Music Is a Must!

Explore how to use music as a teaching tool.

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Music Is a Must!

Explore ways to use music as a teaching tool by utilizing educational children’s programming, books, and activities. Rhythm, movement, instruments, and songs are wonderful educational devices that help keep children engaged in learning.

This workshop includes the following sections:

Learning Triangle Activity Sheet Why Is This Important to My Child? What Can I Do for My Child? Book List Activities Additional Resources

Special Thanks

KBYU Eleven gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations that contributed to the design and creation of this workshop and the thousands of workshop participants whose questions and suggestions inspired our work: Stephanie Anderson, Carrie Allen Baker, Barbara Leavitt, Aubrey McLaughlin, Theresa Robinson, Public Broadcasting Service, and United Way of Utah County.

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What Is KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn?

Children are born equipped for learning. Parents and caregivers can help children enter school with the essential skills and knowledge they need to be ready to learn. KBYU Eleven provides children and parents with three related services:

1. Quality educational television programs. Children who consistently watch these programs enter school better prepared to learn, and once in school they perform at a higher level.

2. A safe and fun online environment offering engaging activities, games, and videos that teach and reinforce key skills and concepts.

3. Online video workshops that provide insights into how children develop and demonstrate how to combine media with reading and hands-on activities to greatly enhance children’s learning.

What Is the Purpose of the KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn Workshops?

The 12 KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn workshops help parents become their child’s first and best teacher. The workshops were created over several years by experts in early childhood education and offered in partnership with schools, libraries, and community organizations throughout Utah. In creating these workshops KBYU Eleven built on the national Ready To Learn initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and the Ready To Learn Partnership (RTLP). You can learn more about the national Ready To Learn effort at pbskids.org/read/about.

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What Are the Twelve KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn Workshops?

1. Benefits of Media and the Learning Triangle

2. Rhymers Are Readers: The Importance of Nursery Rhymes

3. Music Is a Must!

4. Storytelling: You Can Do It!

5. The Brain: How Children Develop

6. The FUNdamental Powers of Play

7. What Do You Do with the Mad That You Feel?

8. Who Is My Child? Understanding Temperament

9. Math Is Everywhere!

10. Learning Through the Early Years: The Benefits of Repetition and Variation

11. Shared Reading: Tools to Bring Literacy to Life

12. Building Blocks: The Sequence of Emergent Literacy Skills

How Can I Participate in a KBYU Eleven Ready To Learn Workshop?Video versions of the workshops are available online at no charge. While they are sequentially based—with each workshop building on the previous one—they can also be viewed independently. To watch a workshop, visit kbyueleven.org and click on Ready To Learn under the Kids & Family section.

What Are the Four Areas of Child Development? 1. Cognitive development includes thinking, information processing, problem solving,

remembering, decision making, understanding concepts, and overall intelligence.

2. Physical development is rapid following birth as children learn to control large and then small muscle groups. The sequence of stages is important, and providing an environment children can physically explore while they are growing is critical to all ages.

3. Language development is most intensive during the first three years while the brain is developing rapidly and is stimulated most by exposure to sights, sounds, and being talked to.

4. Social/emotional development is critical to all other areas of development, because how children perceive their world (their ability to give and accept love, be confident and secure, show empathy, be curious and persistent, and relate well to others) affects how the brain physically develops and how they learn and process information.

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The Learning Triangle is a three-part learning pattern that helps reach all types of learners by teaching through a variety of activities.

The three points of the Learning Triangle are View, Read, and Do.

VIEW with your child an educational program that teaches a concept or skill.READ with your child age-appropriate books that reiterate the new concept or skill.

DO an activity that reinforces the concept or skill and allows your child to practice what she or he has learned.

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What Is the PBS Learning Triangle®?

As you use the Learning Triangle you will see how each point reinforces the others. The workshops provide suggested Learning Triangle activities, but more important, they teach you how to build your own learning triangles to best meet the needs of your child.

How Do Children Learn?The Learning Triangle is built on how we learn. Using our senses we gather information and then process it into our memory. Some learners rely more on one sense than another.

• Auditory learners use their sense of hearing. They process information better when they can hear the information.

• Visual learners use sight as a key tool for processing information.

• Kinesthetic (or hands-on) learners process information best by physically performing a task that incorporates the new information.

While learners can have a strong affinity to one type of learning, it is more effective to teach using a combination of all three. As a parent or caregiver, it is important to understand what types of learning work best for your child so that you can guide them to become better learners. For young children, ages 0–3, learning is holistic, meaning that they use all three types of learning. PBS developed the Learning Triangle to help reach all types of learners and enhance their learning through repetition. According to Dr. Bruce Perry, repetition is key to the development of a child’s brain. Repetition leads to skill mastery, which increases confidence and builds self-esteem.

