The Children's Music Studio: A Reggio-Inspired Approach - Paperback

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by Wendell Hanna (Author)

The Children's Music Studio provides music teachers, parents and early childhood educators a wealth of materials and a clear roadmap for applying Reggio Emilia principles and practices to preschool and early childhood music education. Drawing on Professor Hanna's extensive experience researching and teaching in Reggio-inspired music classrooms, this pioneering book provides a comprehensive and in-depth manual for designing music ateliers-hands-on studios that capture the imagination and creativity of children. Informed by the cutting edge research on music learning, this practical guide includes detailed studio plans, examples of Reggio-inspired music studio explorations and documentation of children's work in music studios.

In this book you will:

- Discover how children can naturally learn music through the studio approach
- See detailed examples and documentation of project-based studio learning
- Understand how music learning increases overall artistic and academic literacy across the curriculum
- Learn how to develop customized projects for your classroom that will teach children to think and communicate fluently through music and sound

Early childhood and elementary music teachers will find this book especially useful as it provides innovative ideas for Reggio-inspired music teaching and learning techniques that can be integrated into the existing curriculum.

Author Biography

Wendell Hanna is Professor of Music Education at San Francisco State University. She has taught over the last twenty years in K-12 music classrooms and is an early childhood music specialist.

Number of Pages: 232

Dimensions: 0.7 x 10.9 x 8.5 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: January 03, 2017