IELDS Standard: 25.A.ECc
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music and Movement
Move to the beat. Sing along. Listen. Create sounds.
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Music for Preschool Children
This list contains a variety of resources associated with music for preschool children.
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The Music Project
Michele Baird and Jean StaffordDeSoto Prekindergarten, DeSoto Grade SchoolDeSoto, Illinois DeSoto is a small rural town in Jackson County located approximately 10 miles from Southern Illinois University. DeSoto Grade School is a feeder school to Carbondale District #95, which is one of the larger school districts in southern Illinois and houses prekindergarten through eighth grade.…
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Investigating Wheels
A project is a part of the curriculum that involves children in investigating objects and events around them that are worth knowing more about. Project work is a way of uncovering a subject rather than just covering it. A project on wheels has the potential to involve the entire class, the children’s families, and community…
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Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley: Learning Through an Action Song
In this video, we see a group of children singing the folksong, “Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow” during a large group activity.
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Mozart Jazz Freight Train
In this video clip, 3-year-old Max is seated in a chair, moving a bow back and forth across the strings of a small cello.
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Dustin’s French Horn Model
At the beginning of the video, Dustin (age 4) is talking with a classroom visitor he has just met. Dustin is in a prekindergarten classroom that uses the Project Approach. His class has just finished a project on musical instruments.
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Get Physical
Sometimes hugging is the best physical activity.
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Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started
Here are some tips to help with getting the project started.
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music, Sound, and Movement
Music, sound, and movement can ease the waiting time blues!
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Learning Activity Kits
Homemade learning activity kits can engage a child who hates to wait.
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Physical Activities
How can you help your child find a little freedom of movement in a confined space?
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Sing, Play, and Hear: Music’s in the Air
Music adds to both fun and learning in the early childhood classroom.
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Project Approach: Helping Preschoolers Represent What They Learn
During each phase of a class project, preschool children can represent their ideas about and understanding of a topic in many ways.
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Out and About with Preschoolers: Make Some Music
Preschoolers can have fun investigating dynamics, rhythm, and other elements of music while they participate in music activities outdoors.
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The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 25.A.ECc
Mrs. Silva and Mr. Chung’s class has been investigating the grocery store as a project topic. The children in the classroom love to dance during free play time when the teachers play children’s music. The children love songs with silly lyrics, especially songs by Raffi. Mr. Chung remembers that one of Raffi’s albums is called…
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Project Approach: Phase 2—Doing Fieldwork
Here are some ways to help children do fieldwork.