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Music & Music Education
Included here are materials useful for teaching Music in the classroom or for adding providing a musical experience to the curriculum. Arranged by:
 * Early Childhood & Middle School Recordings
 * Educational Tunes
 * Folk Music & Songs
 * Holiday Music
 * Music Appreciation
 * Music Therapy
 * Musical Instruments
 * Picture Books focusing on Music & Musical Instruments
 * Teacher Resources

**__Early Childhood & Middle School Recordings__**
Includes pop and instructional music best-suited for preschool - middle school classroom use.

ERC NON PRNT M1993 .A96 1999 [|Check Availability] A collection of 23 original tunes that teach literacy concepts such as rhyme, syllabication, alliteration, and phoneme manipulation, substitution and blending. (CD, approx. 47 min., includes music and activity book) Gr. Pre-3
 * Avni, Fran. (1999). //I'm all ears: Singing into reading.// Berkeley, CA: Sister's Choice Recordings.**

ERC NON PRNT M1990 .P432 1981 [|Check Availability] Enhance children's coordination and rhythmic skills by encouraging them to play along with these songs -- including jump rope rhymes, circle and singing games, choosing rhymes, ball bouncing rhymes, and clapping rhymes. Gr. Pre-K
 * Beall, C.B. & Nipp, S.H. (1981). //Wee sing and play: a clapping, bouncing, jumping jumble of fun and games.// New York: Price Stern Sloan.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .A556 2006 [|Check Availability] About 70 classic children's songs, fingerplays and poems about animals are found assembled together. Accompanying book includes sheet music with lyrics and guitar chords. Gr. Pre-3
 * Beall, P. C. (2002). //Wee sing animals, animals, animals.// New York: Price Stern Sloan.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .C53 G73 2001 [|Check Availability] Collection of Chapin's favorite songs and original tunes written especially for preschoolers. Gr. Toddler-K
 * Chapin, T. (2001). //Great big fun for the very little one.// Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .C53 E37 2016 Check Availability Kahn and her band sing about Earth and ecosystem. Gr. Toddler - 3
 * Charity and the JAMband. (2016). //Earth: songs for the Earth and All Beings.// San Francisco: Musimatics.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .C44 1992x [|Check Availability] A collection of favorite children's songs, performed by an assortment of pop stars and children's musicians.
 * //A child's celebration of song.// (1992). Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC PROF BK GV452 .B47 2011 [|Check Availability] Movement and dance activities for ages 3-6, includes book with suggestions and music CDs. Gr. Pre-K
 * Dow, C.B. (2011). //One, two, what can I do? Dance and music for the whole day.// St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .E54 E97 2016 Check Availability Songs themed for exploring your neighborhood and beyond. CD. Gr. Toddler - 3
 * England, F. (2016). //Explorer of the world.// San Francisco: Red Eye Distribution.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .F56 A37 1993 [|Check Availability] Happy sing-alongs feature many musical styles -- rock & roll, blues, swing and folk. Topics include friends, peace, and Harriet Tubman. Gr. Pre-5
 * Fink, C. & Marxer, M. (1993). //Air guitar.// Fairview, NC: High Windy Audio.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .G73 M8 2008 [|Check Availability] Fifteen original jazz and world music tunes about green renewable energy. Gr. K-5.
 * Greenfield, H. (2008). //Music for a green planet.// ??: Dots and Lines.**

ERC NON PRNT M1630.18 .G76 P37 2006 [|Check Availability] Fourteen classic American folksongs for all ages, including "Camptown Races", "Turkey in the Straw", "On Top of Spaghetti", and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody". All ages.
 * Grover, D. (2006). //Passin' It On: Pickin' & grinnin' & singin' them old time tunes.// New York: Big Bear Music.**

