Reading Skills

• As children sing along with the lyrics, they are reading and developing fluency.
• Children learn to read with the rhythm of the language.
• They are increasing their vocabulary.

Motivation to Read

• Children are motivated to read stories included in the program.
• They are motivated to read and mythology, fairy tales, ballet stories, opera stories, biographies, history and stories about other cultures.great literature
• Children never outgrow classical music or good literature.

Motivation to Write

• Children are encouraged to write stories and lyrics.
• They have opportunities to write dialogue for mini-dramas based on themes.
• Children learn poetry techniques - rhyming words, alliteration, personification.
• They learn that both music and poetry have form and meter.

Activities

• Children learn when actively involved and having fun.
• Children and such as"Name that Tune."sing alongplay games
• Children have opportunity to act out lyrics and stories in mini-dramas.
• They are encouraged to tell stories (sequencing).

Benefits

• Music and words together go into long-term memory.
• Classical music enriches the curriculum and creates happy children!
• Classical music wires your children's brains for the rest of their education.
• Classical Magic® sets the foundation for a lifetime adventure with classical music and reading.

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There are a total of 128 classical music themes in this internet program and in this web site.

There are many defined words/terms, primarily musical, in the content of the text and in the Glossaries.

Literacy via classical music can begin with any part of the Back-To-Bach™ program.

For help with ideas for teaching Literacy, consult the Teacher's Guides for Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Themes To Remember.

Teacher's Guides and Reproducibles are available only in printed form. Refer to the "Shop Online" page on this website to order these and other printed products for this classical music appreciation program.

Sets of Reproducibles are available for all books. (They are included within the Antonin Dvorák book with CD volume.) These may be used to make overhead transparencies or work sheets.