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Article: Tune your curriculum with recorded music. (using recorded music to teach language arts and social studies) (Reach Every Child - Teach With Music)
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- March 1, 1994
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Using recorded music in the classroom doesn't require any formal training on your part. And children in the elementary grades are usually open to every kind of music. For example, one of my six-year-old son's favorite pieces of music is Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a classical choral masterpiece. "It's castle music!" he exclaims, and he's right. You can almost see knights riding off in their armor as the voices surge into crescendo.
I often find this kind of excitement in the classrooms I've visited over the years, as music opens new windows of learning for kids. Here are some sound ideas I've used along the way.
Soundtrack for Language Arts
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