US 2001/0036621 A1 · Teaching method and kit

Abstract

A method and kit for teaching disabled students, such as children with developmental delays and disabilities such as autism, through music. The method makes extensive use of an illustrated song book and individual sound recordings of appropriate songs with lyrics, and tying the pages of the song book with the individual sound recordings of the songs by the use of icons or graphic images, including icon cards, representing respective ones of the songs. The method permits the students to find the appropriate page in the song book for following along as the selected song is being played, while also permitting the students to have a choice in the selection of songs to be experienced. The method and kit also provide the teacher with suggestions of activities for engaging the children, such activities being specific to the selected song being played.

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Dependent claims

A method of teaching disabled students through music, comprising:

providing each student with a song book including pages each having printed thereon the title of a different song of a plurality of songs, the lyrics of that song, and an icon representing that song from a plurality of icons respectively representing said songs;
providing sound recordings of performances of said songs the lyrics of which are printed on said pages;
providing a plurality of icon cards each having thereon a one of said icons;
selecting one of said icon cards for identifying a song represented by the icon on the selected icon card;
displaying to the students the selected icon card for permitting each student to find the page in his or her song book having thereon the title and lyrics of the identified song by matching the icon on the displayed icon card to one of the icons on the pages of his or her song book;
and
playing back the sound recording of the song identified by the icon on the selected icon card.

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