Margaret G. Cockerill
For a number of years the principal and flmmnfiwmm wfl
Lincoln Grade School have been tremendously interested waBfimma.,
We believed that music education should be an integral part ow
any v deH rounded school program, so we have worked oobmwmbaww
and under many trying difficulties to reach our goal of ammnwmwwwwm
musical experiences for every child in our school",
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Four years ago we were fortunate in securing the services qmw
of a splendid music teacher who comes to us one mm% each week for |
school music, and one day for individual instruction. ¥e have a
four teacher school without an auditorium so the work is organized
as a unit in each room.
We begin in the first and second grades by teaching tone
matching, simple rhythmic dances, song drills, song games and
notes of treble clef. This year we have started a rhythm band
for these grades.
In the third and fourth grades we have a splendid rhythm
band featuring zylophone, bells, fluummwmm. drum, horns, Jjingle
i clogs, cymbals, nmscocuwnmm and sticks. This group also has a
newly organized flute orchestra of twenty-four members. Humma.
grades also study the fundamental mechanics of music mfinu.mma
reading notes, making and recognizing the seven kinds ow.vfinau
and rests, and recognizing time signatures and Wm%w,afimwumx
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