Movement and Music EC360 Assignment 4

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Madisyn Reem AC1907189 Movement and Music EC360 Assignment 4 March 24, 2022 Part 1 Movement and music are both extremely integral parts of human development. These two subjects help to ignite every area of child development, the cognitive, physical, and socio- emotional aspects in particular. This also helps the body and mind work together and has multiple positive effects on early childhood aged children in the various areas of development. There are three positive effects that movement and music have on young children and the areas of development are Cognitive, Physical, and Socioemotional. Cognitive Movement plays an extremely important role in language development since early communication is completely physical and only consists of only gestures and expressions. This also helps to expand children’s early vocabularies through introducing children to simple verbs and nouns. Music education builds listening and auditory processing skills, promotes memory and recall, strengthens executive functions, the sets of cognitive abilities that control planning, organizing, goal formation, and many more skills. Due to this, children grow to become creative thinkers, their memory grows sharper, brain recognition is developed, and spatial reasoning is enhanced when music and movement are involved (Hatter, 2015). Another benefit is the fact that

music helps infants prepare for language development. Music is a language in and of itself that helps to enhance the abilities of children, and all individuals, who may struggle with the expression of verbal thinking and communication. Music can give those people who struggle with verbal communication an alternate route of expressing themselves and this can positively affect cognitive development (Rauscher, 2003). Physical Musical activities often provide children with important experiences that may help them develop their physical coordination. When children move and dance to music, play instruments, and use props or puppets, this provides children of every age with a chance to improve their gross and fine motor skills. By listening to different beats and rhythms, a child’s ability to throw, catch, leap, or jump can also be improved (Bailey, 2012). A benefit to music and movement activities is that they provide wonderful entertainment and enjoyment to children, as well as any onlookers that are present. There is great pleasure involved with music and movement, and that is something that all children should be able to experience because through moving and experiencing happiness, children will develop into physical and mentally healthy adults. Children move their bodies, toes, feet, legs, fingers, hands, and arms to a beat that they hear, and the rhythm increases stimulation to their developing brains and muscles. Songs that have motions will help children practice their fine-motor coordination. When a child performs the finger motions to a song such as “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” or a finger play like “The Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” the child gets practice working on their hand and finger control. Hand and finger control is a necessary skill writing and handling small

objects. Dancing to music can also help children gain control over their arms and legs. Movement skills that are learned in the early childhood years build the foundation for almost all physical activities later in life (Bailey, 2006). Socioemotional Edwards (2011) stated that “Music and movement are good partners when attempting to comfort a child.” Due to this, early experiences with music often provides some therapeutic benefits, since music can be an antidote to stress as well as aid the brain in developing structure (Healy, 2010). Also, music helps in create and manipulating people’s moods. Music can make children feel peaceful, happy, sad, scared, and angry. Music also “has the ability to relax, give pleasure, irritate and deafen us, stimulate, excite, make us feel happier or sadder” (Federico, 2002, p. 534). Another point is that music often links children to their cultural heritage, helping them to develop and acquire cultural beliefs and values. There have been studies that show that children who are involved in dance and musical groups are able to build relationships, grow more confident, and make better friendships. These children are also able to develop numerous social skills, which will eventually boost and aid in the development of self-esteem and self- concept.

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Part 2 Four strategies to influence families and community members to get involved in the lives of their early childhood aged children as it relates to the positive effects of music and movement. 1. Invite parents, caregivers, and family members to play musical instruments, teach traditional dances, and sing songs with their children. 2. Schools can better engage parents, caregivers, family members, and community members in various activities such as family fun nights, sporting events, or concerts where the adults and the students can showcase their varying talents. 3. Encourage the parents, caregivers, and family members to be good role models to the children in their lives by participating in music and movement activities. The adults can make up songs and move and dance to the music with their children or take the time to learn dance steps together. 4. Hold educational workshops or seminars that are organized for the parents, caregivers, family members, and community members where they can be sensitized to the importance of engaging children in music and movement activities.

Part 3 Children of every age can express themselves through music. It is extremely important for children to be exposed to music and movement every day of their life, both in school and outside of school. There are resources in my community that cater to families that implement music and movement into the lives of their children. The five community resources that families can use to implement movement and music into the lives of their children are: 1. The library: The library is an excellent place for children with their families can discover educational books that promote music and movement through song and dance in early childhood development. Families from every economic background has access to the books at the library with no charge, without going through the hassle of finding money to pay for new books. 2. Playground facilities like ladders, swings, and slides all allow for children to engage in physical activity outside of the home or school where they can run, play, and explore. 3. The Valley School of Music offers various music classes that are accessible to children and adults. The children are able to move around the facility as they interact with all of the different instruments. Exploring different instruments and the sounds they make intrigues young children and helps to strengthen their aural discrimination discovering that most instruments can make several different sounds. 4. Sonja’s Studio of Performing Arts is a dance school that offers dance classes from all genres in varying skill levels where children of all ages, along with their families, can engage in movement activities or dance classes. This dance studio helps children expand their social and cultural interactions, as well as provide an overall sense of community,

well-being, and togetherness. Students at this dance studio also perform at different functions and host their own recitals. 5. Musical concerts where local community artists and band can sing or play pieces that children in the community can sing and dance along to the songs.

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