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Learning Triangle Activity Sheet

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Music Is a Must!

Music can benefit your child in many ways. Children enjoy music that is familiar to them, so by playing their favorite songs again and again, they learn the words and build their vocabulary (even if they are too young to talk yet!). The rhythm of music helps them develop critical thinking skills and understand patterns. They stay active by singing and dancing, and music lets them have fun and be creative!

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stompby Carol Diggory Shields

or Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

Sid the Science Kidon PBS

Make up a dance! or

Play music and have the children move like “wild things.” What would a “rumpus” be like? As soon as the music stops,

have them act like tired monsters and fall on the floor to relax.

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Why Is This Important to My Child?

ReferencesMizener, C. P. (2008). Enhancing language skills through music. General Music Today, 21 (2), 11–17.Jentschke, S., & Koelsch, S. (2009). Musical training modulates the development of syntax processing in children. NeuroImage, 47 (2),

735–744.

Language DevelopmentMusic gives children plenty of sounds to hear and to imitate as they are learning to speak.

Songs often have words in them that children wouldn’t usually hear in everyday language, so music helps them develop their vocabulary.

While singing and chanting, children practice using different tones, pitches, and volumes, which helps them learn to speak.

Songs that prompt a response, like “Boom Chicka Boom,” help children recognize cues and require them to answer the call.

Musical training helps develop the area of the brain that controls language.

Cognitive DevelopmentChildren build their critical thinking skills when they encounter the patterns in the rhythm of music. They have to figure out the rule of the pattern, communicate that rule, and figure out what will come next. They can then apply that rule to other mediums, like playing instruments or clapping their hands.

Musical training for young children can increase brain development.

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Why Is This Important to My Child?

Zachopoulou, E., Tsapakido, A., & Derri, V. (2004). The effects of a developmentally appropriate music and movement program on motor performance. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19 (4), 631–642.

Hendon, C., & Bohon, L. M. (2008). Hospitalized children’s mood differences during play and music therapy. Child: Care, Health & Development, 34 (2), 141–144.

Physical DevelopmentDancing, clapping, stomping, and wiggling to music develop coordination and strength. These are fun ways for children to stay active.

Research shows that developmentally appropriate musical activities can help children develop motor skills, which are needed to be successful in life.

Social/Emotional DevelopmentDifferent kinds of music affect us in different ways. As children experience these differences, they can learn to better understand and identify their own feelings.

Singing, listening to music, and dancing give children fun opportunities for social interaction.

Familiar music can help children feel more secure, even in unpredictable settings.

Want to make your children happier? Let them experience music! Research suggests that children who participate in musical activities tend to be in better moods.

Music teaches children that there are different ways to express themselves.

Music Is a Must!

 

 

   

References

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What Can I Do for My Child?

Music Is a Must!

For Babies to Toddlers (0–2 years)• Babies need interaction! Talk and sing to your baby, play music, and have lots of cuddle time.

For Toddlers (2–4 years)• Children this age will start to respond to music physically and vocally and can start to

recognize differences in tempo, pitch, and rhythm.• Let your children sing along with you!• Use lots of gestures and movement as you sing songs together. • Sing or play songs sung in higher pitches so your children can hear them better and sing

along more easily.• Use music as much as you can! Play it during meals, during bath time, in the car, or anywhere

else you can think of.

For Older Children (4–5 years)• Continue to expose your child to music and fun musical activities. Don’t be in a hurry for

them to reach proficiency at this age.• Help your children practice rhythm. Let them play with rhythmic instruments, like maracas or

tambourines. Try clapping a rhythmic pattern, then have them clap it back to you.

 

 

ReferencesEngland, A. (2008). Teaching preschoolers pre-K music: Using songs, singing & instruments with toddlers and young children.

Suite 101. Retrieved from musicappreciation.suite101.com/article.cfm/teaching_preschoolers_prek_music

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Book List

Music Is a Must!

