Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

Spring is coming but the songs have been here brightening our days all along!

Visiting these classes this week sure put a SPRING in my step: Ms. Morgan (K), Ms. Everett (K), Mr. Koppelman (2), Ms. Howard (2), Mr. Mitchell (K), Ms. Strickland (3), Ms. Coffman (3).

In each of the visits, we sang from a selection of these Singable Picture Books:

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Ants Go Marching (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Dan Crisp

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Chelsea Morning
Words and Music by Joni Mitchell
Illustrated by Brian Froud

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Don’t Laugh at Me
Words and Music by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
Afterword by Peter Yarrow
Illustrated by Glin Dibley
This book features printed music and a sing-along CD.

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Easter Parade
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Illustrated by Lisa McCue
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York
ISBN 0-06-029125-7

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The Farmer in the Dell
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Ilse Plume
(It is fun to sing this song along with accompaniment from the Fisher Price TV Radio that winds up and plays a music box version of “The Farmer in the Dell,” which you can see by clicking here:http://www.basicfun.com/products/fisher-price-classics/all/fisher-price-tv-radio.html)

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The Fifty Nifty United States Map (by ELEG for Sing Books with Emily)
Map Colorized by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Words and Music by Ray Charles
To view or print this map, click here:
usa map by eleg

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Grandma’s Feather Bed (John Denver’s)
Words and Music by Jim Connor
Adapted and Illustrated by Christopher Canyon

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I Love You a Bushel and a Peck
Words and Music by Frank Loesser
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells

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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Traditional Words and Tune
Edited by Ann Owen
Illustrated by Sandra D’Antonio
(This book features printed music, pages of information about the song and railroads, and activity ideas.)

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The Handmade Alphabet
Sing to the Tune of “ABC Song“
Written and Illustrated by Laura Rankin

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Little Bunny Foo Foo (the Real Story)
Traditional Words and Tune
Story and Song Adapted by Cori Doerrfeld
Illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld

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Owl and the Pussycat
Poem by Edward Lear
Musical Settings by Various Artists
Illustrated by Anne Mortimer
Sing “O&P” along with Emily: http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/o-p-eleg-061909

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The Sparrow
Words and Music by Jill Leger
Illustrated by Jill Leger
Sing-Along on Youtube with a karaoke video of “The Sparrow”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlxqa-eXTVw
Hear Emily’s recording of “The Sparrow” on:http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/the-sparrow-eleg-by-jill-leger

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We sang The Sparrow and talked about the names of animal groups (and how exploring the names of animal groups is a great way to enhance your vocabulary) which are also explored in this artful book:

Zeal of Zebras
Words and Art by Woop Studios

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Illustrated by Amiko Hirao
Performed by Carly Simon
This edition gets a GOLD STAR for including the FULL song (both verses and chorus) and a fabulous recording of Carly Simon and her delightful arrangement she made for Ken Burn’s documentary Baseball.

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There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
Music and Lyrics by Frederich H. Heider and Carl Kress
Illustrated by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer
ISBN 978-0-06-058022-3

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Who is on the United States Money Song with  PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS (Money)

Who is on the United States Money Song
Sing to the Tune of the Can-Can
Words by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
Hear the song and sing-along with Emily at this link:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-is-on-the-us-money-song

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When You Wish Upon a Star
Music by Ned Washington
Words by Leigh Harline
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret

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From the Little Songs Binder, we sang a bunch of sweet little singable poems in honor of April is Poetry Month

Little Songs & Singable Poems for SBWE
Collected byEmily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Music, Words and Illustration by Various Artists

Here are the song sheets we sang:

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COTTLESTON PIE
Poem by A. A. Milne
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson
Poster Illustration Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
To view or print this sheet, click here:
COTTLESTON PIE little song sheet sbwe

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Last Song (A Lullaby)
Poem by James Guthrie
Music by Emily Everson Gleichenhaus and Paul Raiman
To view or print this page, click here:
SBWE Advent Calendar Last Song
Sing-Along with Emily:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/last-song

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The Little Elf
Words by John Kendrick Bangs
Music by Various Artists, Including Ginger Sands
Illustrated by Unknown
To print and sing this sweet poem, click here:
little elf w line drawing

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The Little Turtle
Poem by Vachel Linsay
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Priscilla Pointer
From: Childcraft, Volume 1, Poems of Early Childhood, p. 96
Sing LITTLE TURTLE with Emily, here:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/there-was-a-little-turtle-eleg-2010

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Related Posts

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COUNTING
Counting (and math) in Singable Picture Books
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/counting-and-math-in-singable-picture-books/

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CLASSIC BOOKS WITH HOLES
The Singable Picture Books of Classic Books with Holes
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/the-singable-picture-books-of-classic-books-with-holes/

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GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Singable Picture Books of the Great American Songbook and Michael Feinstein’s Foundation for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/american-songbook-singable-picture-books-and-michael-feinsteins-foundation-for-the-preservation-of-the-great-american-songbook/

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EASTER
A list of Singable Picture Books that celebrate the Easter
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/singable-picture-books-for-easter/

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EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
A list of SPBs with fun and sneakily educational content.  The kids won’t even know they’re learning!
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/singable-picture-books-with-sneaky-educational-content/

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JONI MITCHELL
SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF JONI MITCHELL
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/joni-mitchell-in-singable-picture-books/

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FOURTH OF JULY AND OTHER HOLIDAYS CELEBRATING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER CITIZENS AND HISTORY
A list of Patriotic Singable Picture Books
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/a-patriotic-list-of-singable-books-for-july-4th/

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TOLERANCE AND COMPASSION
Singable Picture Books Celebrating Tolerance and Compassion (another list inspired by Nikki)
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/singable-picture-books-celebrating-tolerance-and-compassion-another-list-inspired-by-nikki/