MelodySoup YUMMY Award! – The Cheese – by Margie Palatini
I am proud to present the very first MelodySoup "Yummy Award". I call it the "Yummy Award" because when you read this very musical book with students it is a "Yummy" experience! The first book to receive this award is "The Cheese" by Margie...
Children’s Books in Music: List 2: Children’s books and John Denver
The first time that I read "Sunshine on My Shoulder's" to students in one of my classes was on a hot day in May. I read to my first graders right after they bounded into music class, hot, sweaty and parched from recess on the first mildly hot day in May. They came...
Introducing: Children’s Books in Music – List 1
I don't know if you noticed yet, but I LOVE using children's books. I find them that most lessons that I teach are just not complete until I have a chance to read with the children. I have a fairly extensive library in my music that is in need of organization, but...
Don’t “Decompose” – Compose! Writing music on demand in the music classroom.
For as long as I can remember, I have written music for pleasure. I write for myself, I write for my friends and I write for my family. I write as an expression of my faith in Jesus Christ.... but as much as I write, only occasionally do I write music for school....