Children's Books for Music Class

Are you stumped with figuring out how to incorporate literacy into your music classes without giving up your musical objectives? I have collected my best strategies to help you!

Books with song lyrics to sing are great to pair with steady beat practice! Sing along to the book, adding clapping or patting on lap or even small rhythm instruments.

Story with add-on characters are perfect to pair with classroom instrument technique/improvisation or body percussion creativity & improvisation.

Stories with repeating text phrases pair well with classroom instrument technique or resting tone or bordun accompaniment.

Consider pairing a genre study such as sea shanties or the Blues with a book for a different take on incorporating literacy into music lessons.

Wordless picture books are perfect for encouraging student creativity! Pictures are presented in a sequence and children are free to tell the story in their own words. Often we think of this type of book being for very young children, and that is tru...