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Music Education: Elementary School

Resources for researching music education for elementary school students.

Browse the Stacks!

Use call number ranges to browse the physical collection:

M1990-1994 Curricular materials (school song books and recordings)
ML3838 Musical ability testing
ML3920-3930 Literature on music for children (juvenile literature)
MT1 Theory of musical instruction and study
MT3 By region or country (.U5 = United States)
MT6-7 General music theory, rudiments
MT10 Teacher’s manuals
MT855-915 Techniques for children

Select Print Resources

Retrieve these resources from the Music Library Stacks:

Activities

One, Two, Three– Echo Me!: Ready-to-use Songs, Games, and Activities to Help Children Sing in Tune by Mitchell, L.
Call Number: M1994.M68O5 1991
The Music Teacher’s Almanac: Ready-to-use Music Activities for Every Month of the Year by Mitchell, L.
Call Number: MT10.M6658 1992
One Voice: Music and Stories in the Classroom by Britsch, B.
Call Number: MT930.B83 1995
Music in elementary education by Flohr, John W.
Call Number: MT1 .F536 2010
Primary games experiential learning activities for teaching children K-8 by Sugar, Steve
Call Number: Electronic Resource
Teaching Kids to Sing by Phillips, K.
Call Number: MT935.P53 1992

Curriculum

The Kodaly Method I: Comprehensive Music Education by Choksy, L.
Call Number: MT1.C5365 1999
The Kodaly Method II: Folksong to Masterwork by Choksy, L.
Call Number: MT1.C5366 1999
The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching by Hackett, P.
Call Number: MT1.H12 2010
Music Every day: Transforming the Elementary Classroom by Richardson, C.
Call Number: MT1.R535 2001
An Integrated Music Program for Elementary Schools by Young, W.
Call Number: MT1.Y68 1990
The Eclectic Curriculum in American Music Education by Landis, B.
Call Number: MT3.U5 E28 1990
Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers by Hoffer, Charles R.
Call Number: MT930.N53 H63 2005

General

Integrating Music into the Elementary Classroom by Anderson, W.
Call Number: MT1.A696 2001
Music, a Way of Life for the Young Child by Bayless, K.
Call Number: MT1.B35 1991
Dimensions of Musical Learning and Teaching: A Different Kind of Classroom by Boardman, E.
Call Number: MT 1 .D56 2002
Issues in Music Teaching by Philpott, C.
Call Number: MT1.I84 2001
Teaching Music in the Primary School by Glover, J.
Call Number: MT1.T37 1998
Teaching Music in the Twenty-First Century by Choksy, L.
Call Number: MT1.T38 2001
Teaching Music: Managing the Successful Music Program by Walker, D.
Call Number: MT1.W28 1998
Teaching for Musical Understanding by Wiggins, J.
Call Number: MT1 .W54 2001
Readings on Diversity, Inclusion, and Music for All by MENC
Call Number: MT3.U5 R42 2003
World Musics and Music Education: Facing the Issues by Reimer, B.
Call Number: MT3.U5 W67 2002
Contemporary Music Education by Mark, Michael
Call Number: MT3.U5 M32 1996
A bibliography of source readings in music education by Kantorski, Vincent
Call Number: ML111 .D48 no.78
The musical playground : global tradition and change in children's songs and games by Marsh, Kathryn McLeod
Call Number: ML83 .M37 2008
The natural musician : on abilities, giftedness, and talent by Kirnarskai͡a, Dina
Call Number: ML3830 .K6213 2009
Music in the primary school by Mills, Janet
Call Number: MT1 .M626 2009
Reaching out : a musician's guide to interactive performance by Wallace, David
Call Number: ML3838 .W24 2008
The musical classroom : backgrounds, models, and skills for elementary teaching by Hackett, Patricia
Call Number: MT1 .H12 2010
Musical conversings with children by Neelly, Linda Page
Call Number: MT1 .N43 2007
Making music and enriching lives : a guide for all music teachers by Blanchard, Bonnie
Call Number: MT1 .B652 2007
School music and teacher education : a global perspective in the new century by Moore, Marvelene and Bo Wah Leung
Call Number: MT1 .I578 2006
Making music and having a blast! : a guide for all music students by Blanchard, Bonnie
Call Number: MT1 .B6523 2009
Getting the buggers in tune by McCormack, Ian
Call Number: MT3.G7 M33 2008
Teaching general music in grades 4-8 : a musicianship approach by Regelski, Thomas A.
Call Number: MT3.U5 R44 2004
Growing your musician : a practical guide for band and orchestra parents by Bancroft, Tony
Call Number: MT1 .B3135 2004
Musical experience in our lives : things we learn and meanings we make by Kerchner, Jody L.
Call Number: MT6 .M9628 2009
Classroom Management in General, Choral, and Instrumental Music Programs by Moore, M.
Call Number: MT918.M66 2002

History

Music Education: Source Readings from Ancient Greece to Today by Mark, M.
Call Number: MT2.M94 2008
A Century of Change in Music Education by Pitts, S.
Call Number: MT3.G7P58 2000
Source Readings in Music Education History by Mark, M.
Call Number: MT2.M35 1982
A History of American Music Education by Mark, M.
Call Number: MT3.U5M325 2007

Philosophy

Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education by Elliott, D.
Call Number: MT1.E435 1995
A Philosophy of Music Education: Advancing the Vision by Reimer, B.
Call Number: MT1. R435 2003
What's so important about music education? by Goble, J.
Call Number: MT1 .G58 2010
Music As a Language: A New Philosophy of Music Education by Whitwell, D.
Call Number: MT1.W57 1993

Subject Headings

Use Subject Headings to help you locate items in the online catalog:

MUSIC–INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
MUSIC–HISTORY AND CRITICISM–JUVENILE LITERATURE
MUSIC–HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.
MUSIC IN EDUCATION
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS–JUVENILE LITERATURE
SCHOOL MUSIC–INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
SCHOOL MUSIC SUPERVISION
SCHOOL SONGBOOKS

Reference Books

Retrieve these resources from the Music Library Reference Section:

Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts
Call Number: Ref. ML13.M83
(Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.)
Historical Research in Music Education: A Bibliography by Heller, G.
Call Number: Ref ML128.I64H44 1988
New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning by Colwell, Richard
Call Number: Ref MT1.N48 2002