Instrument approach

negotiation skills increase and their sense of agency develop through our play based programs. My centre bases its philosophy on the Reggio Emilia approach. This approach ties in extremely well with the importance of play as it views children as competent leaders and initiators interacting with their environment (Garrett, 2017). Using this approach allows me to follow the children’s interests, follow their lead and let them make decisions in their learning. Currently I have a group of children…

Reggio Emilia  The Reggio Emilia approach is a child-centred approach and it started in a small Italian town of the same name. The approach was inspired by Loris Malaguzzi.  It is very collaborative with parents and practitioners working together to meet children’s interests and needs.  They believe the environment is the third educator with parents and practitioners being the first and second.  Adults play an important role when working with children. It also stresses the importance of…

Due to the monthly bleeding it is thought that is is unsafe for them to approach the consecrated drums in the case that their menstrual blood is mistaken as an offering to Añá.Due to the association of the menstrual cycle with the Aje or “witches” which are antisocial feminine spiritual forces it is believed that female contact…

One of the four passions in my life is teaching elementary and middle school students music, primarily through the use of string instruments. I get excited about teaching music because it is important to the human experience. It aids in the creativity and expression of students, teaches important social skills, and encourages working as a team to achieve a goal. But most importantly, it teaches students to enjoy the process of developing a skill and that talent can be increased. Learning in my…

prevail and outshine the rest. However, this class will go into specific details of the classical instruments like Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass and how they are used throughout these String Methods. Consequently, these string instruments play a huge role in the music world around us; each come with a variety of different techniques and difficult necessities to be learned. In order to learn the instrument properly, one must be self-disciplined, subconsciously confident, and have a…

music. On the other hand, Mr. Leonhardt took a different approach to this. He is not a strong piano player, but his strong suit is in guitar. He ended up then using some Guitar and Dance Dalcroze in his first grade classroom actually. He would have his guitar on his strap and move around the classroom. This enabled him to dance along with the students and play ant the same time. That why I see singing guitar is being the more versatile instrument for general music because of the movement aspect.…

children should have the same equipment and resources as us but in child sized. We see this in settings every day for example child sized tables and chairs. Montessori’s approach is well respected, with lots of setting in the UK following this approach, however there are theories that disagree with her and have a different style of approach too. Montessori’s theory was/is similar to other international approaches too. One of the theorists that is similar is forest schools. Both these approaches…

words). The Direct Instruction Approach that was shown in this video emphasizes rote learning, repetition, and the entire class participating. As a teacher would tap on a board or table, the entire classroom of students would read out loud what the teacher was pointing at. Because of this repetition, children learn from their peers, especially when it comes to sounding out words and sentences. The teachers interviewed were specifically trained for this approach, and explained to the viewers…

If I would be a head teacher in a preschool then I would like the Emergent curriculum. . I would like the Reggio Emilia approach for my curriculum, because their approach is emerging from the children’s interest. Their philosophy is all about observing what children already know and what could challenge them. When the curriculum will be children based then it will be more creative and it will develop the children’s self-esteem. The most important preschool curriculum is when it comes from the…

interests, this will keep them engaged for a longer period of time, they will be more motivated to stay on task, this means that learning through play will become more effective for the child. The Reggio Emilia approach relates to this as ‘The Reggio Emilia Approach is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education which values the child as strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and knowledge. Every child brings with them deep curiosity and potential and this innate…