Presents over 30 activities designed to introduce elementary school children to opera. Also provides a synopsis of and student activities for three specific operas ("Hansel and Gretel,""The Mikado,""Aida") and a short article about opera star Luciano Pavarotti. (SJL)

Article described how a piece of appropriate music can change a group's mood thereby creating a better environment for learning. (Author/RK)

Discusses ways to prepare children for their first concert. (GB)

Authors discussed how to achieve a successful and meaningful program as well as how to motivate creative expression in pantomime, art number and spelling games. (Author/RK)

Teaching suggestions for helping children to perform a choral-speaking fugue. (RB)

Article described a music program designed to develop individual learning skills, involvement, appreciation, and enjoyment of both music and literature for children of all ages. (Author/RK)

A series of activities are described to introduce students to musical instruments. Children learn about woodwind, string, percussion, and brass instruments through observation of musicians, hands-on experiences, and recordings. Sample recordings and a bibliography are listed. (DF)

Believes that improvisational ability can be performed vocally as easily as instrumentally and suggests methods for initiating improvisation, for transfering creative insights to pitched activities and how to organize chordal accompaniments for melodic improvisation. (RB)

How to use current records to encourage children to listen to and become involved with music. Methods for using instruments and voice to create new rhythms and styles. (RB)

Believes that the school should introduce the child to new sounds and sound sources and suggests various methods to activate a child's sense of structure and design so that he becomes aware of his ability to express himself in sound. (RB)

Discusses the child's awareness of music and the continuously developing realization of what music actually is. (Author/RK)

A year-long music instruction unit introduces students to information about the lives of nine great composers of the classics and to their works. Each month a different composer is featured. No special training for teachers is necessary. (PP)