Exploring the Connection Between Children's Literature and Music

by Regina Carlow

Overview

Experience in teaching preschool children and in helping others enjoy music, this author provides an introduction to successful programs for sharing music with children. You will learn how to lead and teach songs to children, using chants and poetry to help develop motor skills and enhance, reading, writing, and concentration. Movement activities are incorporated with children's literature, and literature is paired with musical recordings. Sample lessons and activities are provided.

This author provides the shoulder for children's librarians, preschool providers, and preschool teachers to lean on to share music with the children in their programs. They will find everything they need to know to be comfortable when they are planning musical activities with their stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591584391
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Regina Carlow, Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, holds a Bachelors in music, a Master of Music degree from The Catholic University of America, and a PhD from the University of Maryland. She teaches choral methods to music majors and how to teach music in preschools, elementary, and secondary schools. She has been an elementary music specialist and taught in community college.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Rationale for Singing with Young Children
Chapter 3: Other Ways to be Musical
Chapter 4: Working with Preschool Children
Chapter 5: The Primary Grades: K-2
Chapter 6: Working with the Intermediate Grades: 3-5
Chapter 7: Some Final Thoughts
Appendix A: Musical Terms
Appendix B: Tunes Used in Lesson Ideas in Chapters 4-6
Appendix C: Musical Works
Appendix D: Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

As a good introduction to the blending of music and children's literature, this book would be very useful in a children's literature course.” —Library Media Connection

“Carlow sees music as a part of developmental human activity and issues a plea to introduce it as direct participation, not simply as manipulation of technology. This collection of methods and lessons encourages adults to broaden the possibilities of interacting with music, thereby using it to introduce young children to language, literature, and culture. The organization of this book makes it a solid addition to enhance curriculum materials. Above all, the inclusion of helpful methods creates useful library resources.” —MultiCultural Review

“This collection of methods and lesions encourages adults to broaden the possibilities of interacting with music, thereby using it to introduce young children to languages, literature, and culture. . . . The organization of this book makes it a solid addition to enhance curriculum materials. Above all, the inclusion of helpful methods creates a useful library resource.” —School Library Jourbanal

From the Publisher

Carlow sees music as part of developmental human activity and issues a plea to introduce it as direct participation, not simply as manipulation of technology. This collection of methods and lessons encourages adults to broaden the possibilities of interacting with music, thereby using it to introduce young children to language, literature, and culture. Text is divided into chapters on singing and other ways to be musical, such as echoes, chant, rhythmic speech with "found" or unconventional instruments, repetition and rhymes, choral speaking, jazz chants, body movement, and rhythms with body percussion and sound carpets. The succeeding chapters are devoted to specific grade levels: preschool, primary grades (K-2), and intermediate grades (3-5). Each chapter includes an explanation of methods appropriate for the age group, followed by numerous lesson ideas for classrooms. The organization of this book makes it a solid addition to enhance curriculum materials. Above all, the inclusion of helpful methods creates a useful library resource.-Mary Elam, Forman Elementary School, Plano, TX

School Library Journal