Kindergarten
Spring Songs
Songs about Community Helpers
End of the Year Song
Movement activities to "Spring" from THE FOUR SEASONS by Vivaldi
1st Grade
Transportation Songs
Rhythm reading activities
Singing Games
2nd Grade
A Musical: EVERYONE SMILES IN THE SAME LANGUAGE
3rd Grade
Beginning Recorder
4th
North Carolina music
Instrumental activities
5th Grades
Music Literacy in preparation for 6th Grade
Why is Music Important??
A Rationale for Music Education
Why should music be included as a basic part of the curriculum?
1.Music is worth knowing.
2.Music is one of the most important manifestations of our cultural heritage.Children need to know about Beethoven and Louis Armstrong as well as about Newton and Einstein.
3.Music is a potential in every individual that, like all potential, should be developed to its fullest.
4.Music provides an outlet for creativity, self-expression, and individual uniqueness. It enables us to express our noblest thoughts and feelings.
5.Music teaches students about unique aspects of their relationships with other human beings and with the world around them, in their own and other cultures.
6.Music opens avenues of success for students who may have problems in other areas of the curriculum and opens approaches to learning that can be applied in other contexts.
7.Studying music increases the satisfaction students derive from music by sharpening sensitivity, raising their level of appreciation, and expanding their musical horizons.
8. Music is one of the most powerful and profound symbol systems that exists.
9.Music helps students learn a significant lesson--that not all aspects of life are quantifiable.
10.Music exalts the human spirit.
(MENC, 1984)
Something to think about!!
Mrs. Wilson
Some Favorite Links:
dsokids.com Dallas Symphony Orchestra - interactive site
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