Week 7 Discussion

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Chapter 5

Engaging Children in Music, Movement,

and Dance

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Cognitive Stages in Musical and Kinesthetic Domains

Enactive Stage (Infants & Toddlers)

• Physical activity and music intertwined

Iconic Stage (Preschoolers)

• Use tangible items to represent experiences

Symbolic Stage (Elementary School)

• Use abstract symbols (language) to represent ideas

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Children’s Attitudes about Music, Movement, and Dance

• I can listen to music and watch dance
• I can join in music and movement
• I can create music, movement, and dance
• I can understand the language of music and dance
• I can compose music and choreograph movements
• I can perform music and dance

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What Children Learn from Music, Movement, and Dance

• Psychomotor development
• Perceptual skills
• Emotional and social development
• Cognitive skills
• Multicultural development
• Aesthetic awareness

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Ways to Use Music and Dance in the Classroom

• Begin the day
• Greet each other
• Create warm atmosphere
• Establish mood
• Ease transitions
• Link arts with other subjects
• Focus children’s attention

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Ways to Use Music and Dance in the Classroom

• Mark special events
• Celebrate diversity
• Establish social solidarity
• Refresh and relax
• Sharpen thinking skills
• Promote creative expression
• Bring day/event to satisfying conclusion

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Providing a High Quality Musical Program for Children

• Identify the source of your inhibitions
• Use recorded materials and live performances
• Start out right (breath control, posture, experiences for children)
• Accomplish curriculum goals through music, movement, and dance
• Use the simplest accompaniments
• Seek opportunities for professional development

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Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities

Motivators

• Introduce music and dance
• Engage children

Planners

• Prepare
• Pace activities
• Offer variety

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Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities

Observers

• Observe how children make music, movement, and dance part of daily lives
• Observe behaviors:
• What parts of the activity generate the most response?
• When do children follow along best?
• How do children use music spontaneously?

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Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities

Facilitators

• Provide resources
• Offer coaching
• Make accommodations for diverse learners

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Ways to Teach a New Song

• Play song in background before introducing it.
• Teach children chorus first while you sing verses.
• Sing with a recording, and tell children to join in singing portions.
• Used lined poster paper to create song chart.

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Ways to Teach a New Song

• Create rebus (words and pictures) for children.
• Teach one phrase or sentence at a time, then combine phrases.
• Teach actions to an action song first, then teach the words (or vice versa).
• Have pairs of children make take-home song books.

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Types of Music

• Lullabies (traditional and original; American and multicultural)
• American folk songs (chants, play songs, and singing games)
• Nursery tunes and songs for very young
• Multicultural music from around the world
• Music of the child’s ethnic heritage
• Holiday, religious, and seasonal music

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Types of Music

• Contemporary children’s music
• Popular music (rock, jazz, new age, pop, electronic, movie, show)
• Chants, rhymes, and rap
• Classical
• Music for dancing, patriotic songs, marching
• Music from historical periods
• Music by contemporary artists
• Story songs

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Music and Movement in the Inclusive Classroom

• Use a variety of high quality music selections across curriculum
• Include everyone
• Develop step-by-step plan
• Make music and movement part of IEPs

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Music and Movement in the Inclusive Classroom

• Be aware of children’s instrument preferences
• Encourage music and movement outside the classroom
• Identify resources (special education teachers, music specialists, materials)

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Music Educators National Conference and National Dance Standards

• Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
• Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

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Music Educators National Conference and National Dance Standards

• Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
• Evaluating music and music performances
• Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
• Understanding music in relation to history and culture

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Beliefs about Children, Music, Movement, and Dance

Children:

• have potential in music and movement
• bring unique interests and abilities
• come with diverse backgrounds
• should experience exemplary musical sounds, activities, and materials
• should not be pressured to perform for an audience
• learn best in safe, pleasant environments

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Beliefs about Children, Music, Movement, and Dance

Children:

• need effective, enthusiastic role models
• need diverse learning environments and varying opportunities
• are capable of developing critical thinking skills through music and movement
• should have enjoyable music and movement experiences