So-me Goes to the Party

The So-Me series is written by Stuart Manins, a retired professor of Music Education from Auckland, New Zealand. His set of 12 sound stories and accompanying CD feature the character So-me, and his friends La-me, and La-so-me. These stories are charming, have really cute illustrations, and are full of musical teaching concepts. I used the concepts in the stories as the basis of my kindergarten music classes but they were equally loved by my students in Grade 1, 2 and 3. The stories will enhance both Orff and Kodaly based programs and help to teach many curriculum concepts.


Story No. 9, So-me Goes to the Party, approaches rhythmic patterns through word phrases. It includes a singing game and common classroom tone colours. eg. drum, triangle, rhythm sticks, tambourine, shakers, cymbals.