The Little Engine That Could Sing

The Little Engine That Could Sing

A Musical Play for Young Children

By Carol Kaplan-Lyss and Janet Hill

Book and CD

40 pages

Ages 4 - 7

This musical play allows children to bring the story of The Little Engine That Could to life through drama, music, art, language, gross-motor activities, and more. Even non-musical teachers will find it easy to put on a class production. Songs are notated with piano accompaniments. There are no speaking parts or solos unless you want to create them. The resource book includes a CD with tracks of the performance of the 6 songs and Accompaniment Only tracks. Songs have catchy lyrics and are fun to sing. The musical is about 20 minutes long.

Contents:

I. How It Works

Step-by-Step

The Musical

Roles

Scenery, Set, and Staging

Costumes

Rehearsals and Performance

II. Stretching the Learning

Dramatic Play: Let's Pretend

Gross Motor Activities: Move Those Muscles

Language Arts: For Your Library, What in the "Word"?

Math Concepts: How Much and How Many?

Music and Sound: Down by the Station

Social-Emotional Learning: Happy, Sad, Angry, Frustrated

Topics to Research: Getting on Board with Questions and Answers

III. The Nuts 'n' Bolts

About the CD

Musical Score

Lyrics

Narration

Piano/Guitar Accompaniment