1. Preschool Education
Music

2. Music
Benefits of Music
Music Center
Role of Teacher

3. Benefits of Music Creates a sense of ____________
Children learn new ___________ and _______
Provides an enjoyable background for playing, eating, and ______________
Makes learning fun
Teaches children to __________ and to ____________
Builds an appreciation for different cultures
Builds creativity
Experiment with _____________
-Music is a powerful form of communication
-Think back to the song you listened to as you entered the room (it creates a feeling/mood)
-it is an important form of communication between adults and children
-we sing and rock babies to sleep, play games “ring around a rose”
-Benefits of music: (slide)

4. Benefits of music
Children learn ___________, _________, and sound quality
Does music help children grow cognitively?
How music helps cognitive development:
Memorize ________ to songs
Learn musical __________
Concepts (slow/fast, loud/soft)
Strengthens pathways in the ________
_____________ spatial intelligence
Math and Science
Children learn ___________, _________, and sound quality
Does music help children grow cognitively?
How music helps cognitive development:
Memorize words to songs
Learn musical notes
Concepts (slow/fast, loud/soft)
Strengthens pathways in the brain
Develops spatial intelligence
Math and Science

5. Music Center What do you need in a preschool “Music Center”?
When you think of the layout of a preschool room, where should the music area be?
It should be located in an open section, instruments should be displayed.

6. Music center Place in an open area Display instruments on a table
Include:
Drums
Kazoos
Melody bells
Tambourines
Cymbals
Recorders

7. Music center
When buying look for quality
YOUR TURN 

8. The teacher’s role
How can we promote music in the classroom?

9. The teachers role Do’s Don'ts Encourage musical expression
Be________________
Use a light pleasant voice
Use music to lead class directions
Know the ___________
Don'ts
_________children to participate
Use _________
Long or confusing pattern/melody
Have a bad _________
Do’s
Encourage musical expression
Be enthusiastic
Use a light pleasant voice
Use music to lead class directions
Know the song well
Don'ts
Force children to participate
Use big words
Long or confusing pattern/melody
Have a bad attitude

10. The teachers role Teaching Songs
________Method: sing entire song, learn short phrases until whole song is learned
________Song Method: sing the whole song, children repeat whole song, use this only for short, repetitive songs
____________________ Method: sing a key phrase and repeat it, keep adding phrases until you have the whole song completed
Phrase Method: sing entire song, learn short phrases until whole song is learned
Whole Song Method: sing the whole song, children repeat whole song, use this only for short, repetitive songs
Phrase/Whole Combination Method: sing a key phrase and repeat it, keep adding phrases until you have the whole song completed

11. Fingerplays A helpful technique for teaching listening skills
The words in fingerplays help to reinforce movements
Example: Teapot
Should be short and sweet 
Assignment
Create a song or a fingerplay