Thursday, March 16, 2017

Vance Bollinger – Monster Mash



David Catrow


When the leaves begin to turn orange in the fall, and when it’s getting to be time for pumpkin pie and costumes, I think this book could be a big hit with a general music class.  Elementary school children will love this book because of its lovely illustrations, and because it’s likely to activate their prior musical knowledge.  “Monster Mash” is a Halloween party classic, and they’re almost definitely going to be familiar with the song.  Therefore, I would use this to be the basis of a movement and dancing-based lesson.  I could teach them about body awareness and coordination through locomotor and non-locomotor motions, and these in turn could be done in unison with the form of the music.  Changing dances in time with music is one of the best ways to learn about the formal structure of a piece of music. 

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