Ebook: Kodaly in the Fourth Grade Classroom: Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century

Since the mid-twentieth century, Zoltan Kodaly's child-developmental philosophy for teaching music has had significant positive impact on music education around the world, and is now at the core of music teaching in the United States and other English speaking countries. The Kodaly Today handbook series is the first comprehensive system to update and apply the Kodaly concepts to teaching music in elementary school classrooms. Kodaly in the Fourth Grade Classroom provides teachers with a step-by-step road map for developing children's performance, creative movement, and literacy skills in an or.;Cover; Series; Kodály in the Fourth Grade Classroom; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Framing a Curriculum Based on the Kodály Concept; The Kodály Concept; Multiple Dimensions of Music; Grade 4 Music Curriculum; Prompt Questions for Constructing a Music Curriculum; Lesson Planning; Key Components of Lesson Plan Design; 2 Developing a Music Repertoire: Students as Stewards of Their Cultural and Musical Heritage; Selecting Repertoire; Grade 4 Song Lists; Lesson Planning; 3 Teaching Strategies; Syncopation; la Pentatonic Scale; Dotted Quarter Note Followed by an Eighth Note.