Teaching With and Through Music

So far, of the arts elements, this has been the most natural for me. I think if is very important to incorporate both drama and dance into curriculum, but music has always been more natural. Students of every age can somehow relate to music. Whether listensing, singing, writing lyrics or composing, most of them can contribute in some way. I really enjoyed the presentations in class. Every team utilized music in their presentation with much success. The points of their lessons came across effectively and more substancially because we incorporated music in the learning process. Whenever I do any meanial task, it is enhanced when I do it while listensing or singing music. Music makes our world brighter and more colorful auditorially.
I plan on implementing music in my future classroom by all the avenues. I plan on providing background music on many occasions and will definately have children sing often. I will also have them create lyrics to tunes on many different topics depending on subject matter and even feel like it would be beneficial for students to learn how to put notes together to create musical peices that they design. I have been involved in directing childrens music and feel like it is a worthwhile and educatonally enhancing activity.