Music through the Grades In the Light of the Developing Child (2nd Edition)
This book is for music teachers and class teachers in
Waldorf Schools who are searching for age-appropriate songs and
guidelines for developing a music curriculum based on insight into child
development. It also provides a treasure-trove of songs and insights
for home-schooling parents. It includes
• 213 Songs for grades one through eight, with suggested activities and notes for teachers;
• 3 CDs with recordings of songs for first, second, and third grades for teachers to learn by listening;
• introductions to each of the grades, providing pedagogical insights and practical suggestions.
“Diane
Ingraham Barnes, a highly regarded teacher who has spent a lifetime
devoted to music, has assembled this beautiful collection of songs and
commentaries that should be an important addition to any classroom or
library. From the tender wholeness of the mood of the fifth, to the
expansive pentatonic, to enlivening folk tunes and the diatonic
profusion stretching from silliness and joy to sorrow and profundity—a
foundation is laid for the blossoming of harmony and polyphony. In this
collection one can trace the musical odyssey of children’s development
through the grades as they prepare their bodily instruments for sounding
the soul and spirit.” —Gayle Davis, Rudolf Steiner College
By Diane Ingraham Barnes
Illustrated by
Christiane Marks
195 pp.
8 1/2" x 11"
Adonis Press
Spiral Bound
2nd Edition-Revised
978-0-932776-43-3