“Miss Mary Mack” adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman, Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, 1999. Scholastic. Picture Book. Ages 4-7.
This book offers the full story behind the classic children’s chant. It comes replete with music notes and actions that the kids could do as they sing the book.
Let your child use music instruments to drum to the chant as you read. Use sticks, tins, castanets, tambourines, etc. Then, when you’re more familiar with the chant, do the hand actions together.
I did this with my 2 ½ year old. She’s not ready to do the actions suggested in the book. What we do is that I read the line and then she echoes the last word of each line. For example;
“Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack,
All dressed in black, black, black,
With silver buttons buttons, buttons,
All down her back, back, back.”
It’s a fun hands-on book!
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