Toddler's Music Analysis

For our song and action activity for toddlers we were looking out for an activity that would engage the toddlers actively to use their entire bodies, be simple enough to follow along with words and actions, be upbeat and short enough to keep their attention and be easy enough to repeat. The example video ‘Shake & Move Children’s Songs’ provided in the guide gave an example of how to engage children while allowing them to use their bodies. Pinnochio by Super Simple Learning was considered, but the length and the slow beat of the song might have resulted in disinterest by the toddlers. Along with the lyrics dealing with left and right may have been too complex for the toddlers, thus leading to frustration. Additionally, the song requires balance and coordination skills that is more developed than the age group has. Therefore, the song was not selected. Head, …show more content…
Through that, they actively engage with people as they continue to imitate the educator and learn through actions. Development becomes evident through challenging themselves going along with the music as they keep in tempo, as they learn how to follow the beat. This creates a physical awareness of their surroundings, helping them with their momentum, helping their physical skills. Active toddlers learn awareness by adding motion to accompany the songs (Koster, pg 304), this helps toddlers become more attentive to their environment helping them follow/imitate what they see. The action associated with the activity helps enhance the development of the toddler's sense of balance since they move from one action to another quite quickly, sensory motor integration by tying in the speed of the song along with the words of the song with specific actions and the enhancement of their jumping, walking and running by including them in the activity (ELECT 2014, p. 41-41, No.5.1 and