and elementary school Music Appreciation curriculums, and
is a critically important addition to college and academic library
Teacher Education instructional reference collections. It should be
noted for the personal reading lists that "Exploring The Science Of
Sounds" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$9.99).Most preschool teachers have musical instruments in their
classrooms, but may not realize they can use them for science
explorations. Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math
(STEAM) these explorations are crucial for laying a solid
foundation for later learning. Abigail Conners is an Early
Childhood Music Specialist throughout the New Jersey area. Her
programs include singing, dance, rhythm instrument activities,
literacy/music activities, and listening games. In "Exploring the
Science of Sounds: 100 Musical Activities for Young Children" she
draws upon her experience and expertise to showcase 100 activities
that let children ages 3 - 6 explore the science of music and sound
using materials easy to find for a preschool classroom. With
"Exploring The Science Of Sounds", young children will use their
bodies to create sounds, explore the relationship between size and
pitch, investigate how tempo affects the way we listen to sounds,
create musical instruments, and much more. From the drops of
rainwater to the tinkling of wind chimes, the science of sound is
all around. Through playful activities children will explore:
Acoustics - what is sound?; Volume - loud and soft; Tempo - fast
and slow; Timbre - sound quality; Pitch - high and low.
Exceptionally well organized and presented, "Exploring The Science
Of Sounds" is unreservedly recommended for preschool and elementary
school Music Appreciation curriculums, and is a critically
important addition to college and academic library Teacher
Education instructional reference collections. It should be noted
for the personal reading lists that "Exploring The Science Of
Sounds" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$9.99).
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