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Direct linkBancroft, Tony – MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 2004
This user-friendly guide covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. Includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and lots of tables…
Descriptors: Reference Materials, Parent Materials, Musicians, Music Activities
Download full textMiller, Samuel D. – 1974
Music activities are an important part of the preschool experience, yet these activities are often guided by teachers who have had little musical training. Lack of formal music training can be greatly compensated for by access to quality equipment and materials. These resources include a basic accompanying instrument, toy instruments, a durable…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Expenditures, Instructional Materials, Media Selection
Zimmermann, Sally-Anne – 1998
This booklet provides suggestions and techniques to promote and enhance the music education of British children who have visual impairments. The following issues are addressed: (1) recognizing early signs of interest; (2) choosing an instrument; (3) choosing a teacher; (4) getting started; (5) providing lessons; (6) practicing; (7) signs of…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1971
This K-12 music curriculum guide provides criteria for evaluating musical instructional programs and offers assistance to musical educators who wish to improve the content of their musical instructional programs. It is divided into three major parts, the first of which considers administrative implications and makes specific recommendations for…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Upitis, Rena – 1990
This book focuses on music as a subject relating to all other disciplines. "On the Teaching of Music," the first of 12 chapters, sets the theoretical and philosophical basis for a child-centered, subject-integrated teaching approach through autobiographical narrative. Chapter 2, "A Music Playground," advocates the presentation of materials and…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvisation
Andress, Barbara – 1980
This book presents a program of music experiences for young children (3-5-year-olds) which focuses on an experiential discovery approach to music, rather than on imposing ideas and a repertoire on the child. Early sections of the book discuss the importance of the child-centered music program, its process and characteristics, and the role of the…
Descriptors: Dance, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
