NETA Educational Resources.

 
Title Mrs. Cabobble’s Caboose
Number/Length 28/15
Subject/Grade Level Music/K-3
Producer WDCN/ Nashville (now called Nashville Public Television, WNPT.)
Date Produced 1986
Support Material Teacher Guide ($5)
  
 
  • Description 
    This series encourages participation in musical activities and teaches the basic concepts of melody, rhythm, harmony, and families of instruments.
   
   
  • Episodes 
    1. “Making New Friends” shows how music can be used to meet and greet new friends. (14:30)
     
    2. “Rhythm and Rhymes” includes singing rhymes and chants and total body movement. (14:30)
     
    3. “Up, Down, and All Around” presents the steps of the music scale and illustrates melodic contour. (14:30)

     
    4. “Let’s Go for a Hike” presents a melodic phrase to create the harmony echo effect. (14:30)

     
    5. “Apple Cider Time” introduces dialogue songs and melodic movement by skips rather than by steps of the scale. (14:30)
     
    6. “Make a Wish” presents harmony and melodic contour in intervals of a third.  Students learn creative dramatization of songs. (14:30)
     
    7. “Strike Up the Band” demonstrates rhythm instruments. (14:30)
     
    8. “Spook in the Pumpkin Patch” uses Halloween songs to teach the difference between major and minor modes. (14:30)
     
    9. “A Lot of Brass” presents the trumpet and the trombone. (14:30)
     
    10. “Arrows and Tomahawks” explores Native American songs accompanied by rhythm instruments. (14:30)
     
    11. “Doin’ the Turkey Trot” presents Thanksgiving songs. (14:30)
     
    12. “Coats and Mittens” uses seasonal songs to demonstrate rests notation and syncopation. (14:30)
     
    13. “Keep It Movin’” includes activities to enhance motor skills and rhythmic response. (14:30)
     
    14. “Decorate and Celebrate” shows how different cultures celebrate the Christmas season in their music. (14:30)
     
    15. “Caboose Caroling” introduces choral singing and presents the voice as a vocal
    instrument. (14:30)
     
    16. “Fiddle-Dee-Dee” shows different sizes of violins and demonstrates playing methods and styles. (14:30)
     
    17. “Round and Round” demonstrates independent singing skills and the combination of multiple sounds. (14:30)
     
    18. “The Music Man” shows different sizes of saxophones and the sounds they make. (14:30)
     
    19. “Happy Hearts” features songs to celebrate Valentine’s Day. (14:30)
     
    20. “Blast Off” demonstrates the elements of melodic contour. (14:30)
     
    21. “February Holidays” demonstrates the rhythmic style of a march and the storytelling style of a ballad. (14:30)
     
    22. “Windy Days” shows how harmony is produced by combining musical sounds. (14:30)
     
    23. “Hopping Down the Bunny Trail” includes songs appropriate for rhythmic response, creative expression, and dramatization. (14:30)
     
    24. “April Showers” presents songs that develop awareness of music’s expressive qualities. (14:30)
     
    25. “Remember When” has the caboose characters choose their favorite experiences from the year’s activities. (14:30)
     
    26. “Raindrops and Froghops” presents songs to encourage aesthetic awareness and musical expression. (14:30)
     
    27. “Butterflies and Fishing Poles” introduces music notation. (14:30)

    28. “Summer Fun” demonstrates music’s expressive qualities and shows how it contributes to the quality of our lives. (14:30)
    
 
 

NETA Educational Resources . Phone: 803-799-5517 . Fax:  803-771-4831