KINDERMUSIK FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, SEMESTER 4

Week 8 (Lesson 53)

Dear Young Child 4 Parent:

In Kindermusik we cover a large amount of material concerning music terminology, pitches, songs, composers, playing instruments, etc. Meanwhile, we never forget the importance of movement! Just today we continued to dance while singing “Bow Wow Wow” and also incorporated a fun movement game into an up/down listening activity.

“Movement is the essential ingredient of space perception…. By observing his own body and the relationship among objects in space to parts of his body, [the child] relates himself to the space outside himself….”* Also, movement in activities such as listening for ascending or descending pitches brings a different type of understanding (a kinesthetic understanding) to an auditory concept.

Lynda

*Dance and Grow, by Betty Rowen, p. 57.