ERC NON PRNT M1990 .G78 L55 2003 [|Check Availability] Fresh songs, rhythm and movement ideas for the growing child. Gr. Pre-3
 * Grunksky, J. (2003). //Like a flower to the sun.// Toronto, ON, Canada: Casablanca Kids Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT PZ5 .H37 T43 2004 [|Check Availability] Harley combines song and story to paint a fun portrait of school life. Gr. 3-8
 * Harley, B. (2004). //The Teacher's lounge.// Seekonk, MA: Round River Music.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .H37 T44 1997 [|Check Availability] Songs and stories about everyday life, targeted to school-aged boys and girls. Gr. K-5
 * Harley, B. (1997). //There's a pea on my plate.// Seekonk, MA: Round River Records.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .J46 L55 2011 [|Check Availability] Children's music legend and the first lady of children's folk song, Jenkins offers stories and songs that speak to her youthful years as an African-American child in a multicultural world. All ages.
 * Jenkins, E. (2010). //A life of song.// Washington, DC: Smithsonian Folkways.**

ERC NON PRNT PZ8.3 .K1275 Im 2010 [|Check Availability] **Katz, A. (2010). //I'm still here in the bathtub: brand new silly dilly songs.// Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio.** Collection of funny poetry, set to piggyback tunes to sing. Gr. K-5

ERC NON PRNT PZ8.3 K1275 Tak 2010 [|Check Availability] Second collection of funny poetry, set to piggyback tunes to sing. Gr. K-5
 * Katz, A. (2010). //Take me out of the bathtub and other silly dilly songs.// Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .M67 2004 Check Availability
 * //Most amazing dinosaur songs.// (2004). Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC NON PRNT M1990 .P35 C36 1998 [|Check Availability]
 * Palmer, H. (1998). //Can a jumbo jet sing the alphabet? Songs for learning through music and movement.// Topanga, CA: Hap Palmer Music Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .P35 C35 1996 [|Check Availability] Share the joy of music and movement while learning about numbers, number order, addition, subtraction, rhyming, phonics, primary and secondary colors, telling time, months, seasons, comparison of opposites, and appreciation of diversity. Gr. PreS-K.
 * Palmer, H. (1996). //Can cockatoos county by two////s? Songs for learning through music and movement.// Topanga, CA: Hap Palmer Music Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT M1993 .P3 L4 2001 [|Check Availability] Colors, the alphabet, body awareness and more and presented in a happy, rhythmic teaching program that pre-schoolers, slow learners, and early primary children from all backgrounds can participate in immediately. Gr. PreS-K
 * Palmer, H. (2004). //Learning basic skills through music, v.1.// Baldwin, NY: Educational Activities, Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .R43 F54 2009 [|Check Availability] School-themed concept album for school aged kids. Gr. K-8
 * Recess Monkey. (2009). //Field Trip.// ??: Recess Monkey.**


 * ERC NON PRNT M1993 .R44 S3 1999 [|Check Availability] **
 * Reid-Naiman, K. (1999). //Say hello to the morning: more tickles, tunes and singing games for children.// Aurora, Ontario, Canada: Merriweather Records Ltd.**

ERC NON PRNT M1999 .R49 S43 2008 [|Check Availability] Fifteen songs perfect for school-aged kids, including "Where Can I Find Green Eggs and Ham" and Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4". Gr. K-5.
 * Rex, T. (2008). //Shakin' in Chicago.// ??: Thaddeus Rex, Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .R68 2010 Check Availability Sixteen original tunes by current composers from cultures around the world. Gr. K-up.
 * //The Rough Guide to world music for children.// (2010). Hong Kong: World Music Network.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .S26 P53 2011 Check Availability
 * Sangiolo, M. (2011). //Maria and friends: planting seeds.// Pomfret, CT: Raging River Records.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .S565 2002 [|Check Availability]
 * //Singin' in my heart//: s//ongs of love and friendship.// (2002). Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC NON PRNT RJ133 .S74 2010 Check Availability Learning fun for Preschoolers by Georgiana Stewart. Important pre-learning skills and improved motor skills are developed through musical play, rhythms, exercises, creative movement and games. Body identification, counting, listening and following directions, language and self-awareness. (CD-ROM) Pre-K.
 * Stewart, Georgiana Liccione. //Activity songs & games: learning fun for preschoolers.// Long Branch, NJ: Kimbo Educational.**

ERC NON PRNT M1670 .S94 I46 1994 [|Check Availability] This collection of eighteen songs from the world of Black music includes spirituals, traditional African songs, old and new African American children's songs and more. All ages.
 * Sweet Honey in the Rock. (1994). //I got shoes.// Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .T76 B54 2008 [|Check Availability] Original songs include songs about food, getting dressed, Halloween and a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. & Rosa Parks. Gr. Pre-3
 * Trout Fishing in America. (2008). //Big round world.// Prairie Grove, AR: Trout Records.**

