By George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
Five Live Bongos is an extra LOUD story there is so much noise in this book that you should NOT read it for bedtime. Kids everywhere will want to get up and dance and make sounds that you have never heard before. When a painter’s five children decided to turn household items into musical instruments, it is almost impossible to stop them. Until, they are sent to the garage to build a magnificent contraption, which leads the five children on a wonderful trip to the dump.
If you like LOUD books this book is great!!
Beware this book does not rhyme.
*****I intend to use
this book in my classroom for music. It
could also be used to show children that you can be creative with whatever you
have on hand. The illustrations in this
book are done in a watercolor style and are amazing to see. This may be a good time to introduce the students to the Blue Man Band. Lesson plans.
You can make your very own musical instruments. Fallow the instructions on the link.
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Amazon.com: Five Live Bongos
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One thing I would like to comment on is how wonderful I think it is that you are so passionate about the books you have been doing for your book talks. I think it is a great advantage that you have children of your own to read these books to at home because you are able to share your experience and this can give others and yourself an insight of how it would be to read these books to the children in a classroom. This book is really fun I believe i remember reading it as a child in music class. It can definitely show children how to make use of everday items and use their imagination to turn those items into something creative. This idea could lead to many great in class activities.
ReplyDeleteI love that you went from having no idea how to post a blog to writing a much more colorful and interesting blog than anyone I have read :)
ReplyDeleteI think that this book is great to teach kids about music and noise and I love that because you have kids you are able to put their reactions into this to talk about how they enjoyed the book or didn't.
I thought it was interesting how it DIDN'T rhyme, because most music books do rhyme or at least carry a tune, and so I think this would be a good one to show how not every book is what you expect it to be.
Your blog goes above and beyond! Great job! I think this book would be great to use in a music class or event on a rainy day when the kids can't go outside for recess. You could have them search the class room for objects that can make various band instruments. Then have play and share what they find. This is a book that can be tied with an activity to let some energy out! I would even use it as an ice breaker for middle school. What better way to get to know your class mates than to be silly together!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I loved the way you put your blog together with all of the colors, and your warning for not reading this to kids before bed. I also really enjoyed your book talk because I loved the pictures in the book. They were very loud illustrations. The illustrations alone could almost tell the story. It was a great book, and I think it's a great book to use in a music lesson with your class.
ReplyDeleteYour blog posts are really creative, fun, and useful for the classroom! I am excited you are reading such wonderful books as well!!
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