This is a repertoire book containing 23 simple piano arrangements of well-known and well-loved nursery rhymes and famous melodies. The music uses the Dogs and Birds approach, which allows very young children to learn the piano, even before they know the alphabet. The music is suitable for children between the ages of 3 and 7. The method uses animal symbols to represent the musical notes, for example Cat is C and Dog is D. The animal names are monosyllabic and children are encouraged to sing the names as they play the tunes on the piano or keyboard. This helps children develop musicality and their inner ear. This blank notes edition of the book is recommended for ages 6 and 7. An animal notes edition of the book is also available, for ages 3 to 6, which is the same as this book, but with animal symbols printed in the notes, which aid the children in remembering the musical notation. The book is designed such that parents can teach these pieces to their children. However the parents do not need to have a musical background, since the book explains all musical notation necessary. The book contains full colour illustrations throughout, which are an important stimulus for the child. Discussing the illustrations is an essential part of the learning process and this book includes various suggestions of questions to ask the child to stimulate discussion. Working through this book can provide a good parent child bonding opportunity.

 

This book is part of a book series called Dogs And Birds .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 52 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Dogs and Birds .

Elza Lusher was born in Hungary and obtained a degree in Piano Teaching from the Liszt Academy. She taught piano for five years in Hungary before moving to England in 1991. Elza has always incorporated Kodaly principles into her piano teaching, in particular the use of singing and listening to develop musicality. As piano tutor on the Kodaly Institute of Britain's Teachers' Course run by Prof. Cecilia Vajda she helped many piano teachers to use this approach. She developed the Dogs and Birds method, together with her husband Chris, a senior lecturer in physics at Royal Holloway University of London. The Dogs and Birds approach enables very young children (ages 3 to 7) to learn to play the piano, and includes a strong emphasis on singing. Mark Chambers is an illustrator and author of children's books. He has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and is the winner of the Sheffield Children's Picture Book Prize.

This book has the following chapters: Note Lengths, Rests and Counting; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Hot Cross Buns; One, Two, Three, Four, Five; London's Burning; Frere Jacques; William Tell; Westminster Chimes; Mary Had a Little Lamb; Yankee Doodle; Sur le Pont d'Avignon; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; The Grand Old Duke of York. Ode to Joy; Happy Birthday to You; Can-Can; New World Symphony; Surprise Symphony; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Fur Elise; Minuet in G; My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean; When the Saints Go Marching In; Certificate; Notes for Parents and Teachers.