Discusses parents' roles in introducing music to children before birth, in infancy, and throughout childhood. Children need encouragement to listen, enjoy, and explore sounds, music, and rhythm. Schools must continue the process of music education. The article includes a discussion of how parents can tell if schools are successfully exposing…

Four articles address music and movement in early childhood education: (1) "For the Love of Music--and Children"(Cindy Smith); (2) "Music: The Great Connector" (Thomas Moore); (3) "Learning through Music: The Support of Brain Research" (Elizabeth B. Carlton); and (4) "Music and Movement Bring Together Children of…

This curriculum for Alberta Canada Schools provides for students to grow and develop as performers, listeners, evaluators, historians, and composers of music. An overview is provided for the senior high school choral music program and includes information concerning developmental concepts and the required/elective components of high school music…

This document describes Kentucky's comprehensive plan for arts in the elementary and secondary school curriculum. Major objectives of the plan are to incorporate knowledge and appreciation of the arts and to help students develop skills related to art and music at every grade level. The plan was devised to respond to a perceived lack of…

The guide was designed to aid administrators and teachers in creating, organizing, and staffing music programs for students in middle schools or grades 5-8 in Oregon. It is presented in four parts. Part I describes the unique features of the middle school. The environment and students are in a period of change, and teachers must have certain…

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…

Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary school activities for music appreciation and physical education, reading and language arts, and science; and secondary school activities for science and social studies. (LRW)

This Virginia framework for music instruction in kindergarten through 12th grade established objectives designed to develop concepts and skills, to encourage positive attitudes toward music as an art form, and to value music's role in daily life. The objectives are organized by grades and by choral and instrumental music experience. Sequential…

This workshop manual will help coordinators train secondary teachers to use "From Jumpstreet: A Story of Black Music," a series of 13 half-hour television programs. The colorful and rhythmic series explores the black musical heritage from its African roots to its wide influence in modern American music. Each program of the series features…