Literature-Based Art & Music: Children's Books & Activities to Enrich the K-5 Curriculum

by Mildred Knight Laughlin, Terri Parker Street

Overview

Literature-Based Art & Music is both a guide to exciting books and a blueprint for rewarding activities that contribute to student achievement within elementary school programs. This book is the ideal handbook for achieving the goals of your curriculum, and an exciting addition to the Oryx Press Literature-Based Series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897746618
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/25/1991
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

Mildred Knight Laughlin, now deceased, was a professor emeritus in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. She coauthored with Letty Watt, Developing Learning Skills Through Children's Literature: An Idea Book for K-5 Classrooms and Libraries and with Patricia Kardaleff she wrote Literature-Based Social Studies: Children's Books and Activities to Enrich the K-5 Curriculum, both published by Oryx Press. Her education included a BA in English from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, MA in education from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, and a MLS and a PhD in education from the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Terri Parker Street holds a BS in music education and a Master's of Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma, Norman. She taught music in elementary and secondary schools for 13 years and has presented workshops in the areas of music and the visual arts. She has been an elementary school library media specialist for the past five years.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Using Children's Literature in the Teaching of Art and Music ix
Part I: Art Programs 1
Chapter 1 Art: Kindergarten/Transition/First Grade 3
Color 3
Shape 8
Line and Texture 12
Space 18
Media and Methods 24
Chapter 2 Art: Second Grade/Third Grade 31
Color and Value 31
Shape and Space 38
Line and Texture 44
Media and Methods 49
Chapter 3 Art: Fourth Grade/Fifth Grade 57
Line and Texture 57
Style 63
Artists Old and New 71
Media and Methods 80
Part II: Music Programs 93
Chapter 4 Music: Kindergarten/Transition/First Grade 95Timbre 95
Pitch and Dynamics 99
Tempo and Rhythm 102
Form and Style 106
Chapter 5 Music: Second Grade/Third Grade 111
Timbre and Dynamics 111
Form and Style 116
Folk Songs Around the World 121
Chapter 6 Music: Fourth Grade/Fifth Grade 127
The Mechanics of Music 127
Form and Style 131
Composers and Musicians 141
Index 147

Editorial Reviews

A rare treat! A book that offers many exciting and surprising insights into linking literature and the arts.” —Emergency Librarian

“All the higher mental processes involve more than the simple awareness of facts; they depend also on the ability to conceive of what might be as well as what is, to construct mental images in new and original ways. Experiences in literature and the arts may well make a larger contribution to those abilities than studies usually assumed to develop abstract thinking.” —Educational Policies Commision

“This provocative and timely publication illustrates how children's books can be integrated into kindergarten through fifth grade art and music lessons, or vice-versa. The authors have done a masterful job. . . . [A] must for administrator's, curriculum specialist's, art teacher's or elementary teacher's reference shelf.” —Teaching Art in Elementary School

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