Combining Music and Literature - Resources
Posted by Rei Murray on March 16, 2021
Combining music with literature can add a new dimension to a child’s imagination, and Peripole offers many resources that can help with just that. Here we have highlighted a few books that integrate song and story to get children engaged and perhaps even motivated to create their own musical theater!
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Creative Bits With Children's Lit by Sandy Lantz and Gretchen Wahlberg |
Your favorite children’s books come alive in your music classroom with the songs and creative lesson plans developed by Sandy and Gretchen and presented successfully in level courses and conferences around the country. Each book is read and embellished with songs, games, movement, puppetry, and drama. There has never been a better way to present important music concepts that through engaging young musicians with story, reading, and song.
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S'More Bits With Children's Lit by Sandy Lantz and Gretchen Wahlberg
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More of your favorite children’s books with songs and creative Orff process lesson plans developed by Sandy and Gretchen and presented successfully in level courses and conferences around the country. Add your classroom set of Ukuleles and Recorders to these wonderful stories!
Each book is read and embellished with songs, games, movement, puppetry, and drama. There has never been a better way to present important music concepts than through engaging young musicians with story, reading, and song.
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This fun book by James Harding takes an in-depth look at creative play using the Orff-Schulwerk method and features artwork by Eli Noyes.
The book features great ideas for any music curriculum, with chapters about speech pieces, singing games, and working with props, Orff Instruments, songs, and canons.
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Viking Pineapples by Sherry Luchette
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The Viking Pineapples is a book and CD set designed for the elementary music classroom by Sherry Luchette.
The activities in this book are designed to give students opportunities to become part of a musical jazz story. Each activity is simple, with multiple variations so they can be adapted easily for each class.
Find these titles and more in our publications section.