Engaging musical practices : a sourcebook for elementary general music

Whether you are a pre-service, newly-hired, or veteran elementary general music teacher, Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook on Elementary General Music offers a fresh perspective on topics that cut across all interactions with K-5th grade music learners. Chapter authors share their expertise and provide strategies, ideas, and resources to immediately apply their topics; guiding focus on inclusive, social, active, and musically-engaging elementary general music practices.

• Foreword p. vii Diane Persellin
• Preface: Welcome, All Musicians! p. xi Alison M. Reynolds
• Acknowledgments p. xxi
• 1 Beginnings p. 1 Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
• 2 Active Listening for a Lifetime of Music Understanding and Enjoyment p. 17 Kimberly Inks
• 3 Development and Pedagogy of Children's Singing p. 33 Joanne Rutkowski
• 4 Engaging Movement Practices for Young Musicians: Four Perspectives p. 51 Wendy H. Valerio
• 5 Teaching Multicultural Folk Dances p. 71 Karen Howard
• 6 Musical Engagement through Classroom Instruments p. 89 Julie Scott
• 7 Audiation-Based Improvisation and Composition in Elementary General Music p. 113 Heather Nelson Shouldice
• 8 Sound, Syllables, and Symbols: A Process Approach to Music Literacy p. 135 Suzanne L. Burton
• 9 Making Informed Technology Choices for Elementary General Music Classrooms p. 153 Kerry B. Renzoni
• 10 Working with Music from Around the World p. 169 Lisa Lehmberg
• 11 Inclusion in the Elementary General Music Classroom: Teaching Students with Special Needs While Creating a Bridge between Music Education and Music Therapy p. 199 Cynthia M. Colwell
• 12 National Core Arts Standards: Spark Plugs for Engagement, Understanding, Retention, and Transfer of Learning in Elementary School General Music p. 221 Sandra Nicolucci
• 13 Getting to Know Our Students: Assessment in the Elementary General Music Classroom p. 237 Cynthia Crump Taggart
• 14 Classroom Management: Strategies for a Student-Centered Approach p. 253 Katie Wolf Martinenza
• 15 Professional Development for the Elementary General Music Teacher p. 269 Ann Marie Stanley
• About the Editors p. 285
• About the Authors p. 287