CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - BOOKS TO SING

Raindrop, Plop!
Written by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Illustrated by Pam Paparone
ISBN: 978-0-670-03620-X

Begin with a yellow hat, a red raincoat and a special dog.  Then add one little raindrop at a time until there are so many that you must run, run run.  This enchanting springtime story takes us on a journey of the many things a little girl and her dog encounter on a rainy walk.  The language of the story can be adapted to sing to the familiar folk melody of "Chicken on a Fence Post."

Between each 4-line stanza, invite children to sing the song "Rain, Rain, Go Away!" to create a B Section or refrain between verses.  When you begin singing about the eighth raindrop, you will find that there are only words for 3 of the 4 lines -- so after singing "too many raindrops run, run, run . . . " invite children to play the following pattern on xylophones - l s m r d d d.  Invite children to create words for the descending l-d  melody or simply sing the title of the song as they play.  For example, "Raindrop, Raindrop, Raindrop, Plop!"

Enjoy the story and keep singing!