Here are some resources I recommend to adults who want to share more songs and stories with children.

Books

  • Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook, edited by Peter Blood and Annie Patterson. Sing Out! Publications.
  • What’ll I Do With the Baby-o? Nursery Rhymes, Songs and Stories for Babies, by Jane Cobb. Black Sheep Press.
  • Lapsit Services for the Very Young II: A How-To-Do-It Manual, by Linda Ernst. Neal-Schuman Publishers.
  • Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller, by Margaret Read MacDonald. American Library Association.

Music

  • Cool Tunes for Kids  A children’s music review website by song-writer and performer Eric Herman.
  • Heartwood Guitar Instruction Guitar teacher Rob Hampton’s website is a good resource for free online lessons, guitar tabs and more.
  • Mother Goose Guitar  Song-writer and performer Nancy Stewart’s course is geared for the beginning guitarist who works with children.

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