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Book SynopsisInfused with a warm, affable tone, Making Music in Montessori is the Guide's guide to music education, providing Montessori teachers all at once a snappy, practical handbook, music theory mentor, pedagogical manual, and resource anthology. The book's goal: To give teachers confidence in music, so that when their children walk away from a lesson all fired up to compose their own music, their teacher will know how to guide them. Before Making Music in Montessori, teachers may have only dreamed of a classroom buzzing with children working, learning, and growing with music alongside all of the other subject areas in the Montessori curriculum. Now, it's a reality. If children's minds are a fertile field, then Making Music in Montessori will stir Montessori teachers of all musical backgrounds to don their overalls, roll up their sleeves, sow the musical seeds, and watch them blossom under their children's flaming imagination.
Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: Your Musical Montessori Environment Chapter 1: Yes, You Are Musical: Five Music Myths Debunked Chapter 2: The Musician In You Chapter 3: Preparing Your Environment PART 2: All The Music Theory You’ll Need to Know Chapter 4: What Is Music, Anyway? Chapter 5: First Steps: Scales and Modes Chapter 6: Writing and Reading Music Chapter 7: The House That Music Built: Musical Forms PART 3: Going Beyond the Bells to Build Music Literacy Chapter 8: Musical Concepts and Skills Chapter 9: The Kodály Approach Chapter 10: Putting it all Together PART 4: Making Music in Montessori Chapter 11: Activities for Follow Up Chapter 12: Activities for Growth Chapter 13: Spontaneous Performances Chapter 14: 55 Songs to Read, Sing, Dance, and Play Chapter 15: Cosmic Stories Appendix A: Listening and Singing with Children Appendix B: How to Teach a Song, Including Part Singing Appendix C: How to Lead a Song Appendix D: Music Grid Paper Appendix E: Resource List Appendix F: Scale and Chord Matching Table Appendix G: Index of Songs Bibliography Author Bio
