Nobody Else Like Me

Activities to Celebrate Diversity

By Sally Moomaw, Redleaf Press, St. Paul, MN: 2002
Reviewed by Jacqui James
Co-editor, UU Faith Works
Boston, MA

This creative resource is a collaborative effort between Redleaf Press and musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer. This is the final book of a series of three that accompany Cathy and Marcy's CDs. The other two are Help Yourself (2001) and Changing Channels (2002). These are written to help people use the music on the CDs to help children and families think critically about and appreciate differences and similarities among people.

This musical celebration of diversity gives teachers and children a joyful way to begin talking about the ways people are alike and different. Sheet music accompanies most of the songs from the CD. All activity sections include a list of materials needed, directions, discussion ideas and variations for even more activities.

Each section of the book focuses on one of the songs on the CD. Activities help explore the topic of each song with children three to eight. The activities are designed for a wide age range of children and may be adapted as necessary to make them work for the children's developmental level.

Nobody Else Like Me (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rounder Records, 1998) is available as a CD or cassette from Redleaf Press, 800-423-8309.

Activity/Song sessions include:

•  Hello, Hello, Hello

•  Kye Kye Kule (a traditional call and response song from Ghana)

•  Nobody Else Like Me

•  Special Kids

•  A Little Like You and a Little Like Me

•  I See with My Hands

•  Twins

•  A Kid Like Me

•  May There Always Be Sunshine

•  Walking on My Wheels

•  Harry's Glasses

•  Everything Possible

This book and the CD (or cassette) are wonderful resources for adding more music and movement to your program. Many of the activities in the book also contain adaptations for children with disabilities.

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