""Contents""; ""Prelude""; ""CHAPTER 1 BEING FIRST BY NECESSITY ""; ""CHAPTER 2 THE WHY AND WHAT OF TEACHING""; ""CHAPTER 3 TEACHING CHILDREN THROUGH MUSIC ""; ""CHAPTER 4 IDEALS REALIZED""; ""CHAPTER 5 SINGING IN STAGES""; ""CHAPTER 6 THE PLAYFUL IMAGINATION""; ""CHAPTER 7 FOR THE JOY OF MUSIC""; ""CHAPTER 8 THE POWER TO READ""; ""CHAPTER 9 FREEDOM OF CHILDHOOD""; ""CHAPTER 10 Learning, Growing, Sharing the Message of Music""; ""POSTLUDE""; ""The Ancestry of Julia Ettie Crane: Research by Caron L. Collins using “My Heritage Family Tree Builder� software""; ""About the Author""