Ask everyone to draw pictures that illustrate parts of all of their favorite songs. Help children write titles and their names on the drawings. Together, make a cover for the songbook and decide whether to include other pages, such as a page with a group photo, a list of everyone's names, or a class message. Make enough photocopies of the songbook for each family. Take time to look over your great work and then plan the sing-along program together.
Children can take turns welcoming families and announcing the songs.
Set up an area where families can work. Ask children to help you prepare and set up the materials. When family members arrive, invite them to make instruments by putting beans inside the paper tubes and covering the ends with masking tape or by placing beans on a paper plate, covering with a second plate, then stapling the two together. Use stickers and markers to decorate the instruments. Families can then purchase copies for the nominal cost of duplication or you can use the tapes for a fundraising project.