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Introduce
your students to piano music with this unique program. The imaginative
story of the Crumb family leads to eight special projects in
musicianship, which are designed to develop creativity, aural and
visual skills. Musicianship is developed through Workbook pages
(suited for group or private teaching), and additional group
activities which are suggested in the Guidebook. Concepts are
explained in a context that puts them effectively within the grasp of
young minds. Suitable for pre-beginner piano groups, private lesson,
group/class, home school, and school classroom. Ages 6 - 9.
Story Book:
The story is of the Crumbs, a family of field mice, who move
into a dollhouse in the home of a piano teacher. The Crumb children,
Eddie and Sara, want to become musicians, so they watch the piano
lessons through a wall vent, and practice everything on the dollhouse
piano. A big problem is that the dollhouse piano is really a music
box and will play only one tune.
Another challenge is Jazzabell the cat, who likes to sniff
around and chase mice. When
it is time for the Crumb family to return to the field in the spring,
Papa Crumb unveils a special project that will keep music with them
forever. 54-page
paperback book comes with a bookmark/sticker that says “I Love Eddie
Crumb”.
Work Book: Eight
units of activities that develop musicianship in young children, with
a special emphasis on listening skills and free improvisation.
Students will hear music as an art that expresses real life and use
their imaginations as they learn. The eight piano keys on the front
cover represent the eight units to be completed. As the student achieves each goal, they will color or place a
sticker on each key to mark the accomplishment. The units are titled:
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Preview “Five Little Birdies”
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Unit One “The Sounds of Things” listening to sounds
around us
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Unit Two “Sound Stories” free improvisation – no
notation required
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Unit Three “Notes and Rhythm” basic fun with notes
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Unit Four “Inside the Piano” keys, hammers, dampers,
pedals, history
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Unit Five “Music Alphabet” key speed, note names, flash
cards
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Unit Six “Metronome” basic introduction
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Unit Seven “Sharing Music” composer history, performance, pen pals
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Unit Eight “Playing By Ear” play familiar tunes on the
piano by ear. 44
pages, spiral bound book.
Teacher's Guidebook: Helps teachers pace the program
for pre-beginners of piano lessons, piano students in first or second
year, and classroom and home-school music programs. There
are ideas for each educational setting,
suggested props, and drama scenes, as well as eight specially composed
songs. 160 pages, binder format book.
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Step-by-step
guide through the Eddie Crumb program and workbook units
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Suggestions
for group activities
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Eight
original songs which tie in with the events of the story
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Craft
instructions for 7 do-it-yourself teaching aids
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27 pages of
reproducible items, including worksheets, flash cards,pictures to
color, and words only song sheets.
WHAT OTHERS SAY:
"Wonderfully
imaginative and engaging, this gentle introduction to the piano will
help prepare beginning musicians for the challenges of musical study.
Maxner has successfully combined the power of storytelling with
related discussion and hands-on activities which effortlessly guide
both student and teacher through the first stages of piano training.
It's the best new resource of the millennium!"
. . .Heather Thompson,
Home-schooling parent and owner of the Rockcliffe publishing company,
which produces Home-school materials. Rothesay, NB
"Hi, my name is Krista Hennigar. The reason
why I like this book is because
it is fun to read. It helped me a lot with piano, and teached me more
about
piano. And if I were Eddie Crumb I would love my life because Eddie
learns a
lot about the inside and outside of the piano. You should read this
book
because it inspired me to practice more and play the piano more."
. . Krista Hennigar, age 9, is a
transfer student in her second year of piano lessons who just
completed the Eddie Crumb program.
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