Classical+Music

__**Discussion 11 **__

Listening to a Musical Story [|www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2010/09/23/130076390/classicalfans-tell-stories-of-first-loves]  3 Year Old Conductor - Beethoven [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rejicgiku&feature=player_embedded]  The Power of Music []

//**Resources - Ways to listen to music without words **// Music Animation Machine [] Fur Elis with Movement [] Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens [] Kangaroo Aquarium [] Peter and the Wolf []

__//** My Comments: **//__ Music has played a big part of my life, from my early years until now. I can remember standing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush in my hand as my microphone and singing along to a 45 (Madonna, Prince, Toni Bazel, etc), those were the good ole days. Music is a way to express so many different feelings and emotions. It’s a way of communicating with actually saying anything. It is a mood changer it brings us up when we are down and helps us to cope when we are down and sad. I can’t imagine where we would be if there was no music. Music is around us in everything that we do in different shape and form.

As a teacher I think classical music can be used to set the mood and tone of the classroom. Students can listen to the different types of classical music and try to gain an understanding of how the person was feeling at the time. They could also put feeling and movement to the song when the tempo or rhythm changes. Classical music could also be played as the children work quietly at their seats as background music.