Singable picture books-- they are so fun!
What are they?
Books where you sing the words. There are lots and lots of singable picture books out there, you probably have some yourself. What fun to sit and read with your preschooler, but what MORE FUN it is to sit and sing with your preschooler. And what is even MORE FUN is when both you and your preschooler sing together.
I found a music therapy for kids site online that listed the top 8 singable books. I had no idea what some of them were or sounded like, so I searched the book title in google, added the words "you tube", and presto, listened to the singable book as I looked at the pictures.
There was one book that I fell in love with and had to have for my music class called, We All Go Traveling By. It is written by Sheena Roberts and the illustrations which are done by Siobhan Bell are so cool.
All the pictures are fabric applique. It is sung by Fred Penner. It has a really catchy tune and is a cumulative tale of different ways to travel. My 8 year old granddaughter heard it only one time and then said, "I keep singing that song in my head"-it's that catchy. Another favorite singable book that I used when I taught school was Puff the Magic Dragon.
should be able to sing.
As I was searching for more singable books, I found a list on this site for teaching early literacy/teaching English as a second language. Next I found The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge site where 5th-8th graders take a singable book, analyze it, then take an original poem, set it to music and make it into a singable picture book. This corresponds with some of the common core state standards.
Wow, who knew all the educational value you were accomplishing by simply sitting down and singing a book with your child/grandchild.
Have any favorite singable books? Please share!
Go. Enjoy. Sing.
Thanks for reading,
Cathy
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