Silly and Serious

Silly and Serious

Busy Bodies, Busy Brains Series

By Mari Schay

Book and enhanced CD

44 pages

Grades PreK - K 

Collection of four thematic units, each with eight lesson components designed to develop musicianship while reinforcing general classroom curriculum. Lessons are aligned with Common Core, NAfME, and Head Start Standards. Child-centered and playful music-making activities use songs, rhymes, and children's literature. Includes a CD with performance audio tracks (male and female singers) and printable resources.

Contents:

• Why Do We Need to Teach Music in Preschool and Kindergarten?
• What Are the Elements of Music?
• How Do We Make Music Time Most Effective?
• About This Book
• Unit 1:
• Silly Stuff Hey
• Lidey
• My Aunt Came Back
• Fooba Wooba John
• Aiken Drum
• Crooked Little Man
• Looby Loo
• Tacky the Penguin.
• Unit 2:
• Sticky & Stinky Stuff Bubble Gum in a Dish
• Sticky Bubble Gum
• Little Skunk's Hole
• Guess I'll Eat Some Worms
• Peanut Sat
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Tooty Ta
• Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud
• Unit 3:
• ABC & 1-2-3
• Johnny Had One Friend
• One Two Buckle My Shoe,
• ABC Song
• Alison's Camel
• Pancake Day
• One Potato
• Head and Shoulders Baby
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• Unit 4:
• Time for a Rhyme Willaby Wallaby
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• A-Hunting We Will Go
• This Old Man
• Hickory Dickory Dock
• Tick Tock Clock
• I'm Very Tall
• Green Eggs and Ham