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Little Kids Rock

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Description

Little Kids Rock is a music program that offers music education to school children.The program provides weekly music education classes to K-12 students in public schools that have been stripped of their music programs. Little Kids Rock engages students by teaching them to play popular musical instruments. The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to and enjoy. The program puts a heavy emphasis on skills such as composition, improvisation and recording; in addition, children get to record their own music, create CDs, and make their own music videos. The music program trains existing music teachers and since the instruments are all donated, the program can run at no cost to the school. Little Kids Rock can be offered within existing music classes or as after-school enrichment.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Little Kids Rock is to offer music education free of charge to students in grades K-12.

Results / Accomplishments

Since 2002, Little Kids Rock has been dedicated to putting music back in schools. The program provides students with free musical instruments and instruction. So far, the program has been implemented in over 1,200 schools in more than 23 cities nationwide.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Little Kids Rock
Primary Contact
116 Greenwood Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
http://www.littlekidsrock.org/
Topics
Education / School Environment
Art & Recreation / Music
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
Little Kids Rock
Date of implementation
2002
Location
USA
For more details
http://littlekidsrock.org/
Target Audience
Children, Teens

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A Good Idea meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.

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