ERC NON PRNT M1992 .T76 M9 2006 Check Availability Concert recording at grade school, featuring TFA favorite songs. Gr. K-5
 * Trout Fishing in America. (2006). //My best day.// Prairie Grove, AR: Trout Records.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .W53 2008 Check Availability Prefect to use with puppets, these songs focus on the careers of a construction worker, doctor, mailman and police officer. Great for career day! Gr. Pre-3
 * Wanna Bees, The. (2011). Work together. Toledo, OH: The Wanna Bees Band.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .W53 2008 [|Check Availability] The most memorable songs from the Broadway show, //Wicked//, recorded for kids and sung by kids. Gr. Pre-5
 * //Wicked 4 kids.// (2008). Encino, CA: Water Music Kids.**

ERC NON PRNT M2198 .Z36 W45 2008 [|Check Availability] Zanes offers music with a religious slant to welcome new immigrants to our country. Gr. Pre-5
 * Zanes, D. & Friends. (2008). //The Welcome table! Songs of inspiration, mystery & good times.// Brooklyn, NY: Festival Fire Records.**

__Educational Tunes__
ERC NON PRNT M1993 .B72 2012 Check Availability Twelve catchy songs that teaches topics such as the state capitals, Pi, quadratic equation, and the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. Gr. 5-up.
 * //Brain Beats.// (2012). Chicago, IL: Marbles.**

__**Folk Music & Songs**__
This includes recordings of traditional music and music from other cultures.

ERC NON PRNT M1681 .A1 A73 2002 [|Check Availability] Singer/songwriter Asheba hails from Trinidad and shares his rhythmically folkloric material for children. Gr. Pre-5.
 * Asheba. (2002). //Go itsy: Asheba's music for kids "Caribbean Style".// ??: COV Productions.**

ERC NON PRNT M1385 .G7 G74 2010 [|Check Availability] Classic lullaby songs from around the world, arranged for guitar. All ages.
 * Greaver, Paul. (2010). //Guitar lullabies.// Redway, CA: Music for Little People.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .H47 2000 [|Check Availability] Twenty four classic folksongs songs for kids to learn. Gr. PreS.
 * //Here is thumbkin! More action songs for every month.// (2000). Long Branch, NJ: Kimbo Educational.**

ERC NON PRNT M1817.18 .S36 2014 Check Availability Enjoy listening to 14 traditional favorite Korean folk songs, as you learn more about their past. (book & CD). Ages PreS-8.
 * Choi, S-U. (2014). //Korean folk songs: Stars in the sky and dreams in our hearts.// Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.**

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .M37 2007 [|Check Availability] Songs of peace from the Caribbean, Australia, Africa, Latin America, Quechua, Native American, Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish and African-American tradition. Gr. K-5
 * Marmaluk-Hajioannou, Daria (Daria). (2006). //Beautiful rainbow world.// Riegelsville, PA: Dariamusic.**

ERC NON PRNT M1629 .S44 T66 2010 [|Check Availability] Pete Seeger sings popular folks songs with the rivertown kids and friends. All ages.
 * Seeger, P., & Rivertown Kids (Musical group). (2010). //Tomorrow's children//. **

ERC NON PRNT M1997 .T68 W6 2006 [|Check Availability] Songs based on ethnic legends and original ideas feature musical instruments from around the world. Gr. Pre-5
 * Toucan Jam (Two Can Jam). (2006). //A World of music.// Fayetteville, AK: Termite Tracks.**

__Holiday Music__
ERC PROF BK M1629.3 .C5 S35 2005 [|Check Availability] This complete caroling kit includes a CD of Holiday songs including variants on favorite tunes; book with lyrics, activities and Christmas lore; three lyrics booklets. Gr. PreS-up.
 * Schiller, D. (2005). //Christmas sing-along car-i-oke.// New York: Workman Publishing.**

