Music from Around the World
The early childhood musical environment contains objects that arouse feelings and understanding of music and through the systematic introduction of quality music, the children become accustomed to appreciating good music. These recording are readily available at the music centre and include music styles from around the world. Along with these high quality recordings the many music books discussing the lives of composers, the picture books of instruments, and the examples of the role music plays in cultural celebrations around the world are available to the child at the music library.
Music Learning for Kids incorporates the use of multicultural music, song, dance, movement, instruments, etc. and these multicultural musical concepts are taught at the child’s learning level and emphasis is placed on accuracy of basic skills to provide a solid foundation for further musical growth. This music program was designed to provide a child-centered musical environment to facilitate development in all curriculum areas, while enabling the child to learn fundamental music skills.
Building depth in musical understanding takes time and requires thoughtful decisions on the part of the teacher regarding which musical styles to include in the music curriculum. Music styles to include are folk songs (lullabies and chants), traditional songs (ceremonial music and dance), western art music (instrumental and choral music from the baroque, classical and romantic periods), western 20th century musical theater and film music (broadway, movie themes, etc.) and music from countries around the world including Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia.
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Music-enriched Early childhood Curriculum
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