A collection of poems and rhymes offering an introduction to music-making in the classroom. There are suggestions on how to use the poems to encourage children to explore sounds, improvize on basic classroom instruments, develop musical ideas and even to compose whole pieces.
Alligator Raggedy Mouth is a descriptive book of poems and colourful rhymes with creative composition activities. It includes: Cats by Eleanor Farjeon, T he Song Train Sang by Neil Adams, The Leader by Roger McGough, I'm a Hippy Hoppy Kid by Kirtiss Horswell, Don't call Alligator Long-mouth till you Cross River by John Agard, and many more.
This is Book 27 in the Songbooks Series. See all Songbooks books here.
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David Wheway, Hilary Miles and Jonathan Barnes have a wealth of experience as generalist primary teachers, subject leaders, secondary music teachers and lecturers in music education. They regularly lead workshops and projects across the country and further afield, promoting the use of music as a creative and powerful learning tool. All are passionately
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