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Physical Education
MUSIC
Art
Specialty in Curriculum
Specialty for Fee |
Music
inspires us!
That is why we offer music class to every student for 30 minutes
every day with our music director. Then, each classroom teacher
incorporates music throughout the rest of the day. Classical
musicians like Mozart, Bach or Chopin are often played in
the background during individual study or D.E.A.R. (drop everything
and read). Other activities may inspire Jazz greats like Miles
Davis or World Beat Music with Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder.
You just never know what melodic sounds may be drifting through
the air at LPP &AES #1.
MENC — The National Association for Music Education states:
"Every student in the nation should have an education
in the arts."
This is the opening statement of "The Value and Quality
of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles," a document
from the nation's 10 most important educational organizations,
including the American Association of School Administrators,
the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher
Association, and the National School Boards Association.
At our school we believe that every student should have a
strong competency and appreciation of music. Our music program
involves the children in a variety of musical experiences
including singing games, rhythmic movement, reading and writing
music, playing rhythmic instruments and listening and responding
to music.
Through these various activities the students develop musical
concepts and skills such as moving to the beat and defining
the rhythm of music. They learn to distinguish between fast
and slow, loud and soft, and high and low in the music. Later
on in the school year they begin to read basic rhythms and
easy melodic lines using sol, mi and lah. |
