This article presents a rationale for using songwriting in the elementary grades and outlines a plan by which a whole class of fifth- or sixth-graders can work together to write a song. (SJL)

Described a simple musical device teachers can use to stimulate children into learning to compose and understand music. (RK)

Teaching suggestions for helping children to perform a choral-speaking fugue. (RB)

Believes that improvisational ability can be performed vocally as easily as instrumentally and suggests methods for initiating improvisation, for transfering creative insights to pitched activities and how to organize chordal accompaniments for melodic improvisation. (RB)

How to use current records to encourage children to listen to and become involved with music. Methods for using instruments and voice to create new rhythms and styles. (RB)

Teacher utilized a musical instrument to help children learn about music and to appreciate the art of composing music. (RK)

Students learned to play the ukelele and consequently had the simultaneous experience of learning chord structure, reading music charts, and how to sing. (RK)

A year-long music instruction unit introduces students to information about the lives of nine great composers of the classics and to their works. Each month a different composer is featured. No special training for teachers is necessary. (PP)