Bear Snores On
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Mortimer
Too Much Noise
Froggy Gets Dressed
Niko Draws a Feeling
Mole Music / Song of Middle C / The Really Awful Musicians
My Family Plays Music
Allie All Along
Snake Alley Band
Max Found Two Sticks
Another
Nine-In-One, Grr! Grr!
Those are some of my favorite books to use in elementary music lessons. What are some of yours? I'd love to get some new ideas from you- let's hear them in the comments below!
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My favorites are I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swollowed a Cello, Giraffes Can't Dance, Brown Bear, and Five Little Monkeys!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Giraffes Can't Dance! My daughters were obsessed with Brown Bear and Five Little Monkeys when they were in Preschool- I think those would be at the top of my list if I got to teach Preschool music again :) Thanks for sharing! I'd love to hear what you do with those books in music class!
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ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad you found it useful!
DeleteWhich of these would be good for a 5th grade music classroom? I’ve been teaching junior high band and have to teach 5th general music for the first time this year. I don’t feel terribly confident in my ability to pick books that aren’t too young for them.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I wouldn't use most of these with 5th grade. I've used "My Family Plays Music" with this age some, but most of them are too young for 5th grade. I would think instead about things like videogames, movies, etc as starting points rather than books. I have several very successful lessons that I do with video game music and movie music with this age- you can read about those, and some other successful units I've done with upper elementary, in this post: https://caldwellorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/2016/07/teacher-tuesday-new-ideas-for-upper.html
DeleteMy students love Miss Mary Mack, and in non-COVID times we do hand clapping in a circle, which they love. I also love Rhythm Rescue, which is the story of a girl who uses rhythm as a superpower. Last year my students all made up rhythms and told me what superpower the rhythm gave them. I also just found a book called Wheels on the Tuk Tuk which is wonderful since I have a lot of South Asian families at my school. Thanks for the wonderful ideas here!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of Wheels on the Tuk Tuk- gotta go check it out! Thanks so much for sharing these ideas, I love what you did with the other books too :)
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