Tag: Early Childhood

Musical Play is a universal, sensory, relationship-based language of the emotions. It is the first language of children. It is an intuitive part of our humanity based on physical and acoustic laws. This is why we need to give children many opportunities to listen, watch, explore, interact, and be inspired to create their own music…

MUSIC & MOVEMENT LESSON: “Wonderful Weather” Here are some simple ideas integrating music, dance /movement, literacy and science concepts using the Orff Approach. Students will use speech, singing, instrumental music and movement to explore and understand different types of weather and changes in weather conditions. To finish reading the article. Log into the Website.

A summary of how we can support beat keeping experiences from 0 to 3 and why it is important, particularly in regard to language. Zoltan Kodály stressed the importance of beginning music education early and of using songs of the children’s native language as the earliest learning materials. Parents and early childhood carers play a…

A great body of New Zealand and international early years musical learning literature is focused on singing or instrumental play, within early years musical learning with less discussing the importance of sound play. In this article, I will highlight the importance of sound play through sharing a six-month sound investigation within an infant and toddler…