The Music in Me and You

References to Common Core, Head Start, and National Core Arts Standards help make this handy collection of classroom-tested lessons a must-have resource. Through playful music activities, your students will get to know themselves, their peers, and how they make and experience music. Each of the lessons is categorized by a theme. Within each lesson are a name song, short warm-up, two songs to sing, steady beat activities, and playing instruments, movement, and a read-aloud book.The enclosed CD enables success for teachers ranging from music specialists to those with little to no music experience. The CD includes the songs used in the book, and PDF files of the worksheets and manipulatives for this reproducible book. 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: Getting to Know You Unit 2: My Body Unit 3: The Music in Me Unit 4: Tea Time at My House