by Bonnie | Jul 24, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up, Yummy Award |
July 2012 I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow I love this book! Now just by looking at it, you might not think this is a book that could be used in a music class….. however, it is such a fun read and when I...
by Bonnie | Jul 22, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up |
Here is a new book list just in time for the new school year! Iza Trapani is one of my favorite authors, but when I decided to create a book list for her, I’ll admit that I was unaware of just how prolific an author and illustrator she is! Open Library has 39...
by Bonnie | Jun 25, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up, Yummy Award
June 2012 What a fun book to read and sing with students! This book is especially useful when you are already using a version of the original folk song as part of your instruction. I’ve used this book with kinder through 5th grade with great success but I find...
by Bonnie | Jun 19, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up, Yummy Award
I realized the other day that not only has it been quite some time since I last blogged, but that in the rush of ending the school year, I forgot to give a YUMMY! Award for the month of May…..so I’ll give an award for May today and hopefully give one for...
by Bonnie | Apr 20, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up, Yummy Award
Drum roll please……….. The April 2012 Melodysoup.com YUMMY Award! goes to…….. “Birds” by written by Kevin Henkes and Illustrated by Laura Dronsek What a delight it is to read this with children! There are so many...
by Bonnie | Apr 20, 2012 | Book Lists, Music Classroom Library, Music Classroom Library Set-Up
I tend to teach patriotic music in the late spring because the vocabulary and often the melodies for most of the songs are rather advanced. By waiting until the late spring, I share these super fun songs with my students when they are the oldest they will be all...
