Sarah Morris, from Primrose preschools, shares a post with us today about how to cultivate a great love of literacy with children. ~EMP Young children love to imitate what the adults in their lives are doing. They will happily “clean” the house while Mom performs her chores or “mow” the lawn in imitation of Dad. [...]
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This month my focus has been on the parallels between music and literacy. However, music is not the only art that can be integrated with literacy. Drama, movement and visual art can as well. Think about the elements of a story. Each of these art forms tells a story. In theatre, a story comes alive, [...]
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“Music is the universal language of mankind.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ask any musician or music lover and they will agree that music, is in and of itself, a language. You can be literate in music. And once this happens whether you become literate in reading, writing, creating or listening to music, a whole [...]
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Over the last weeks, I have received many emails, a few comments and some personal inquiries into active listening time. In nearly each post in this series I’ve highlighted how this time allows me to make connections between music and literacy every day with my students. Whether it be visualization and reading, listening for the [...]
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If there is one thing my students learn before they leave me to move onto the next teacher, it’s the BME Rule. I have a sign in my classroom that states: “The BME Rule – All Good Writing is Following It!” It has to do with the fact that all good pieces of writing have [...]
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I am excited to bring you another guest blogger today! Maria Rainier is a classically trained pianist, piano teacher, blogger for First in Education and is fluent in Spanish. I’m sure you will find her ideas inspiring not for foreign language study, but for literacy in general! ~EMP I’ve been through years of Spanish instruction [...]
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Using visualization strategies while listening to music is very beneficial to students as they read and write. When students close their eyes, they can then describe what they imagine when they listen to music. These experiences can be used to draw their attention to how visualization with music parallels with reading. Some students may see [...]
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What better way to explore the writing process than with music?! Musical creation, or composition, is nearly identical to the writing process that we teach our students. Just look: Composing Writing Prewriting Students brainstorm sounds/melodies for their composition. Students brainstorm ideas/topics for their writing. Rough Draft Students get their ideas down. Students get their ideas [...]
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One parallel between reading and listening to music that comes up again and again in my classroom is repetitive listenings and readings. When you actively listen to music, it is important to have students listen again and again over the course of some time (each day for a week, for example). Each time your students [...]
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