. Francis W. Parker School studies in education. child can hear and feel music and express it withhis body, comes the time, and then only, for the symbols of the Motor-Mental classes in the Francis W. Parker School, verylittle attention can be given to the teaching of music notation, forlack of time. Some attention is, however, given to the use of cardswith notes of different values, with which the children arrangemelodies, both original and those dictated by the piano. Chartswith three octaves of the piano keyboard may be used; also largecards with the staff and notation of the melod
. Francis W. Parker School studies in education. child can hear and feel music and express it withhis body, comes the time, and then only, for the symbols of the Motor-Mental classes in the Francis W. Parker School, verylittle attention can be given to the teaching of music notation, forlack of time. Some attention is, however, given to the use of cardswith notes of different values, with which the children arrangemelodies, both original and those dictated by the piano. Chartswith three octaves of the piano keyboard may be used; also largecards with the staff and notation of the melodies familiar to thechildren are used to train the eye, as well as the ear, to follow theline of the melody. The children are often given instruments ofpercussion—cymbals, drum, etc., and their instinct for makingnoise is released in a joyful, satisfying, and intelligent way. Through this work the child is directly aided in gaining asound body, a sound mind, and a sound emotional nature—theability for expression free from Free-hand Drawins used as a Motif for Design. (See p. 119) -- ?? ???? .; V. .^!*; :;3r ^ ^j^. •—-5% J The Chariot of the Sun (Field Day Exercise) ?||H^HH^^HH| ^ ? hwHBBp if ^* ^i^B? ^w-3H V ??? l| , ^^1 BwM^^^H! K- ^^^^^B ihI^ wf ? V ^H^BUK^bi^HUil s. J W^^/ iSm ^Hi^HS ^ aS l*™t*Hi^ ^^IK^HII^b. ii t -» ^^il I^^^H ^^^I^IHbI L ^^ IH^ ^HH mm^ ?? so CREATIVE EFFORT—IN DALCROZE EURYTHMICS But zvhat shall this education he? Is any better than the old-fashioned sort zvhich is comprehended render the name of musicand gymnasticf . . Music includes literature . . Andhe zvho mingles music zvith gymnastic in the fairest proportion andbest attempers them to the soul, may be. rightly called the trueluusician and harmonist in a far higher sense than the tuner of thestrings . . And such a presiding genius will be always re-quired in our State if the government is to last.—The Republic—Plato. Educationists should bear in mind that while rhy
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