Over the past eighteen years of teaching music to kids (both in school and homeschool), these have been some of my favorite books to introduce musical concepts!
You really can’t go wrong with picture books because:
- they are engaging for kids
- they make it easy for the parents to teach
- the whole family can enjoy them together
So check out my list of favorite music books here:
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
I See a Song by Eric Carle
Can You Hear It? by William Lach
The Orchestra Pit by Johanna Wright
I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello by Barbara S. Garriel
Welcome to the Symphony by Carolyn Sloan
The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins
Freddy the Frog and the Mysterious Wahoo by Sharon Burch
The Jazz Fly by Matthew Gollub
When Louis Armstrong Taught Me to Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers by Mike Venezia
If you want to hear about each category of music books and what specific concepts they teach, check out my YouTube review from Morning Basket Music.
Happy music making!