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Online Companion: Creativity and the Arts with Young Children
Chapter 5: Music:
It Begins in Infancy
Personal Creativity Journal Entries
5:A
- Have you participated
in musical activities as a child or adult?
- What are your
remembrances of these experiences?
5:B
- How early do young
children show an interest in music?
- Have you observed
this response?
- How do they demonstrate
their joy?
5:C
- What type of music
do you enjoy listening to? ]
- Are there special
musicians that you like?
- Are there particular
instruments you find appealing?
- Why?
5:D
- Do you remember
songs that you learned as a child?
- What songs have
you learned in the past few years that have added to your repertoire
of traditional music for children?
- Brainstorm ways
you could learn more songs to use with young children.
5:E
- Young children
enjoy many different kinds of music. Can you name some?
- What are some
possibilities that you could share with young children that would be
an appropriate way to expand their musical experiences?
5:F
- Can you play a
musical instrument?
- Do you have friends
that play instruments?
- Brainstorm ways
you could provide these "real" musical performances to young children.
Web Sites
Make
your own instruments
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/weekly/aa012599.htm
A special article from your About.com guide that includes fun ideas to
make your own instruments http://musiceducator.org/index.html-Music Educator
Organization . . . Music Educator.org is an online community for music
educators worldwide. The site has been serving music educators since 1997
and has numerous links geared to music education. Contact by E-mail: tina@musiceducator.org
International
Society for Music Education
http://www.isme.nl/index.shtml
The International Society for Music Education was formed at a conference
convened by UNESCO in 1953 "to stimulate music education as an integral
part of general education." This has been ISME's main concern over the
past decades and continues to be the most important source of motivation.
Contact: International Society for Music Education, International Office,
P.O. Box 805, NL - 3500 AV Utrecht, The Netherlands, Phone: 31-030-236-1258,
Fax: 31-030-236-1217, and E-mail: info@isme.org
KIDiddles
http://www.kididdles.com
KIDiddles (Not your Average Kids' site) offers song lyrics, stories, games,
contests, and other fun stuff! The Musical Mouseum on the Web site is
used to find the lyrics to hundreds of favorite children's songs, send
out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help other people find the
song they are looking for. Contact: Terry Kluytmans at E-mail: mail@kididdles.com
-National
Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/
The mission of the National Association for Music Education is to advance
music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. MENC
was founded in 1907 with 69 members. Today's membership has grown to nearly
90,000. Contact: MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 1806
Robert Fulton Dr., Reston, VA 20191, Phone: 800-336-3768 or 703-860-4000,
Fax: 703-860-1531, and E-mail: mbrserv@menc.org
Music
Teachers National Association (MTNA)
http://www.mtna.org/index1.htm
Since 1876, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) has existed to
support music teaching and the art of music. Today, MTNA is a nonprofit
organization of independent and collegiate music teachers committed to
furthering the art of music through programs that encourage and support
teaching, performance, composition, and scholarly research. Contact: MTNA
National Headquarters, The Carew Tower, 441 Vine St., Suite 505, Cincinnati,
OH 45202-2811, Phone: 513-421-1420 or 888-512-5278, Fax: 513-421-2503,
and E-mail: mtnanet@mtna.org
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