This offers both philosophical and practical ways to teach music through language and enhance literary programs with music. This unique book includes 48 arrangements and activities for preschool through upper elementary that can be used by both music and language arts teachers. The lessons work sequentially from phonemes to poems and from speech pieces to pentatonic orchestrations. Includes arrangements for Orff instrument ensemble and details of Orff orchestration, plus models of how to animate rhymes imaginatively. Bring both classic and new nursery rhymes to life in an engaging, kid-friendly way!