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The Importance of Music in the Early Years
How Can Music Help in the Prime Areas of Learning?
Music can help in all 7 Areas of Learning. In this blog, I'm going to go through how you could use music to help with the Prime Areas of Learning: Communication and Language, Physical Development, and Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
Using Songs/Rhymes to help with Communication and Language
Why?
Opportunity for children to:
- Listen to rhythmic patterns
- Recap words
- Be introduced to new words
- Help them understand words
- Say simple sentences... plus much more
What can you…
Wow, She’s up and Dancing!
It is amazing how a music activity can help with a child’s self-confidence.
I attended a nursery to do a music time with a new group of children; their response was fantastic and I love how music can bring a smile to a child’s face. The activity I remember most was the listening activity. This activity involved the use of fabric and bubbles. As it was their first session I knew these props would be great to help the children respond to music.
All but one of the children joined in with the…
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