ERC NON PRNT M1629.3 .C5 A46 F45 2008 [|Check Availability] Twenty-one carols, some traditional Spanish carols and some are translations of traditional English carols, help students learn Spanish. Includes a lyrics booklet. Gr. Pre-adult.
 * Feliz Navidad: Sing along and learn carols in Spanish. (2005). Minnetonka, MN: Teach Me Tapes, Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT M1629.2 .A1 G34 [|Check Availability] Original songs, games, dances, sing-alongs, motor activities, marches and quiet listening to use in the classroom throughout the school year. Includes a lyrics booklet. Gr. Pre-3.
 * //Holiday songs for all occasions.// (1978). Long Branch, NY: Kimbo Educational.**

**__Music Appreciation__**
This includes music history and materials on how to listen to/appreciate music in its many forms.

ERC PROF BK ML3928 .C45 2010 [|Check Availability] Survey of musical forms, from early music (50,000 BCE-1600 CE) to modern music (1900-). Includes a CD with samples.
 * //Children's book of music.// (2010). New York: DK Books.**

ERC NON PRNT M1 .A1 E58 2015 Check Availability Step back in time as you hear music listened to in the households of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington (CD). All ages.
 * Enslow, A. & Enslow, R. (2015). //Brandy O!// Berkeley Hieghts, NJ. Enslow Publishers, Inc.**

ERC NON PRNT ML419 .A75 .J87 2016 Check Availability Video adaptation of the picture book biography about Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James Ransome. (DVD, 16 min.) Gr PreS-Gr. 3.
 * //Just a lucky so and so: The story of Louis Armstrong.// (2016). Holland, OH: Dreamscape Media.**

ERC PROF BK ML385 .K89 1993 [|Check Availability] From Vivaldi to Guthrie, each of these 20 composers is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncrasies as well as their contributions to the history of music. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were -- it's all here. Gr. 4-8.
 * Krull, K. (1993). //Lives of the musicians: Good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought).// San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co.**

ERC NON PRNT MT7 .G744 2007 [|Check Availability] A basic course designed to introduce one to music's language in a way that is similar to the way native language is learned. (DVD, 12 hours). Adult.
 * Greenberg, R. (2007). //Understanding the fundamentals of music.// Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company.**

Short introductory biographies of composers. Gr. 4-6.
 * Venezia, M. //Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers.// New York: Children's Press.**
 * ERC PROF BK ML3930 .H25 V46 1995 [|Check Availability] //**George Handel.**// **(1995).**

ERC PROF BK ML3929 .Z54 2008 Check Availability A music & clip art CD accompanies this survey of musicians from Palestrina to Michael Jackson. Gr. 4-8
 * Ziegler, R. (2008). //Great musicians (Eyewitness Books)//. New York: DK Books.**

__Music Therapy__
ERC PROF BK MT17 .A32 2010 [|Check Availability]
 * Adamek, M.S. & Darrow, A-A. (2010). //Music in special education, 2nd ed.// Silver Spring, MD: American Music Therapy Association.**

ERC PROF BK ML3920 .O77 2011 [|Check Availability]
 * Ott, P. (2011). //Music for special kids: musical activities, songs, instruments and resources.// Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.**

=__Musical Instruments__=

ERC NON PRNT M175 .A8 A8 [|Check Availability] Includes instruction booklet, carrying case with 2 picks and tuning key. 3-octave range, 15 chords.
 * //Autoharp.// (n.d.). Buffalo Grove, IL: Oscar Schmidt.**

ERC NON PRNT MT810 .L35 2000z [|Check Availability] //**Lakeshore rhythm set.**// **(200?). Carson, CA: Lakeshore Learning.** Set of various band rhythm instruments, in plastic boxes. Enough for 30 players. Gr. Pre-5.
 * Teacher Resource:
 * ERC PROF BK GV463 .C66 2004 Check Availability **Connors, A.F. (2004). //101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children.// Lewisville, NC: Gryphon House.** This book is chock-a-block full of ideas on ow to use rhythm instruments.

