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¶ … Sound Recordings
Five Books for Children
Bernstein, Margery. (1999) Stop that noise! New York: Millbrook Press.
Best suited for young children, this book underlines how music is not something one should be intimidated when 'making' -- rather music is just wonderful noise, with rhythm, melody, and in sync with the noise of others. It tells the story of three children named Mark, Sara, and Tom who are noisy kids, not because they are bad, but because they love music. Mark plays drums. Sara sings. And Tom makes music with everything. Students can be encouraged to imitate this characters -- playing with a rubber band like Mark, singing along with Sarah, and even making their own 'drums' on their bodies, like Mark, or with drumsticks. (7)
Campbell, Don G. (2000) The Mozart effect for children: awakening your child's mind, health, and creativity with music. New York: Morrow.
This is a book intended for the parents of very young children. It attempts to persuade parents of the value of music in children's lives. It suggests that a quality music education fosters a more generalized sense of intelligence in children. (Thus, it might be helpful to a teacher when persuading parents on 'parent's night' that music matters to a child's further education!) But it also...
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Nespeca, Sue McCleaf. (2003) Picture books plus: 100 extension activities in art, drama, music, math, and science. New York: ALC Press.
This book is very ambitious and exciting, making use of the idea of literature extension and incorporating music and English literature for young children though the use of hands-on projects to expand on literary works. Although not all lesson plans are suitable, the ones that do incorporate music suggest excellent ways to tie in music to the rest of classroom activities. (6)
Rogovin, Anne. (1998) 1001 activities for children: simple games to help a child explore the wonders of nature, the imagination, the senses, art, crafts, music, and much more. New York: Grammercy Books.
This book attempts to stimulate the sense of children by creating hands-on projects to introduce children to the world of learning and music. By creating children's toys, such as their own musical instruments, children can gain a sense of enjoyment, musical empowerment, and also a better sense of rhythm and how music is produced. (8)
Storms, Gerald. (2000)…
This recording does not simply teach colors. It has a strong, dreamy quality. It may be too sleepy, however, for young children, to really be used as a teaching tool to energize them about learning, and too simple in both its musical form, sparse use of instrumentation, and content for older children. (4)
'Rock n' roll songs that teach." (1997) Learning Station Sound recording CD. Hug-a-chug records.
Any teacher with fond memories of "Schoolhouse Rock" will love using this rousing, drum and guitar heavy instrumentation that uses music as a vehicle of learning and reinforces memories of basic concepts for grades from kindergarten to fourth grades. This could be incorporated into any lesson plan, or simply used as a warm up exercise or introduction to a lesson plan. (9)
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