First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond

Written by a national leader in early childhood music education, this creatively illustrated book contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool/early elementary students including: 1. Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities and more. 2. Repertoire based only on folk or tradional songs and rhymes, because of their natural melodic expressiveness and language flow, and for their texts filled with wonder. 3. Complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum 4. Full coordination with high-quality recordings that contain all the rhymes and music from this book 5. Suggestions on setting up a class, perparing parents, record keeping, expanding your music program, and planning ahead 6 A classical music component, perfect for movement and exploration.