Sample Intentional Teaching Plan

For this particular activity, I planned a music session with the children in order to provide them the opportunity to play various instruments and sing along with the songs. I placed the basket full of musical instruments in the middle of the circle of children and put on a CD’s of children songs and encouraged the children to pick one to play with. Everyone eagerly grabbed their favorite instrument and began playing along with the music. As, we have listened to this CD before, they were quickly singing and dancing along with the music. The youngest girl I watch had the idea to pretend to be a ballerina and asked me if it would be okay to put on some

To go along in the mission of encouraging music in children, teachers must be creative enough to plan activities that will attract the children to participate and enjoy. Action songs like; You Put Your Right Hands In, Making Melodies In My Heart, I’m a Little Teapot, Humpty Dumpty, Saya Seekor Gajah, P. Ramlee songs like, Tanya Sama Pokok, Nenek Si Bongkok Tiga and etc is way to encourage children to involve actively in musical games and play, besides developing children’s motor skills, hand-eye coordination as well as coordination of body parts. Besides songs and rhymes, teachers can also use fast or slow rhythmic music tunes and encourage the kinesthetic learners, who find it easier to learn through actions than via words alone. To make the session more interesting, teacher can think of some props like, scarf, pong-pong, hula hoop, musical instruments, and so on. While singing and teaching songs in the playground, teachers are encouraged to model loud and joyful singing and dancing with the children. Failure to develop competence in fundamental skills of movement may result in a poor body image(Green, 2001).

As a group the children are being offered the chance to learn to express ideas with confidence, empathize with their friends, and feel at home in their own skin. Song, music and dance can help children become more imaginative, self-aware and improve their social skills in a fun and enjoyable fashion. According to Aistear’s theme of communicating Aim 1: Children will use non-verbal communication skills. In partnership with the adult, children will (4) understand and respect that some people will rely on non-verbal communications as their main way of interacting with others. (Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework) Pg. 35.

Music has been integrated in our lives more than before. In an era where portable music players and cellphones give people access to thousands of songs anywhere they go, music has easily become a soundtrack to our life. In our current era, children by the age of five will have listened to more music than Mozart was exposed to his entire life. This past winter I had the privilege of visiting Theo’s Place, a children’s home in Fond Doux Haiti. Before leaving the United States, I had been told that there would be a language barrier. As much as I tried to imagine what that would be like, I failed. I grew up with the privilege of Spanish-speaking parents, and so Spanish became my first language. On my first day of 1st grade, I was introduced to

There is one universal language: the language of music. Music has a special quality and ability to bridge both social and cultural divides. A proposed theory by Dr. Gray, Founder and Director of National Musical Arts’ BioMusic Program; describes music has been around longer than human-beings have. Music is the one thing human beings from various backgrounds can relate to. Every living creature would agree. Music is heard everywhere not just among humans, but in nature as well, through the twitting of birds, winds blowing, the soft sound of raindrops against a windowpane, the ocean waves moving back and forth and the hum of the ocean rushing in a sea shell. There is no escaping it; music lives in and surrounds us steadily. While there are

Having materials that represent their culture is another way of preserving their home language. Speaking with the parents and asking about any songs that are sung in their home and having children sing the songs in class. “Ask families and community members to tell stories or sing a song in their language.” (Bullard, J. (2017). pg. 235). Children will feel more comfortable in an environment where they see culturally relevant materials or activities. This will help the child learn English in an environment where he feels respected and valued for his

The typical instruments used throughout the session are drums, tambourines, maracas, violins, and etc. These instruments can only can be used one at a time with each child in a group taking a turn or all together with everyone playing their own instrument. This helps create a fun and lively environment making it comfortable for the children. The child always is given a choice on which instrument they would like to play to allow them to express themselves in their own way. There are three options give to the children they can play in small groups, duets, or even solos. When playing a solo or even a small group this gives the child or children an opportunity to improvises and connect with creativity and expression.

During the last community event, I once again witnessed something incredible. Dealing with children and their mental development is, to me, fascinating. After our regular activities with the children whom are part of the Boys and Girls Club of America, we wanted to continue our interaction with the children and at the same time provide a harmonious environment. One of many suggestions that were presented was to play some music and engage the children in some mental and physical activity. During previous meeting with these children, we have once before played music. The response that we received was quite interesting. As soon as we started to play some music, the children started to gather around and were curious to know what’s going on. As

Infants recognize melodies of songs long before they can understand the words. Early on infants try to mimic sounds and start moving to the sounds as soon as they are physically able to. A toddler loves to dance and move to music and sing familiar songs. One of the key factors for music play for a toddler is to have songs that are repetitive. This will encourage the toddler to use the words and try to memorize them. Using silly songs will make them laugh, and singing a familiar song will help keep them engaged. Preschoolers enjoy singing just to sing. Preschoolers like to sing and move to music. They like to sing songs that repeat words and melodies, and songs with a definite beat, and songs that ask them to do different movements. Preschoolers often make up their own sounds and sing to themselves as they play. There is no disadvantage to bringing children together through music and through fun musical movement activities. Musical play can enrich and benefit any child through their

There is a psychological benefit of having music incorporated in school. The brain expands the time in which the attention of a student is engaged in the lesson. Neurophysiiological distinction is also developed during the course of a child’s learning journey, after having music instilled in the education process.

Gerald Ford said, “Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” Music can do much more than just affect the morals of young adolescents. It has often been debated whether the benefits of music in school are significant enough to encourage continued participation in music during high school. Through years of research, professionals have consistently proven the scholastic benefits of engaging in music, as well as the cognitive development benefits. In this paper I will discuss the correlation between participating in music courses in high school and the neural and scholastic benefits to students. I will also be discussing how bolstering the Hawaii public schools fine arts programs is essential to bettering education on the islands.

Dr. Bales’ article, “The Role of Music,” explains that babies are born with billions of brain cells called neutrons that form connections with other neutrons to enhance the bodies functioning and thought processes, and listening to music helps strength those connections and stimulate different operations of the brain. “The Role of Music” goes on to suggest that musical genres such as classical music is connected to the area of the brain that deals with spatial reasoning; thus, after listening to a classical song, task that involve spatial thinking such as jigsaw and crossword puzzles become periodically easier to complete (Bale, Diane). However, Dr. Bales’ article studies continue to reveal that if a musical skill, like playing the piano, is nurtured for at least six months the ability to solve puzzles and other spatial task increases by thirty percent. It is important to expose babies to music at an early age to increase their chances of positive, cognitive growth to occur. In the development of a new life, with a new mind, music creates new pathways in the brain that stimulate various functions and functioning.

Sing songs together- this introduces new words to the children while introducing music as a form of communication

Music has been called the “universal language” since the early 19th century when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called music “the universal language of mankind”. Since that time, this phrase has been illustrated in many ways by people and across cultures.

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