Music can help child to stimulate the imagination and creativity. It increases the skills to listen, memorize and concentrate. It stimulates the intellectual development, motor, sensory, auditory and speech skills. It improves sociability causing children interact better with their peers. By playing it, a child can explore different sounds and develop musical skills.
Kids can develop memory, concentration, imagination and creativity.
Enjoy the first lesson with your kid and make him learn this rhyme with fun.
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Brother John, Brother John.
Morning bells are ringing,
Morning bells are ringing.
Ding, dang, dong,
Ding, dang, dong.
This is the English variation rhyme of one of the most popular French rhyme Frere Jacques.
This rhyme was translated in many languages.
The basic idea of providing music in a montessori environment is to train the hearing ability of the child. This is done through the sensorial material i.e Sound boxes and Musical bells both develop the musical sense of the child
Exercise walking on a line helps to control movement of both feet and hands, it is during the slow and sustained walking that music is introduced as a guide to the feet. After the child has attained balance education in rhythm must be given.
The children may be given musical phrases of easy interpretation which they repeat in order to develop sensitivity to music. Therefore rhythmic and gymnastic exercises are also introduced so that the child can perform exercises with perfection. In these exercises a soft, soothing and uniform music are played which helps in performing the exercise perfectly.
Activities which can be performed through playing music.
1. Walking on a line
2. Musical chairs
3. Passing an object or a prop
4. Gymnastics
5. Rhymes
6. Skipping
7. Make music with straw pan flute
8. Musical Charades and Rhymes Charades
It depends how creative you're to make unique fun learning activities to enjoy it with your kids to enhance their auditory learning skills.
Straw pan flute activity will be shared in another post upon I got request from montessori teachers.
I hope you'll enjoy this article, stay happy and stay blessed.
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