Music CenterJazmin WhiteSha-ray SimmonsErika Kinzer

What a Music center should look like

▪ Well stocked with a variety of materials:Offer variety of materials for children to use. Children can easily become bored with the same materials, so you want to change the instruments regularly.

▪ Neat and organized: Children should be able to find the materials they want to help them explore movement sounds and rhythm without having to search,

▪ Limitless:An inviting and well-stocked music center encourages children to be musically creative and expressive within reason children should be allowed to follow their music explorations

▪ Storage: Store materials in bins or containers on low shelves that give children easy access.

Recognizing Instruments

Recognizing Instruments (ex. different shapes, different books , different sounds , different songs

Diversity

In order to represent diversity within the music center:

Multicultural Music and diversity songs can be available in music center . Such as Spanish , French .

Diversity Cont.

Ensuring a diverse environment for all children is an important resource that must be utilized for expanding children’s knowledge in music and also many other aspects of learning.

This can be achieved by offering a wide variety of musical materials including:♫Musical Instruments (recorder, xylophone, rattles, or drums)♫♫ Recorded Music of all Cultures and Types (jazz, classical, soul, pop)♫♫ Song and Dance Videos (karaoke in multiple cultures)♫♫ Dance Props (ribbon wands, parachutes, bean bags, umbrellas)

Access

♫Music must be available for at least one hour a day and it must be free access.

♫There also should be enough materials for at least half of the children at any given time.

♫ Allow outside music for more diversity.♪Helps switch up environment for a variety of learning.♪♪ Promotes free expression due to no sound restrictions.♪♪ Lets children observe difference in acoustics.

Becoming familiar with Musical

Music and movement - (ex. CD or Mp3 player, Headphones , Drums , tambourines , bells ,Scarves and streamers, , picture books Multicultural books and Dramatic play.)

Skills and Abilities

When children sing, dance, and play music daily, they are:

▪ Developing fluency in speech

▪ Learning to discriminate differences in sounds

▪ Learning what a phrase is to help provide a foundation for writing and language

▪ Learning to create recognize, and remember patterns

▪ Developing their aesthetic sense and creative abilities

▪ Learning about cultures and genres

▪ Learning to be joyful

Teacher’s Role

High quality teachers lead music and movement at least once a day.

Teacher’s Role

▪ Teachers can begin to sing the clean up song when it is time to clean up for lunch.

▪ Teachers can record children singing, play it back, and allow the children to heat themselves singing.

Teacher’s Role

▪ Teachers can also play a musical instrument alongside with the children playing the same instruments.

▪ Teachers can lead music and movement with infants by dancing while holding them so they can feel the movement with the music.

Fine Arts

Strand: 2 Music page 114

B4: Prefer repetition of familiar songs and rhythmic patterns strategies.Strategies:

▪ Expose child to music from a variety of cultures and styles. (Ex: jazz, classical, and ethnic)

▪ Engaging child in activities that include repetition of familiar songs and rhythmic patterns. (Ex: finger plays and singing the “good morning song” every morning)

Fine Arts

Strand: 2 Music page 114

B3: Experiment with a variety of sound sources.Strategies:

▪ Providing daily musical activities, games, instruments, singing, and books

▪ Providing toys that respond to movement (Ex: chime bells, tambourine, or rattles for infants)

Approach to Learning

Strand: 4 Reasoning and Problem Solving page 65

D3: Use sounds, gestures, and movement to impact the environment and interactions.Strategies:

▪ Modeling behaviors that produce interesting results (Ex: making clicking sounds and making interesting facial movements)

▪ Providing child with toys and objects that react to specific actions (Ex: sound balls that chime, jingle, and crinkle when rolled around)

Approaches to Learning

Strand: 4 Reasoning and Problem solving

D5: Use objects as intendedStrategies:

▪ Modeling and dramatizing the customary way to use common objects. (Ex: playing drums like drums and not sitting on them)

▪ Providing dramatic play areas for children to explore the functions of common objects (Ex: having a music center)