Composing is part if the mainstream music curriculum for many children yet children's music does not receive the same attention as their art or creative writing. Children Composing 4-14 traces the ways in which composing can be organised and taught within the school music curriculum, drawing on children's own music-making activities. This practical book looks at how teaching composing can enable hildren to progress by acquiring musical skills and understanding, whilst developing their own sense of musical purpose. One of the main concern's of the book is the need to sustain...
Composing is part if the mainstream music curriculum for many children yet children's music does not receive the same attention as their art or creati...
OFSTED have consistently identified composing as a less well taught aspect of the music curriculum. This book shows teachers how they can recognise and encourage music making in the classroom and so address all the needs of the National Curriculum for music. It is also based on research into best practice and makes clear suggestions for classroom practice for teachers of 4 to 14 years.
OFSTED have consistently identified composing as a less well taught aspect of the music curriculum. This book shows teachers how they can recognise an...
The second of two practical classroom books on the teaching of music in primary schools, Primary Music: Later Years (7-11) combines for the first time an approach based on the centrality of the class teacher's responsibility for music, and working with the demands for subject knowledge and for appropriate progression at Key Stage 1.
The second of two practical classroom books on the teaching of music in primary schools, Primary Music: Later Years (7-11) combines for the f...
This text is focused on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teachers of music to very young children. It is intended for teachers working across the three to eight age phase who want to make music integral to the life of the nursery and early years clasroom. It is the first in a pair of books that aim to move forward the teaching of music with a best practice in music philosophy.
This text is focused on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teachers of music to very young children. It is intended for teachers w...
Music's place in the National Curriculum in England and Wales is now firmly established. This book is a guide to help all primary teachers, and those with a co-ordinating role who support them, develop music in their classrooms. it looks at children's learning in music, in the context of current thinking on primary education and the developments of primary music since 1991. There are well-researched chapters on promoting children's musical composition and the ways in which music can be related to the whole primary curriculum. With a wealth of straightforward, practical ideas, a revised...
Music's place in the National Curriculum in England and Wales is now firmly established. This book is a guide to help all primary teachers, and those ...