Early childhood music is a valuable and necessary part of children’s’ lives because it positively affects the quality of their lives. It helps children bond emotionally and intellectually with others in creative expression in song, listening experience, and in rhythmic movement. Four key points in teaching philosophy of early childhood music are: all children are musical, all children can achieve basic music competence, the participation and modeling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability, is essential to a child's musical growth, and this growth is best achieved in a playful, non-performance-oriented learning environment which is musically rich, yet immediately accessible to the child's—and the adult's—participation. I learned that children are missing their key time to develop the singing voice during early childhood through playful activities and thoughtful adult guidance. The articles stated that in addition to developing the mental representation or audiation of music, the early childhood years are also critical for developing the ability to engage in music through singing and moving. I think an early childhood music classroom should include curriculum of high quality and lasting value, including traditional children's songs, folk songs, classical music, and music from a variety of cultures, styles, and time periods. Audiation: ”During primary music development, children create a "box" or mental representation to unscramble the aural images of music. This multifaceted, complex mental representation is known is "audiation". Audiation is paramount in importance because it is basic to all types of musical thinking. Without audiation, no musical growth can take place.” http://www.musictogether.com/ImportanceOfMusic
The videos showed what the readings were talking about because it showed parents and other adults actively involved with children and music. The videos showed adults singing, dancing and playing instruments with children. It shows how happy the children are to have music in their lives. It’s important to have music in their lives both in and out of school.
Early childhood music is a valuable and necessary part of children’s’ lives because it positively affects the quality of their lives. It helps children bond emotionally and intellectually with others in creative expression in song, listening experience, and in rhythmic movement. Four key points in teaching philosophy of early childhood music are: all children are musical, all children can achieve basic music competence, the participation and modeling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability, is essential to a child's musical growth, and this growth is best achieved in a playful, non-performance-oriented learning environment which is musically rich, yet immediately accessible to the child's—and the adult's—participation. I learned that children are missing their key time to develop the singing voice during early childhood through playful activities and thoughtful adult guidance. The articles stated that in addition to developing the mental representation or audiation of music, the early childhood years are also critical for developing the ability to engage in music through singing and moving.
I think an early childhood music classroom should include curriculum of high quality and lasting value, including traditional children's songs, folk songs, classical music, and music from a variety of cultures, styles, and time periods.
Audiation: ”During primary music development, children create a "box" or mental representation to unscramble the aural images of music. This multifaceted, complex mental representation is known is "audiation". Audiation is paramount in importance because it is basic to all types of musical thinking. Without audiation, no musical growth can take place.” http://www.musictogether.com/ImportanceOfMusic
http://www.giml.org/mlt_audiation.php
The videos showed what the readings were talking about because it showed parents and other adults actively involved with children and music. The videos showed adults singing, dancing and playing instruments with children. It shows how happy the children are to have music in their lives. It’s important to have music in their lives both in and out of school.
http://www.musictogether.com/ArticlesArchive
http://music.wvu.edu/community_music_program/courses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkSU2TzHLM&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicTogether#p/u/6/71HG0q9vST0
http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicTogether#p/u/51/YVZrieP1Np
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWtgEZeAG0
http://www.menc.org/about/view/early-childhood-education-position-statement