Up, Up, and Away!

Up, Up and Away!
By Mari Schay
Book and enhanced CD
48 pages
Grades Prek-K

In Up, Up and Away, Mari Schay presents four units for developing musicianship in your youngest students through active engagement, imagination, and the spirit of play. Taken directly from Mari's teaching experiences, this resource is perfect for teachers ranging from music specialists to those with little or no music experience.

Contents
Why Do We Need to Teach Music in Preschool and Kindergarten?
What Are the Elements of Music?
   Singing
   Playing Instruments
   Movement
How Do We Make Music Time Most Effective?
About This Book
   Name Song
   Shorty
   Songs to Sing
   Playing Instruments
   Movement
   Read Aloud Book
Unit 1: In the Trees
   Pawpaw Patch
   Little Apples
   Five Little Monkeys
   Apples and Bananas
   Lime in the Coconut
   Teasing Mr. Crocodile
   Tony Chestnut 
   Abiyoyo 
Unit 2: Things That Fly
   Fly Through My Window
   On My Toe
   Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee
   I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
   The Spider and the Fly
   Little Bird
   Shoo Fly 
   There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Unit 3: Things That Go
   Paige's Train
   Engine, Engine Number Nine
   Wheels on the Bus
   Down by the Station
   Farmer Went Trotting
   Wind the Bobbin Up
   Walk and Stop 
   Miss Spider's New Car
Unit 4: Up and Down
   Jack and Jill
   Crisscross Applesauce
   The Itsy, Bitsy Spider
   The Ants Go Marching
   Humpty Dumpty
   Little Tommy Tinker
   The Noble Duke of York 
   The Ants Go Marching