JOHN FEIERABEND ARTICLES

First Steps in Music: Music and Movement in the Early Years (handout)

First Steps in Music: Move, Move, Move (handout)

First Steps in Music Assessment Form                

First Steps in Creative Movement (handout) Using Classical Music to Teach Beat, Meter and Form (handout)

Using First Steps in Music with non-music elementary teachers (article)

 

ARTICLES/HANDOUTS

Arioso: Harmonic Backing Tracks #1, Major Tonic and Dominant, John Feierabend and John Crever, May 7, 2025 (audio download)

Using Books to Sing, Dance, Listen & Play In a Tuneful, Beatful & Artful Way! Stephanie Schall-Brazee, January 23, 2024 (article) 

5 Free Tech Resources to Integrate into First Steps, Amy Burns, January 18, 2021

Arioso: Sing Your Order, Jenny Parrot, January 18, 2020 (download)

Winter Songs and Dances to Light in the Darkest Months by Stephanie Schall-Brazee, Jan 18, 2021 (article)

Hosting an Informance, Lindsay Jackson, January 18, 2020 (article)

Getting Started with Learning Centers Utilizing the Feierabend Approach, Emily Maurek, November 16, 2019 (article)                        

Ask Me Sheets by Owen Hughes, November 16, 2019 (download)

First Steps in Music: Monthly Planning Forms, Chris Powers, October 3, 2019 (download) 

Creative Movement Pose Cards, Stephanie Morris, October 3, 2019 (download)     

The Male Singing Voice in the Elementary Music Classroom, Andy Himelick, March 18, 2019 (article)

Tree Dance by Lindsay Jackson, October 18, 2018 (article)

 

MOVE IT!

Link to Move It!

 

WEBINARS

Folksong Picture Books and More! Through the Lens of Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Lillie Feierabend,  March 25, 2025

Interview with Illustrator of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” Isiah Timmons and John Feierabend, June 18, 2024

History of the Songtale Book, John Feierabend, February 22, 2024

Teaching Tips for First Steps with “The Nutcracker:” An Adventure in Movement Exploration, Lillie Feierabend, November 7, 2023

First Steps in Music for Older Elementary Learners, Emily Maurek, October 15, 2023

Let’s Play, Dance and Sing: Mexican Children’s Repertoire, Gabriela Montoya-Stier, April 9, 2022    

An IGBO Game from Nigeria, Sowah Mensah, December 8, 2020

Teaching First Steps in Our New Teaching Paradigms, Amy Burns, October 8, 2020

First Steps in Global Music, Dr. Karen Howard, May 1, 2020                  

Movement Exploration: Virtual Edition, Jane Kahan, April 14, 2020

Who’s Afraid of (Teaching) The Nutcracker?  Lillie Feierabend, July 22, 2018

 

FEIERSIDE CHATS

Arioso, John Feierabend, December 30, 2015

Adapt First Steps in Music for Upper Elementary Grades, John Feierabend, November 12, 2014    

An Interview with Katalin Forrai, John Feierabend, April 6, 2014

Music and Creative Movement  John Feierabend, December 1, 2013

 

PODCASTS

Reflections on FSM: A Teacher Trainer Perspective with Lindsay Jackson, February 12, 2020

Arioso: Just do it!, John Feieraband, October 10, 2019 Informances in the FS Years, Lindsay Jackson, May 9, 2019

Feierabend Non-Negotiables, Part 1, John Feierabend, March 14, 2019

Feierabend Non-Negotiables, Part 2, John Feierabend, March 27, 2019

First Steps in Music – An Overview, John Feierabend, January 29, 2019

 

MISC/RELATED

Beat-Keeping with Engine, Engine Number 9 Train, Jason Simmon, February 21, 2025 (video)

Vocal Exploration Props, Books, and Ideas with Connie Greenwood, May 20, 2024 (video)

Chanukah Finger Play to Maoz Tzur by John Crever, November 17, 2023 (video)

8-part Workout in a Limited Amount of Time (20 minutes), Lesslie Weaver, October 16, 2023 (video)  

Call and Response Song Approach with Teacher Trainer, Leslie Weaver, September 27, 2020 (video)
Mr. Rankine’s Music Cabin Episode 1, David Rankine, July 10, 2020 (video)

Pitch Exploration modeled by Lindsay Jackson  April 21, 2020 (video)

“Wave” Movement Exploration, Leslie Weaver, October 3, 2019 (video)

Chanukah Finger Play – Judas Maccabee Finger Play, John Crever, December 6, 2018 (video)  

 

REVISED EDITION  

First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond – Revised Supplement 2020 (download)

MEDIA BY SUBJECT 

 

PART 1: PITCH EXPLORATION

Vocal Exploration Props, Books, and Ideas with Connie Greenwood, May 20, 2024 (video)

Pitch Exploration modeled by Lindsay Jackson  April 21, 2020 (video)

PART 2: FRAGMENT SINGING

Call and Response Song Approach with Teacher Trainer, Leslie Weaver, September 27, 2020 (video)

 

PART 3: SIMPLE SONGS

 

PART 4: ARIOSO

Arioso: Harmonic Backing Tracks #1, Major Tonic and Dominant, John Feierabend and John Crever, May 7, 2025 (article and download)

Arioso: Sing Your Order, Jenny Parrot, January 18, 2020 (article and download)

Arioso: Just do it!, John Feieraband, October 10, 2019 (podcast)

Arioso, John Feierabend, December 30, 2015 (Feier-side Chat)

 

PART 5: SONGTALES 

Folksong Picture Books and More! Through the Lens of Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Lillie Feierabend, March 25, 2025 (webinar)

Using Books to Sing, Dance, Listen & Play In a Tuneful, Beatful & Artful Way! Stephanie Schall-Brazee, January 23, 2024 (article)

Interview with Illustrator of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” Isiah Timmons and John Feierabend, June 18, 2024 (webinar)

History of the Songtale Book, John Feierabend,  February 22, 2024 (webinar)

 

PART 6: MOVEMENT EXPLORATION 

Teaching Tips for First Steps with “The Nutcracker:” An Adventure in Movement Exploration, Lillie Feierabend, November 7, 2023 (webinar)

Movement Exploration: Virtual Edition, Jane Kahan, April 14, 2020 (webinar)

Creative Movement Pose Cards, Stephanie Morris, October 3, 2019 (article)

“Wave” Movement Exploration, Leslie Weaver, October 3, 2019 (video)

Tree Dance by Lindsay Jackson, October 18, 2018 (article)

Who’s Afraid of (Teaching) The Nutcracker?  Lillie Feierabend, July 22, 2018 (webinar)

Music and Creative Movement, John Feierabend, December 1, 2013  (Feier-side Chat)

 

PART 7: MOVEMENT FOR FORM AND EXPRESSION 

Move It!s

Chanukah Finger Play to Maoz Tzur by John Crever, November 17, 2023 (video)

Chanukah Finger Play – Judas Maccabee Finger Play, John Crever, December 6, 2018 (video)  

 

PART 8: BEAT MOTION ACTIVITIES

Beat-Keeping with Engine, Engine Number 9 Train, Jason Simmon, February 21, 2025 (vid