Exploring Children's Literature in Elementary Music Education
Using children's literature in the elementary music classroom offers a unique way to access diverse perspectives, improvise, compose, and experience elements of music such as rhythm and meter. Through examples like "Thula Klizeo" and "My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me," students can engage in vocal, instrumental, and movement improvisations inspired by popular literature. This interdisciplinary approach not only enhances musical learning but also fosters creativity and cultural understanding.
- Childrens literature
- Elementary music education
- Cultural perspectives
- Music improvisation
- Rhythm and meter
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Childrens Literature in the Elementary Music Classroom Ruth Gurgel, Ph.D. Kansas State University
Using childrens literature can Offers access to perspectives of people from other cultures and time periods Provides a format for improvisation Provides a format for composition Enables experience with elements of music such as rhythm and meter It is fun for kids and teachers
Offers access to perspectives of people from other cultures and time periods Example: Thula Klizeo by Joseph Shabalala Book: My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou
Provides a format for improvisation Vocal Improvisation: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Instrumental Improvisation: Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger/ Michael Hays Improvisation with Movement: Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Have you seen my hat? Have you seen my hat? Have you, have you, have you, have you Have you seen my hat? MMRRM, MMRRM, MMMMRRRR, MMRRD DDMRD, DDMRD, DDDDDDDD, MMRRD
Provides a format for composition Herman and Margarite by Jay O Callahan Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins
Enables experience with elements of music such as rhythm and meter Steady Beat: John Henry by Julius Lester Rhythm: Things by Eloise Greenfield
Things by Eloise Greenfield Went to the corner Walked in the store Bought me some candy Ain t got it no more Ain t got it no more Ain t got it no more Ain t got it no more Went to the kitchen Lay down on the floor Made me a poem Still got it Still got it Went to the beach Played on the shore Built me a sandhouse
Integrating Music with Literature, Grammar, Writing and Drama Choose background music to match mood of picture books Sound carpets to go with stories (ala Abiyoyo) Create songs to summarize a story Create a sound track for a novel or picture book Create a rap about a character Sound effects for a drama, musical motifs for characters
Music to Read By What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan or Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco read with Bobbing Joe from Music of the American Colonies The Blizzard s Robe by Robert Sabuda or North Country Night by Daniel San Souci read with Silent Night by Seth Bauer I See a Song by Eric Carle read with Caribbean Blue by Enya Uptown by Bryan Collier read with In a Hurry by Christian McBride Jump Back, Honey by Paul Laurence Dunbar (slow poems) and Honey, I Love (slow poems) or Smoky Night by Eve Bunting read with Blue in Green by Miles Davis Tuesday by David Weisner or Kate Heads West by Paul Brisson read with March for Clarinet by Matthew Switzer Dandelions by Eve Bunting or John Henry by Julius Lester read with Sweet Land of Liberty by Gwyneth Walker
Music to Read By Jump Back, Honey by Paul Laurence Dunbar (slow poems) and Honey, I Love (slow poems) read with Can t Dance by Joshua Redman Rough Face Girl by Rafe Martin/David Shannon or The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola read with Winter Ceremony from Sacred Spirit: Chants and Dances of the Native Americans Abuela by Arthur Dorros or Going Home by Eve Bunting read with Jesus Maria by Leo Kottke Tiger Woman by Lawrence Yep, or Yoko s Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells read with The Moon Mirrored In a Pool Spaghetti Park by Anne DiSalvo read with Bella Bimba (Italian Folk Song)
