Music and Movement in Early Childhood Education

Assessment

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Discussing music and movement and its implication for early childhood education..................1
Share your personal story about music from your life or your childhood...................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In early childhood education, children love to enjoy and engage with music and
movement. It assists children in order to express their emotions and feelings, develop their
imagination and self-confidence as well as learn to work in a group (Davydova and
Shcherbinina, 2018). The podcasts is prepared in order to describe implication of music and
movement in early childhood education. This podcasts share a personal story about music from a
personal life or their childhood. It also examines how particular music, movement or drama
experience is implemented in an early childhood experience setting.
MAIN BODY
Discussing music and movement and its implication for early childhood education
Music and movement activities used different kind of sensory modalities which includes
hearing, vision as well as movement in order to support learning in a fun and engaging manner.
By playing, exploring and imitating children learn music and movement, as it combines these in
order to create a various senses for children. This will children to learn more about new concepts
and words with the help of several activities which includes creating sound by using certain
household things, chanting rhymes as well as singing song in order to learn the alphabet. Many
activities related to music and movement involves group learning for providing opportunity to
children in order to enhance their practice and social skills. This will also help children to learn
how they can effectively express their emotions in different manner as well as communicate by
taking effective actions (Manning and Garvis, 2019) . There are various method exist which help
children in order to learn more from music and movement activities. Most of the children enjoy
singing familiar rhymes and songs which helps them in order to develop their learning. Music
and movement provides easy method to the children in order to sing together with their friends.
There are many instruments which make children in order to hold and shake them such as drums,
cymbals or maracas which help to them develop their understanding related to music. By the
several movements which help children in order to enjoy learning with music which includes
stamping feet, clapping hands and banging an instrument (Malchiodi, 2020). It is important for
the educator in order to provide opportunities to the children in which they participate in fun and
enjoyable experiences. When the music and movements are familiar and educator can gain
positive response from the children in order to increase their learning from music. There are
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