CONTENTS

Section 1: Introduction: 1. Background to Orff Schulwerk p 1 2. Composing music p 2 3. Thinking patterns p 3 Section 2: Talking About 4. Making the most of a speech rhyme p 4 5. Two body percussion pieces p 8 6. Speech activity p 9 7. Humpty Dumpty - An alternative version p 10 8. Easter show sheep shampoo p 11 9. Find your name game p 12 10. Six cheese sandwiches p 13 11. The Bennelong rhythm p 14 12. Contact of glory - a chant p 15 13. Speech and movement canons p 16 14. Poor old Jonathon Bing p 18 15. Speech canon p 21 16. I'm an Australian p 22 17. The Wallaby p 22 18. Playing around with rounds p 23 19. Day light saving 1983 p 24 20. When you wake up in the morning p 25 21. Penny Pollard speech rhyme p 26 22. Ostinati outcomes p 27 23. Chair-and-anything-else-available ensemble p 28 24. Rap speech rhyme p 30 25 Earth Day rap p 31 26. Year 6 (or Year 5, 4, 3, 2, etc.) p 32 27. If you ever, ever, ever, ever, ever p 33 28. The procession p 34 29. Dinosaurs p 37 30. On Halloween p 37 31. Fun with four p 38 32. Music notation and composition p 39 33. Change p 40 34. Donin' the goose p 42 35. See how time goes by p 44 36. Body percussion and speech p 45 37. I like to drink p 46 38. Pickety Fence p 46 39. A boogie woogie speech p 48 40. Homework canon p 49 41. Popstar p 50 42. Revolting rhymes p 52 43. A short, summery, thin, thong song p 53 44, 'Hambone' original p 55 45. Speech and improvisation p 56 46. Activities with a speech rhyme for upper primary p 58 47. In the wild p 59 48. Rhythmic has-bins p 60 49. Developing aural skills through rhythmic work with adolescents p 62 50. A look at the K - 6 Music Syllabus p 64 Section 3: Songs for singers, movers and groovers. 51. Singing with reluctant secondary' students p 65 52. On the subject of singing p 66 53. Who's there? p 68 54. Aram, sam, sam p 69 55. Slow, quick, quick, slow p 70 56. Down by the river p 70 57. A ma main droit p 72 58. Childsong p 73 59. Ronald McDonald p 74 60. Four white horses p 75 61. Down by the station p76 62. 'Training' in motion p 77 63. Poor old Joe p 77 64. Old Bill Jones p 78 65. R.O.N.D.O p 79 66. Old lady Leary p 79 67. Simple gifts p 80 68. My Father's house p 81 69. In Living Fully p 82 70. Autumn canon p 83 71. Autumn leaves p 83 72. Kite flying high p 85 73. Gardens p 86 74. An environmental song p 86 75. Tira lira p 88 76. Africa p 88 77. What ya gonna do? p 90 78. Musical animalia p 91 79. Canon for voice and drum p 92 80. Two interesting rounds p 93 81 I danced with a mosquito p 93 82 Come back with me p 95 83. Dinah p 95 84. Ghost of Tom p 96 85. Ah, poor bird p 98 86. Chatter with the angels p 99 87. Kagome p 100 88. He's got the whole world in his hands p 101 89. Sleepy sonata form p 101 Section 4: Indexes 90. Index by author p 105 91. Index by title p 109