"It's fantastic, a really wonderful resource for Primary Teachers in Ireland." Breda O'Shea, Lecturer in Music Education, Froebel College of Education, Co. Dublin.

"I think the material is wonderful, very relevant to the Irish curriculum, user friendly and the cultural mix is sensitively done." Dr. John O'Flynn, Music lecturer at the University of Limerick.

"The front cover of this book gave me the impression that this book was just covering one strand of the music curriculum - performing. The title implies that this is just another compilation of songs for children to sing along with. However, after reading and using this book with a group of active junior infants, it has to be given the thumb's up!
The book is basically a whole school plan for music! It uses a progression of activities within each of the primary music curriculum strands - listening and responding, performing and composing. It comes with a CD to listen to and to use.
The book is divided into the junior and senior classes' schemes. Key musical elements and skills are developed within each activity, making it easy for the nervous music teacher. I used one song for four lessons and developed this from listening, playing the beat and playing the tempo game.
Another invaluable feature of this resource is that included are detailed teacher notes. What is beat? What is pitch? Were you not paying attention at the PCSP music in-service? Never mind, all you need to know is contained here in Sing with Mike! The author gives many other practical tips along the way such as dealing with teaching singing, stick notation, music games and handy photo-copiable resources. I really am shocked by the amount that this book has fitted in for the price of €30 excluding postage and packing.
To get just a taste of what this scheme can do, you can check out samples and listen to MP3s on their website - www.singwithmike.com.
After using this detailed resource just a few times, you will realise what a labour of love this was for all involved." Rozz Normington, InTouch Review, Jan/Feb 2007.