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 books.
• They are motivated to read great literature and mythology, fairy tales, ballet stories, opera stories, biographies, history and stories about other cultures.
• 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 sing along and play games such as
  "Name that Tune."
• 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 the four Classical Magic® books with CDs.

There are a total of 71 defined words/terms, primarily musical, in the content of the text and in the Glossary of Themes To Remember, Volume 1 alone.

Literacy via classical music can begin with any one of the Classical Magic® books.

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

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