Category: Story Songs
Cultivating Young Musicians – Part 2
“If we inspire you to do anything new at all in your [music] classrooms today, we hope it is this: Tell stories to your students! Read to them, use picture books or just tell them stories from your heart. Children NEED to hear them!” Peter & Mary Alice Amidon of…
Musical Play with Stories
Tortoise & Hare Teach Tempo & More!
Bunnies, Duckies & Springtime Fun
What Three Little Pigs Can Teach About Reading & Writing
Make Stories Come Alive With Music
“When children dramatize, move to, or create music to represent a story, they become actively involved in working with the ideas in the story … As they translate the words to art forms, each story comes to life. Indeed, the act of transforming or translating is fundamental to attaining understanding…
Song & Book Pairing for Late Fall
Today is Monday – Yum!
Cultivating Young Musicians – Part 2
“If we inspire you to do anything new at all in your [music] classrooms today, we hope it is this: Tell stories to your students! Read to them, use picture books or just tell them stories from your heart. Children NEED to hear them!” Peter & Mary Alice Amidon of…
Musical Play with Stories
Tortoise & Hare Teach Tempo & More!
Bunnies, Duckies & Springtime Fun
What Three Little Pigs Can Teach About Reading & Writing
Make Stories Come Alive With Music

“When children dramatize, move to, or create music to represent a story, they become actively involved in working with the ideas in the story … As they translate the words to art forms, each story comes to life. Indeed, the act of transforming or translating is fundamental to attaining understanding…