First, We Sing! Kodaly-Inspired Teaching for the Music Classroom: Teaching Guide

(First We Sing Series). The First, We Sing! Kodaly-Inspired Teaching Guide provides a practical framework for planning and delivering a sequential elementary music curriculum. Designed for both new and experienced music educators, the guide outlines a comprehensive scope and sequence, recommended song repertoire, teaching strategies, lesson planning tools, and assessment ideas for PreK through Grade 5. Grounded in the Kodaly philosophy and informed by current research and classroom practice, it serves as an essential roadmap for building musical literacy through singing, movement, and active music making. First, We Sing! materials reflect a commitment to discovering, documenting, and sharing accurate, interesting, and useful information about each song. The research behind the series also provides an opportunity to examine and reconsider widely used "standard" repertoire while suggesting more culturally sensitive and relevant options. As a result, several books in the series—including the Teaching Guide and Teaching Strategies volumes for primary and intermediate grades—have been revised with updated song recommendations, revised teaching lessons, a movement glossary, and suggestions for adapting traditional singing games and play-parties for today's classrooms. Purchasers of the original materials can download the updated pages here.