Musical Tales Food


 
Don’t Stop the Music!
OLC Children and Teen Services Conference, August 2008
Cindy Brown cbrown@lakevilleschools.com                          Amy Brown abrown@worthingtonlibraries.org
 
Musical Tales: Food
 
Stories
 
Marsupial Sue Presents “The Runaway Pancake” by John Lithgow. 2005.
 
Pickin’ Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald. 1998.
 
Some Friends to Feed: the Story of Stone Soup by Pete Seeger. 2005.
 
Thelonius Monster’s Sky-High Fly-Pie by Judy Sierra. 2006. (chant)
 
On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Johnson. 2006.
 
Songs
 
“Go Bananas” from http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/banana-song.html
 
“The Good Old General Store” from Crazy Gibberish by Naomi Baltuck. 1993.
 
“Aiken Drum” from The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions by John Feierabend. 2004.
 
“Peanut Butter Sandwich” and “Brush Your Teeth” from Singable Songs for the Very Young by Raffi. 1976. (can add instruments to “Brush Your Teeth”)
 
 “Peanut on a Railroad Track” from http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/peanut-on-a-railroad-track.html
 
Game
 
“All Around the Kitchen” from The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions by John Feierabend. 2004.
 
Science Experiment
 
Glass Xylophone from http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/glassxylophone.html
 
Musical Instrument
 
Guitar (using a shoe box, rubber bands, and a pencil)
 
Spoons (teach kids how to play spoons)