Words to Play By

Kid-tested for success, these 15 fun music lessons foster creativity. Author/music educator Rhonda Tucker wrote Words to Play By for her K-6 elementary music students. Her poems are the basis for her very creative music lessons, which teach notation, forms, improvisation, ostinati, syncopation, borduns, changing meters, and other musical concepts. In addition, she includes suggestions for starting a school Orff program.