This Too is Music guides and motivates teachers to foster playful
and motivating classroom conditions that enable elementary students
to thrive as musicians in every way-as singers, improvisers,
critical listeners, storytellers, dancers, performers, and
composers. Told through anecdotes and illustrated with musical
examples, the book explores how all of these aspects of music
making are intertwined, quelling any doubts teachers may have
regarding their abilities to create an environment where children
can improvise, dance, compose, and notate their musical offerings.
While the book acknowledges the importance of traditional
approaches to teaching notation and performance, the emphasis is on
the student's point of view, illustrating how young musicians can
learn when their musical ideas are honored and celebrated. Various
teaching ideas are presented-some exploratory in nature, others
involving direct instruction. Regardless of their nature, all of
the activities arise from research on children's musical
development in general and their development of notational systems
in particular. The ideas and activities have been tested in
multiple elementary-classroom environments and pre-service
settings. The activities center on music through movement, song,
various types of performances, improvisation, and composition and
notational development. These activities, which encompass both
small-scale classroom lessons and large-scale productions, engage
children across subjects, including language, drama, and
mathematics. Activities encompass both small-scale classroom
lessons and large-scale productions. The book underscores the
timeless quality of this pedagogy; even in our digital age, this
musical environment appeals to children. The work invites readers
to adapt the ideas to their own teaching settings, showing both
pre-service and established teachers that they can teach music
creatively to build community and to inspire all who enter there.
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