’Tis the season for some holiday-themed singable book ideas!

Have you heard?! There’s a new singable book on the shelves this week!! HUGE congrats to Miss Julieann on her recent publication, “There's A Dinosaur at My Door”!  🦖🎶📗

This book follows her original tune  (go take a listen on her Youtube channel!), which is super engaging AND hilarious! Students are sure to love the fun illustrations (the multi-talented Miss Julieann drew them herself 🤯!) and interactive nature of the song/book.

F-flat books have the e-book version available to download, so head over there and grab a copy to use in your sessions, home, story hours, and groups!

🍁It’s officially November! Which means my all-time favorite holiday is happening soon…Thanksgiving! Here’s a singable book for the season that you can easily implement into your sessions, lessons, or story hour: “Rumble and Sway: The Thankful Bus Ride”.

🍂Sing it to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus” and discuss what you/your students are thankful for. Create your own Thankful Bus!

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“Mazel Tov, Baby!” is a beautiful example of how an author and a songwriter can come together to create a book with an accompanying song…and I’m sooooo excited to share this interview with Singable Book Club members, where they’ll get to hear from BOTH Dara (the author) and Ashley (the songwriter).

Each perspective is fascinating and I’m honored they were able to share with me & the club about their entire process: from brainstorming, to recording, to the most challenging moments, as well as what they are most proud of when it comes to the book and song.

As Dara notes, “I’m so proud that both Mazel Tov, Baby! (the book) & Ashley’s adorable song encourages caregivers and children to celebrate their progress and connect with each other. It’s so important to celebrate each step we take, because even baby steps are important.”

After reading what they have to say, you’ll leave feeling inspired and energized to write your own singable book!

➡️ Join the club to read the entire interview (your club membership not only allows you access to the interview, but to over 150+ singable book resources)!

📖Buy your copy of Mazel Tov, Baby! by going to: @sourcebookskids or Amazon http://a.co/d/iNO7zxF

Visit  www.ashleymillsmonaghan.com (http://www.ashleymillsmonaghan.com/) for a free download of the ‘Mazel Tov Baby!’ song 

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“It's time to Trick or Treat” Halloween music activity singable book

🎃🥁I LOVE incorporating instruments with singable books! Here are just a few of my favorite instruments I use with, “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not afraid of Anything” by Linda D. Williams:

🎃Floor Tom Drum

🎃Quack Stick

🎃Egg Shaker

🎃Castanet

🎃Guiro

🎃Microphone/pre-recorded button

🎃Wood block

(This book is also perfect for using movements with each sound mentioned in it!)

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The Pumpkin Seed’s Secret singable book. Video by Music Class Hacks, melody by Singable Book Club, book by Hannah Barnaby and illustrated by Cédric Abt

Singable book preview…but make it asmr!

📚“The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin”

✍️By Somali Fry

🎨Illustrated by Sanja Rescek

🎃Singable Book Club members have access to sorting and wh-question sheets (join by going to the link in bio)!

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Pairing manipulatives (like the squirrel, acorns, apple shaker & leaves featured in this video) with singable books is a fun and interactive way to make the reading a sensory experience! 🍁🍂

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Reasons why the Singable Book Club saves you time

Three of my favorite singable books for getting back in the school routine!

🐄Want to know one of my go-to singable books for practicing the core word “in”?

Check out “Cows in the Kitchen”! The  @childsplaybooks story illustrated by

by @airlieanderson is PERFECT for this! It’s also great for animal identification and “where” questions.

In the club, I’ve created visuals for you to download and use while you read/sing the book 🧡!

🪰Singable book: “Shoo Fly!” by Iza Trapani @izatrapani

🤝Use with: three tone chime (do-re-mi)

📝Potential goal area(s): fine motor skills, core words (visuals in the club), articulating the digraph /ʃ/ sound

Earth Day is coming up and I highly recommend the singable book, “Earth Day, Birthday” to help spark discussions re: how to take care of our planet. Here’s how I use it in sessions: