Product reviews for The Little Book of Music for the Classroom

Nina JacksonsThe Little Book of Music in the Classroom will certainly give the teachers who pick it up food for thought.
Although teachers may have heard about music improving learning, few will have an inkling where to start" this book can be that start.
Nina clearly sets out where and when music can benefit classrooms to change the mood of the children: to calm, energise and motivate. There are recommended lists of music that are tried and tested" classical, modern and songs.
She explains how music can assist in problem-solving and recall as well as perhaps more obviously to act as a stimulus for creative thinking and writing.

I particularly liked the Musical Snacks to help pupils in the change from one task to another within a session; giving the pupil time to reflect on the earlier task and prepare or re-energise for the next.
We will all see the benefit of playing music as pupils enter a classroom" it lessens the talk, the pupils absorb the mood of the music and as it fades are ready to begin the lesson.
I already know primary teachers who use music to calm children after energetic playtimes or to signal tidying up times.

Music affects our behaviour" supermarkets have long known this, we actually buy more when lively music is playing.The Little Book of Music in the Classroom shows teachers how music can be another aspect in their repertoire. Worth a try? Absolutely. (and the musics great too.)