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Musical Children

Engaging Children in Musical Experiences
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Musical Children: Engaging Children in Musical Experiences, Second Edition, is an essential resource for early childhood, elementary, and music education students. It emphasises the vital role of music in children's education, offering 37 engaging musical activities designed to integrate music into daily classroom life. The book includes updated content on the 2014 National Core Music Standards, expanded prekindergarten chapters, and incorporates teaching approaches like Dalcroze, Orff, Kodály, and Music Learning Theory. It also provides discussion questions, projects, and access to 49 online audio tracks along with a companion website offering extensive supplementary materials.
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This book is ideal for pre-service and in-service teachers, particularly those with limited music background, seeking practical strategies to foster joyful, playful musical experiences in young children, enhancing both classroom and out-of-class learning.

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Musical Children: Engaging Children in Musical Experiences, Second Edition, is designed for students majoring in early childhood or elementary education, or music education.

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Musical Children: Engaging Children in Musical Experiences, Second Edition, is designed for students majoring in early childhood or elementary education, or music education. It highlights the important role music plays in a child’s education and life, offering a practical resource for bringing together music and young children during these important early years.

Thirty-seven engaging musical experiences help pre-service and in-service teachers—some who may only have a limited background in music—learn how to make music a part of their students’ daily lives, with strategies that are ideal both in and out of the classroom. Musical Children is an invaluable guide to assist teachers in engaging children in meaningful, joyful, and playful musical experiences.

NEW to the second edition:

  • The 2014 National Core Music Standards
  • Updated and expanded prekindergarten chapter
  • Greater focus on music fundamentals
  • Expansion of Dalcroze, Orff, Kodály, and Music Learning Theory approaches
  • Discussion questions and projects for each chapter
  • Addition of an Autoharp®, Chromaharp®, and QChord® instructional unit
  • All 49 audio tracks from the musical experiences now available for online listening, hosted or linked to popular music streaming services

A new companion website is home to numerous resources, including all audio files, supplementary notated songs, charts for instrument study, and information on IDEA and children with disabilities.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815374930

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 September 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 3 Tables, black and white; 175 Line drawings, black and white; 35 Halftones, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 884g

Pages: 314

About the Author

Carolynn A. Lindeman is Professor of Music Emerita at San Francisco State University and past president of The National Association for Music Education.

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