ERC NON PRNT ML1048 .X94 Check Availability Includes mallets and color-coded sheet music. Gr. Pre-5.
 * //Large wood xylophone.// (n.d.) ??: Back to Basics Toys.**

ERC NON PRNT MT278 .M45 2002 [|Check Availability] Taught by Coral White, this will teach you the basics for all types of performance, from classical to country, in a clear, step-by-step process. Gr. 8-up.
 * //Mel Bay's anyone can play violin.// (2002). Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications.**

ERC NON PRNT ML1030 .M87 [|Check Availability] Child-sized instruments include a drum and pair of sticks, cymball,s tambourine, harmonica, claves, triange, jingle bells and tone block with mallet.
 * //Musical rhythm set.// (n.d.) Moberly, MO: Back to Basics Toys.**

ERC NON PRNT M1993 .J63 S5 1998 Check Availability Seven popular children's songs on 14 tracks (choices are with children's voices or instrumental) provide ample time and opportunity for children to enjoy adding rhythm. (CD). Gr. Pre-3.
 * //Simplified Rhythm Stick Activities.// (1998). Long Branch, NJ: Kimbo Educational.**

**__Picture Books focusing on Music or Musical Instruments__**
ERC PROF BK PZ7 .C314 Ger 2006 Check Availability The behind the scenes story of how George Gershwin composed this piece of music. Includes a CD recording of it. Gr. Pre-5.
 * Celenza, A.H. (2006). //Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue.// Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .G91 Si 2010 [|Check Availability] Polar bears have their own story to tell to the text mirrored from the classic Christmas carol. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Groom, J. & Warnes, T. (2010). //Silent Night.// Intercourse, PA: Good Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .H2183 Su 2005 [|Check Availability] An illustrated version of the well-known song about he passage of time, from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof". Gr. Pre-3.
 * Harnick, S. (2005). //Sunrise, sunset.// New York: HarperCollins.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.I76 Br 2002 [|Check Availability] This rhyming story, set in the 1930s, is a tour de force to bring jazz alive for the youngest children. Gr. Pre-3
 * Isadora, R. (2002). //Bring on that beat.// New York: G.P. Putnam's.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.K965 Ph 1986 [|Check Availability] A delightful and unusual inside view of one way an orchestra prepares for a concert. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Kuskin, Karla. //The Philharmonic gets dressed.//**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .L8432 Hi 1993 [|Check Availability] Hip Cat journeys to the city by the bay to live his dream of being a jazz musician. Gr. Pre-3.
 * London, Jonathan. (1993). //Hip Cat.// San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .L85 Tw 2011 Check Availability Traditional illustrations with an "I Spy" twist beautifully illustrate this Christmas classic song. All ages.
 * Long, Laurel. (2011)****//. The Twelve days of Christmas.// New York: Dial Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 M8464 Zi 1995 [|Check Availabiltiy] Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. Caldecott Honor art is by Margorie Priceman. Gr. Pre-3
 * Moss, L. (1995). //Zin! Zin! Zin! a violin.// New York: Simon & Schuster.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .N7498 Te 2011 [|Check Availability] Wintery text, written to the pattern of "There Were 10 in the Bed". Gr. Pre-1.
 * Norman, K. (2010). //Ten on the sled.// New York: Sterling Publishers.**

ERC PROF BK ML3930 .V4 P7 1990 [|Check Availability] Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved. Gr. 3-8.
 * Price, Leontyne. (1990). //Aida//. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.**

__Teacher Resources__
ERC PROF BK MT10 .A775 2008 Check Availability This text helps future educators learn how to make music an effective and integrated component of any part of the elementary curriculum. Professional.
 * Anderson, W.M. & Lawrence, J.E. (2010). //Integrating music into the elementary classroom, 8th ed.// Boston, MA: Schirmer Cengage Learning.**

ERC NON PRNT LB1115 .M88 2007 Check Availability Children are predisposed to learn and enjoy music, especially in make it. It helps children's brains develop the "neural bridges" tat make them stronger. This program explains why this is so and how experienced teachers use music to help children grow and learn. (DVD, 26 min.) Professional.
 * //Music and early learning.// (2007). Chicago, IL: Magna Systems.**

ERC NON PRNT LB1115 .M87 2007 Check Availability This program explains what research has shown us about the importance of combining movement with music in early learning environments. (DVD, 25 min.) Professional.
 * //Music and movement.// (2007). Chicago, IL: Magna Systems.**