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Music & Movement Activities in Pre-school

Posted on | September 15, 2008 | No Comments

Guidelines for music and movement activities in pre-school

  • Be knowledgeable with contents and teaching techniques
  • Pay attention to festivals and annual fests that related closely to your community
  • Choose topic and try to link it with other activities that are being carried out
  • Prepare materials before teaching
  • Understand the abilities and needs of the children. Do not compare the abilities of one child to another
  • Each child are individual with different abilities and needs
  • Get information of the experience of the child so that he/she can develop further
  • Plan lessons based on child’s experience and expanding it from thereon
  • Use simple to understand language
  • Plan many types of activities so that they can learn in many ways
  • Understand the child fully by observing and analysing the behaviou and performance of the child
  • Plan activities which needs the use of different senses such as smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch
  • Have positive attitude towards music and be interested and willing to learn and improve oneself

Principals of teaching singing in pre-school:

  • Conduct singing activities informally so that it’s enjoyable and effective
  • Plan activities which include movements, imaginations and creativities as children are naturaly very active
  • Teacher should adapt to the language development level of the children so that they can understand
  • Pre-schoolers’ attetion span is very short. They are unable to focus more than 10 to 15 minutes
  • Give attention to quiet and shy children and don’t force them do the activities
  • Should encourage the children to sing solo or in groups and appreciate their performance
  • Group children according to gender will create opportunity to talk about boys and girls and their roles in community
  • Feeling of harmony must be developed
  • Teacher must assist in developing self-confidence
  • Provide opportunities for children to choose songs, rhythm and musical instruments
  • Start with simple songs then progress to difficult songs
  • Provide oppotunities to explore fantasy world through singing, drama, pantomime, movement and so on
  • Help children improve their voices by guiding them to sing according to appropriate tune, rhythm and pitch

How to choose songs?

  • Short and simple repeated lyrics
  • Words and sentence structure are simple and relevant to their age level and understanding
  • Should reflect their world, experience, feelings and interest
  • Choose songs that give training in good health practices and cleanliness, socialisation, manners and develop postitive attitude towards their own self and others
  • Song should be a joy to sing and help in language development
  • Theme song should be attractive and increase their knowledge
  • Rhythm should be simple with clear beats and encourage children too move or do actions spontaneously
Category: Music & Drama for Young Children

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