Making Music in Montessori

Michael Johnson, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, is a songwriter, musician, cartoonist, and a Kodàly-trained Montessori educator with ten years of international experience managing elementary classrooms. From his home base in Paris, France, buoyed by an AMI Elementary diploma, which he received from the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee, and an M.A. in Music Education from Portland State University, Michael travels and leads music-teaching workshops at Montessori schools around the world.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: Your Musical Montessori EnvironmentChapter 1: Yes, You Are Musical: Five Music Myths Debunked Chapter 2: The Musician In YouChapter 3: Preparing Your EnvironmentPART 2: All The Music Theory You’ll Need to KnowChapter 4: What Is Music, Anyway?Chapter 5: First Steps: Scales and ModesChapter 6: Writing and Reading MusicChapter 7: The House That Music Built: Musical FormsPART 3: Going Beyond the Bells to Build Music LiteracyChapter 8: Musical Concepts and SkillsChapter 9: The Kodály ApproachChapter 10: Putting it all TogetherPART 4: Making Music in MontessoriChapter 11: Activities for Follow Up Chapter 12: Activities for GrowthChapter 13: Spontaneous PerformancesChapter 14: 55 Songs to Read, Sing, Dance, and PlayChapter 15: Cosmic StoriesAppendix A: Listening and Singing with ChildrenAppendix B: How to Teach a Song, Including Part SingingAppendix C: How to Lead a SongAppendix D: Music Grid PaperAppendix E: Resource ListAppendix F: Scale and Chord Matching TableAppendix G: Index of SongsBibliographyAuthor Bio

What a great book! I’m giving a copy to every teacher in our faculty. I’m overjoyed to say that this is finally here and it is everything I’d hoped for.