The story of How Paper and Ink Came Together and Survived to Sing About It  has accompanying it many different songs. Children could learn the songs and sing them as part of a musical performance. The performance could be to groups beyond the school such as the residents in an aged home, or patients in a hospital or disabled children. A child could read aloud the story but the focus could be the singing.

The songs from the story of How Paper and Ink Came Together and Survived to Sing About It  could be accompanied by students playing percussion instruments or simple wind instruments for example: tapping sticks, tambourines, drums, whistles and bells. The Children could construct their own percussion instruments from scrap or recycled materials to make all kinds of shakers and drums that could be played when certain characters enter the story. For instance Elder Rushing River Ink could be accompanied by a sound similar to running water, Computer Dear could be accompanied by electronic sounds Ms Bzzz by the a buzzing noise. The accompanying music could be written in symbolic form to identify the character with its associated sound. The performances could be taped and played back and used as a discussion base.

Children could write more music to accompany the story of How Paper and Ink Came Together and Survived to Sing About It  and perform it in relation to any of the presentations considered. The music could involve a variety of different instruments including piano and guitar.

The story of How Paper and Ink Came Together and Survived to Sing About It delivers many themes that are significant. Many songs that have been written pertain to these themes. Children could research these and decide upon a few that could accompany any performances considered. Examples: Bette Midler’s From a Distance, Michael Jackson’s Heal the World…., Bob Dylan Blowing in the Wind

Children could discuss which songs would best accompany and support the songs in the story and explore the reasons why the themes may be similar to those also in this story.