"This book contains ... Lessons in integrating music and movement with language arts, math, and science; Lesson plans for both music and classroom teachers; Arrangements for Orff instrument ensemble; Ideas for using the Orff-Schulwerk approach without Orff instruments; Reflections on the place of creative play in education; Ideas for teachers for developing their own materials"--Back cover.

Speech pieces. About speech pieces ; Birds of a feather ; Rules ; Witches and watches ; Farmer's almanac ; How many miles to Babylon? ; Planetary orbits ; Friday the 13th -- Singing games. Working with the voice (and ear) ; Farmer, farmer ; Cuckoo and eggs ; Locks and keys -- Featuring props. Working with props ; From Wibbleton to Wobbleton ; Boxes ; Diddle diddle dumpling ; Betty Botter ; Fortune teller/Roses are red -- Featuring Orff instruments. Working with the Orff ensemble ; Which came first? ; Loose teeth ; Gregory Griggs ; Snakes and ladders ; Billy and me ; Mary Mary quite contrary ; Modes of the pentatonic scale ; The wise old owl ; Warm hands, warm ; The crooked man ; Dr. Seuss ; Mrs. Hen -- Songs and canons. Singing for the fun of it ; In wisdom's lovely, pleasant ways ; You've changed ; The cuckoo ; A spring round ; 'Round the oak tree -- Appendices. Playing with the elements of music ; Working with musical notation ; What is Orff Schulwerk?.