Music and Movement Ideas

Music and Movement Ideas Music and Movement in the early childhood classroom/center is an important part of a child's day. It helps develop self-esteem .. gross motor skills .. social skills .. listening skills and so much more. The Ideas that follow came from the wonderful women on my yahoo email lists childcareland2 and shelleylovettsecprintables. In my daycare we did Music and Movement everyday (and will again with my pre-k class) .. it is especially helpful on those days that weather does not permit children to go outside. We usually did a Music and Movement after circle time. Some of our favorite activities are:"Animals" - this is a fun and easy activity .. the children simple stand and the teacher asks them to be a certain animal and the children then act out what animal the teacher has called out. For example .. "Everyone be a monkey" and then the children act like monkeys. For this activity it best to alternate a "loud" animal with a "'quite" one.

different musical instruments to march around with. With our 'music lady' we learn about different musical instruments and we get to play a special on each week -- ie. mandolin, glockenspiel, guitar, violin, recorders -- she then usually gives us a kids sized version that we can keep and take home. Every week we do get to

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