I have 500 Kindergarten-5th grade students in Kansas. I try to find new and interesting ways to help my students learn using music because it is highly accessible for all students, especially those with physical and cognitive challenges.
My students adore, and benefit from, learning about new people, places and concepts in many ways.
One terrific way is through books. Unfortunately my budget for each school year is $50, and there is little opportunity to create a library of books with musical connections.
My Project
I would like to buy several books to start a collection that could be used throughout each and every school year, benefiting more than 500 students that pass through my door each week. This collection will help my students to make cross-curricular connections, give me another way to promote literacy in music class and allow the students to learn about all sorts of musical styles, the influences of culture on music, composers and artists, songs, instruments, and many musical concepts.
Your help will make it possible for my students to have a collection of books available that will help them to learn about numerous aspects of music while helping to further their literacy skills and make numerous connections between all of the subjects they study throughout the day.
The books will be a re-usable tool that will be beneficial to a very large number of students. In ten years time, the books would be enjoyed by more than 5,000 students!
More than a third of students from low‑income households
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