American Folk Songs for Children

This monthly handbook contains the following features:

• 6 activities: two each in reading, writing, and math
• A note about the theme and the skills it builds
• Picture book suggestions
• Skill-specific information for the teaching adult
• A planning box for each activity
• Note pages for planning and reflection

While each Quill offers a "Staff Picks" book list (see books below), you are free to use any books related to the theme from your collection or library when you enjoy these activities with your children.

Find related books in the Brave Writer Book Shop:

• American Folk Songs for Children
• Your Name is a Song
• When Step Met Skip
• We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
• This Magical, Musical Night
• The Science of Song: How and Why We Make Music
• The Children’s Forest: Stories & Songs, Wild Food, Crafts & Celebrations All Year Round
• Squeak! Rumble! Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: a Sonic Adventure
• Song on the Wind
• Nighttime Symphony by Timbaland
• Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo
• M is for Music
• M is for Melody: A Music Alphabet
• La La La
• A Song of Frutas
• Accordionly
• 88 Instruments
• Trombone Shorty
• Starboy: Inspired by the Life and Lyrics of David Bowie
• Mister Rogers’ Gift of Music
• Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin
• I Am Mozart, Too: The Lost Genius of Maria Anna Mozart
• Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
• Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music
• Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay