Man Without a Country Book

Grades: PK-KG
Summary: 18 songs, some based on nursery rhymes, tell little stories about lambs, chickens, pigs, mice, a squirrel, a sparrow, a pussycat, a boy, and more. Each song is accompanied by detailed instructions for a finger game and music for piano accompaniment.
Review: These songs are easy to learn and teach. The illustrations are charming even if the clothes of the children depicted are clearly 18old fashioned 19. The instructions are perfect for teachers, parents as well as for children themselves and are easy to follow while still leaving space to build on.
In class uses:
- Learn as poems or as songs depending on children 19s inclination
- Teach finger games to enhance fine motor skills, hand eye coordination teach body awareness and symbolic representation
- Phonemic awareness: identify rhymes