Primary Junior Music, Drama & Dance

This easy-to-use resource features chapters on each of the major art forms and shows teachers how to help students meet related curriculum outcomes: music--from composing songs and the elements of music to novel approaches to singing songs; visual arts-- from exploring pattern, shape, color, and texture to special events that feature mobiles, collages, and paper structures; drama-- from playing, moving, and imagining to communicating, improvising, and performing; dance-- from physical ways of conceptualizing to dance as a problem-solving exercise; media-- from being intelligent media users and using interactive media to taking a media field trip.

This practical resource emphasizes the special contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and understanding of content-area reading assignments. Focusing on those areas where students tend to struggle, the author helps K-5 teachers provide an age-appropriate curriculum that is accessible to an increasingly diverse student population.

Provides an overview of academically linked research in five arts areas: literary arts, visual art, drama, dance, and music.

KEY BENEFIT:  Gives teachers, child care providers, and parents the knowledge and skills they need to help children develop the intrinsic motivation to move throughout their lifetimes.   KEY TOPICS: Guiding principles focus on meeting individual needs, reciprocating environment and curriculum, integrating movement and music, involving family and community, and getting guidance through assessment and standards.   MARKET: For college students studying to be teachers or child care providers of children from ages 3 to 8.

Key Benefit: Designed for prospective teachers without extensive music backgrounds, this market-leading text provides both a thorough overview of the basic elements of music and a clear sequence of instructional steps that allows readers to participate in the same learning process they will later use as teachers. Key Topics: Gives a proper overview to the basic elements of music, and a clear sequence of instructional steps in order to teach music to children in elementary school, primarily in Kindergarten through grade six. Core content covers: Teaching the elements of music to children; Developing music skills; and Organizing musical experiences. This edition features: expanded ideas on integrating music across the curriculum to enhance students' knowledge of language arts, social studies, math and science; references to the National Standards for Arts Education with direct applications to musical learning; inspirational accompaniment tracks for selected songs using children's voices; multicultural and patriotic folk songs, rhymes and movement activities; activities on beginning drumming; new helpful guidelines on maintaining vocal health; and more tools and suggestions for the assessment of concepts learned. Market: Written for teachers of grades K-6, the text can also be used as a major resource for elementary general music education specialists.

Designed for the first course in music education, Musician & Teacher surveys the theoretical, philosophical, historical, social, and psychological foundations of teaching music and pays tribute to the local and global realms of music teaching and learning. At the same time, the book examines the developmental issues inherent in teaching music to children and adolescents along with the practicalities of motivating students and managing a classroom, providing the concrete application beginning educators need to successfully teach music to children in grades K-12.

"... designed to give elementary teachers with no formal music training all the tools they need to help their students develop an understanding and appreciation for music ... includes lessons, reproducible games, worksheets and puzzles. Also included is a mixed media CD that features over 60 minutes of music and a complete PowerPoint presentation ... follows a well-sequenced curriculum based on the National Standards for Music Education and the Ontario Curriculum for the Arts in Canada."

Teaching Music to Students with Autism is a comprehensive practical guide for music educators who work with students with autism. Authors and veteran music educators Alice M. Hammel and Ryan M. Hourigan offer an approach centered in inclusion designed for music educators, music teacher educators, and all those who have an interest in the education of students with autism. In this second edition, the authors offer fully up-to-date information on the diagnosis of autism, advocating for students and music programs, and creating and maintaining a team-approach when working with colleagues. A significant portion of the book is focused on understanding the communication, cognition, behavior, sensory, and socialization challenges inherent in students with autism and ways to structure classroom experiences and learning opportunities for all students. A chapter of classroom snapshots (vignettes) written by teachers in the field of music education provides additional opportunities to transfer information to 'real life' situations. Finally, the book offers a chapter of print and web resources for further study.