MUED 321 - Music Methods for Grades Pre-K to 2 (3 credits)

(Restricted to music majors in the teacher preparation concentration) This course examines contemporary music pedagogy for children ages Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2. Students are engaged in the study and artistic application of developmentally appropriate goals, objectives, content and skills, repertoire, strategies, materials, and methods in a music literacy-based spiral curriculum. Learning styles, lesson plan designs, classroom management, and national and state music education standards relevant to Grades Pre-K to 2 music curricula are also examined. Students learn to play the soprano recorder and lap dulcimer. S.