A handbook for the first music lessons at the basic level. How should I make music with children if I am not musical myself? How do I give children access to music? How do I design the first music lesson? This guide provides detailed answers to such questions and shows how to joyfully and successfully impart initial practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of music to children. The book encourages readers to explore the world of sounds together with children and to lay the foundations for musical education. All important areas of the first music lessons are addressed - speaking voice, singing voice, rhythm, listening, feeling, and making music with Orff instruments or simple self-made musical instruments. The lesson models, which are easy to implement in practice, are accompanied by.