High Quality Children's Literature
and Resources
All pieces listed are in a good vocal range for elementary age children, and would be wonderful performance pieces.
Unison
Animal Imagination Unison Two-Part and Partner Songs A Song of Peace, partner song Charlotte Town, Emily Crocker 2pt Cooroo, Cooroo, Kupfgerschmidt Folksong Partners, Mary Donnely, G Strid Holiday Partners, partner songs. O Eliza, Little 'Liza Jane A Broadway Song, Partner Let There be Song, Dave and Jean Perry 2pt The Silence and the Song The Crawdad Hole Baa Baa Swinging Sheep Chicken on a fence post 2pt rhythmic Galop, Ken Berg Uni/2pt 3 Quotes by Mark Twain, Ramsey I Bought me a Cat, S. Albrecht |
RESOURCES
Making the Grade- Creative Standards based lessons for the Music Classroom Grades 3-6. Alfred publishing Junior Voiceworks; 33 Songs for Children, Kevin Stannard Mexico Songs and Activities for Classroom and Community, By Gilberto Soto and Max Brymer World Beat Fun; Multiculturaland Contemporary Rhythms for K-8 Classrooms by Zig Wajler http://acdawestern.org/ AMERICANS ALL, a musical Celebration of America’s Multicultural Heritage., Cheryl Lavender and Alan Billingslrey |
Winter Pieces
A La Nanita Nana, Ruth Elaine Schramm Christmas Round, Hank Beebe 2pt Cold Snap, Mark Hayes 2pt Feliz Navidad and a Happy New Year, 2pt Happy Holidays, Mary Lynn Lightfoot A Merry Christmas to You, Douglas Wagner 2pt The Skaters Waltz 2pt Rudolph, The Red nosed Reindeer Frosty the Snowman Over the River and through the wood Give a little Love at Christmas Snow Flake Carol, Steve Kupferschmidt Peace, Peace/Silent Night |