| Suggested Sources
for Nature Songs and Kids' Songs |
Include a story about a specific whale or pod or
an encounter between whales and humans. Make big murals. Plan a
whale watch trip, beach clean-up, or letter writing project, then
do it!
"Roots go down, leaves come
up
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| Books & Magazines For the Beauty of the Earth, An Environmental Songbook  This
is the best collection yet of over 70 environmental songs with full
sheet music and chords. It includes an index for teachers and performers,
indicating age appropriateness of the different songs. Available from
Night Heron Music and from The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 112
Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. |
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Ranger
Rick's Nature Scope series Each
issue focuses on a single theme (dinosaurs, oceans, astronomy, etc.)
and presents related lessons, songs, art and movement activities,
etc. Available from: The National Wildlife Federation, 1400 Sixteenth
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-2266. |
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Rise
Up Singing This
spiral bound book has lyrics, chords, and sources for over 1200 songs,
including a nice selection of ecology and kids' songs. A series of
learning tapes for the different songs is also recently available.
Available from Night Heron Music and from Sing Out (below). (Mail
Order or On-Line Order $18). |
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Sing
Out! |
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| Folksong in the Classroom A quarterly series put out by teachers who are using folksongs old and new to tie in with classroom curriculum. Each issue has different songs and focus. Subscriptions and the entire past 15 years of back issues are available from Folksong in the Classroom, PO Box 925, Sturbridge, MA 01566. |
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| Recordings Gerry Axelrod Songs of Nature & the Environment Folkway Records, 46 West 61st Street, New York, NY 10023. Magpie Bill Oliver Ruth Pelham |
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Sally Rogers Piggyback
Planet - beautiful versions of "Garbage," "Whale Song," rounds, and
much more. Round River Records, 301 Jacob Street, Seekonk, MA 02771. |
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Steve Schuch
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Pete
Seeger God
Bless the Grass, Rainbow Race, and many other records. |
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David Stokes |
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Catalogs and Artist Information Gentle
Wind Music
for Little People Round River Records: 301 Jacob Street, Seekonk, MA 02771 - includes Piggyback Planet and other kids' tapes.
Organizations |
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| People's
Music Network PMN, c/o S. Underhill, 1150 Berme Rd, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 -similar to CMN above but with a broader focus. Song swaps and workshops include but are not limited to kids' songs, environmental songs, multi-cultural and social justice issues. |
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"Good luck
and keep singing!" |
