Discusses musical activities that foster early literacy development according to six different early literacy instructional goals: (1) children's learning of concepts of print; (2) a sense of story and sequence; (3) phonemic awareness and phonics; (4) background knowledge and vocabulary; (5) basic spelling patterns; and (6) early writing…

Discusses communication obstacles music educators encounter and considers constructivist listening as a means for music educators to assist one another with discipline and management issues. Describes activities for use in a seminar entitled "Real Life in the Music Classroom: Creating Positive Discipline and Management." (CMK)

Provides a fictional dialogue between a music educator and classroom teacher on: (1) a misunderstanding of one another's motives; (2) their unique points of view; and (3) their ideas for collaboration on an integrated unit on westward expansion based on "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan. (CMK)