Folk Song/Singing Game Resources

120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools, by Choksy, Lois 1987

American Folk Songs for Children in Home, School and Nursery School : A Book for Children, Parents and Teachers. by Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1948

The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, 1927

Heritage songster : 332 folk and familiar songs : words, music, legends, chord symbols, guitar, ukulele, banjo, autoharp, piano Leon Dallin, 1980.

Little Songs of Long Ago by Alfred Moffat, 1912

Lynn Rohrbough's Play Party and Dance Pamphlets, published in the 1930s and 1940s.

Ring Around the Moon by Edith Fowke, 1987

Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play by Eleanor Locke, 1981.

Sally Go Round the Sun by Edith Fowke, 1970

The Singing Game by Iona and Peter Opie, 1988

Singing Games and Dances by David S. McIntosh, 1957.

Songs of Work and Protest by Edith Fowke, 1973

Step it down : games, plays, songs, and stories from the Afro-American heritage

by Jones, Bessie, and  Hawes, Bess Lomax

Sweetly Sings the Donkey: Animal Rounds for Children to Sing or Play on Recorders by John Langstaff, 1976

The Swapping Song Book by Jean Ritchie, 1964

Helpful Resources on the Web

Beth's Notes: Large collection of folk music for music teachers.

John Krumm folk songs, rounds, and string resources - all of his publications are available for free on his website!

Lomax Digital Archive: Online repository for the recordings by Alan and John Lomax.

Mama Lisa: Collection of rhymes and songs from around the world.

Max Hunter Folk Song Collection: Recordings of Ozark Mountain song and stories by travelling salesman Max Hunter.

Music Education Pedagogy Books

Accent on Orff by Konnie Saliba

Discovering Orff by Jane Frazee, 1987

The Kodály Method, Book 1 by Lois Choksy

Music for Children: A Manual for Teaching by Doreen Hall

Play, Sing, and Dance by Doug Goodkin

Nursery Rhyme Collections/History

Autumnblings by Douglas Florian, 2003 (Thank you, Tara Clayburn!)

I Saw Esau by Opie and Opie, 2000

Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes published 1997, edited by Opie and Opie

Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes by Opie and Opie (You can borrow an older version here.)

The Random House Book of Mother Goose: A Treasury of 306 Timeless Nursery Rhymes, by Arnold Lobel (Thank you, Tara Clayburn!)

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children: A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today's Child by Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel, 1983 (Thank you, Tara Clayburn!)

Talking Like the Rain by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy, 1992 (Thank you, Tara Clayburn!)

Recorder Resources: 

Not ones I recommend, just ones that I found online for free.

Beginners' recorder method based on the pentatonic scale : for use with Orff instruments, German or Baroque recorders by Marguirite Dubbe, 1971 C-Fingering

Beginners' recorder method based on the pentatonic scale : for use with Orff instruments, German or Baroque recorders by Marguirite Dubbe, 1971 C-Fingering

Dexterity for the Descant Recorder by Freda Dinn C-Fingering

LMI Recorder Method by Joe Riposo  C-Fingering

Musical experience through the use of the recorder : a method for the descant and tenor recorder by Malcolm Anderton, 1971  C-Fingering

Recorder Express by Artie Almeida  C-Fingering

Recorder Method, Book 1 by Ed Sueta and Book 2  C-Fingering

The School Recorder Book by Edmund Priestley, 1969  C-Fingering

Two Suites for Recorder Consort by Patricia Lee - SATB

Windsongs Series for recorders, Book 1  C-Fingering

Link to Kate's Kodaly Song COllection