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__**Discussion 6**__ [] My Comments: The article from Princeton University: Researchers Map the Math in Music, talks about the new way music is being categorized via a deep complex math. Scientist have taken the language of musical theory and translated it into contemporary geometry. This article was interesting but a little confusing to me.
 * Map the Math in Music**

[] My Comments: The article Math in Music & Movement tells us how to introduce musical activities that focus on the basics of mathematics, such as, structure, recognizing, and relationships of items. Musical games can help to reinforce these concepts of math. They can and should be used through out the day. Take time to experiment with different activities find out what students like and dislike and build from there or improve on items that are complicated to understand to build a deeper relationship.
 * Math in Music & Movement**

[] My comments: The Phil Tulga Math & Science Activities are a great resource to reinforce music and math. I enjoyed playing all the games and think all would be enjoyed by the students. Fraction Pie is a great way to introduce fraction and give students extra practice at learning the pieces of the pie. The pattern blocks uses geometric shapes and relates them to music, letting each shape represent a certain number of beats. The game lets you change the tempo from slow to fast.
 * Music Activities and Arts Intergration Lessons - connecting music to reading, math and science**

[] My Comments: This is a great site to find musical songs in teach content across curriculum that all ages can enjoy. It offers thousands of songs that can be downloaded, purchased via CD’s and DVD’s and books. I really enjoyed listening to the counting songs. Ten Little Chipmunks and Ten and Back are simple songs for PreK through first grade to use to reinforce their numbers.
 * Songs for Teaching Math**

[] My Comments: I loved the song the Itty Bitty Dot. It was simple and to the point, “just line up the dots and give it all you got”. I played it for my daughter and she said her teacher has used the song in the classroom.
 * The Itty Bitty Dot - YouTube**