Books and instruments used in the Morning Basket Music curriculum. Nothing here is required — but if you’d like to have these items on hand, the links below will take you straight to Amazon.
Picture Books
Each unit study in Morning Basket Music is built around one of these picture books. You do not need to own the book to teach the unit — but reading it together makes the lessons come alive!
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
- Harold Finds a Voice by Courtney Dicmas
- Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
- Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman
- Mortimer by Robert Munsch
- Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
- SMOOT: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni
- The Big Beyond by James Carter
- Three Cheers for Kid McGear! by Sherri Duskey Rinker
- Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
Instruments
Many of the activities in Morning Basket Music can be done with homemade instruments or items found around the house. If you’d like to have real percussion instruments on hand, here are some recommended options.