Amazing Grace Sylvia Walker JingleBingo Scholastic Staff Inc. JingleBremen-town Musicians, The Ruth Belov Gross MusicalBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Verna Aardema RhythmBusy Body Book, The Lizzy Rockwell MovementChicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson MusicalChicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault MusicalDinosaurumpus! Tony Mitton MovementDown by the Cool of the Pool Tony Mitton MovementEensy-Weensy Spider, The Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott MovementFrom Head to Toe Eric Carle MusicalHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Illustrated by Annie Kubler JingleHokey Pokey, The Larry La Prise MovementI Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello Barbara S. Garriel MusicalIf You’re Happy and You Know It Raffi MovementI’m a Little Teapot Iza Trapani MovementI’m Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs Alan Katz JingleInto the A, B, Sea Deborah Lee Rose RhythmI’ve Been Working on the Railroad Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott RhythmI’ve Got Music! Cathy Molitoris RhythmLady with the Alligator Purse, The Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott RhythmMary Had a Little Jam Bruce Lansky MusicalMary Had a Little Lamb Sarah Josepha Hale and Salley Mavor MusicalMiss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Has a Wild Day in Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Plans a Circus with Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Stays Home from Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten Joseph Slate RhythmMiss Mary Mack Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott MusicalMy First Songs Jane Manning MusicalOne Little, Two Little, Three Little Apples Matt Ringler JinglePeanut Butter and Jelly Nadine Bernard Westcott MovementRap a Tap, Tap Leo and Diane Dillon RhythmSaturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Carol Diggory Shields Movement

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Book List

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Seals on the Bus, The Lenny Hort JingleShoo Fly! Iza Trapani MusicalSkip to My Lou Nadine Bernard Westcott MovementTake Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs Alan Katz JingleThere Once Was a Man Named Michael Finigan Mary Ann Hoberman JingleThere Was a Bold Lady Who Wanted a Star Charise Mericle Harper JingleThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! Lucille Colandro JingleThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Simms Taback JingleThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! Lucille Colandro JingleThis Is the House That Jack Built Simms Taback JingleThis Little Light of Mine Raffi MusicalTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Annie Kubler JingleWee Sing and Learn Colors Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp MusicalWee Sing the Ants Go Marching Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp RhythmWee Sing the Hokey Pokey Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp MovementWe’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen RhythmWe’re Going on a Lion Hunt David Axtell RhythmWheels on the Bus, The Paul O. Zelinsky RhythmYou Are My Sunshine Steve Metzger MusicalZin! Zin! Zin! a Violin! Lloyd Moss Rhythm

This is a small reference sample of books that can be found at your local library.

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Activities

• Create a large cube by sliding two square boxes together (one inside the other). Cover them with contact paper. Write the name of a song or fingerplay on one side of the cube. Decorate the side and add pictures to help children identify the song. Do this on all six sides of the cube. Have the children sit in a circle and “roll” the cube. Then everyone sings the song it lands on.

• Have children listen to a piece of music and draw pictures of how it makes them feel.

• Draw a different colored dot on each of a child’s fingers. Sing “Where Is Thumbkin?” except, instead of singing “Thumbkin,” sing the name of a color, like, “Blue man,” or “Pinky.” The child should hold up whichever finger is being sung about. This strengthens their muscles and develops coordination.

• While sitting down, sing the following songs and do the gestures:

Up and down, round and round, (Draw circles in the air.) Put your fingers on the ground. Over, (Hold hands above lap.) under, (hands below legs) in between (Hide your hands between your legs.) Now my fingers can’t be seen! Hands in front, hands behind, now my hands I cannot find. Here’s my left hand, here’s my right, hands and fingers back in sight. (Wiggle fingers.)

Open, shut them. Open, shut them. (Open and close your hands.) Give a little clap, clap, clap! (Clap your hands.) Open, shut them. Open, shut them, Lay them in your lap, lap, lap! (Clap hands on your lap.) Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them, (Creep your fingers up your arm.) Right up to your chin. (Stop your fingers at your mouth.) Open wide your little mouth. (Open your mouth wide.) But do not let them in! (Race your fingers down your arm.)

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Activities

DrumCover an oatmeal box with

construction paper and decorate. Use another piece

of paper (attach with a rubber band) or the box lid

as the drumhead. Gently tap with fingers or sticks to the

beat of the music.

Music Is a Must!

ShakersDecorate two paper plates with markers or crayons. Pour 1/4 cup

dried beans or rice onto one of the plates. Staple or tape the plates together. Shake it to the beat!

or

Decorate a film canister with stickers. Put rice, dried beans, or

pasta in the canister. Close the lid and shake it to the beat!

MaracasTo make a maraca, put beans,

rice, or pennies in a paper cup. Cover with a piece of construction paper or wax

paper. Secure with a rubber band. Shake gently while

marching or singing.

Jingle BellsLace some bells through your

children’s shoelaces. Have them walk, dance, and run

while listening to the rhythm of the bells.

GuitarStretch two or three rubber

bands lengthwise around an empty tissue box. Attach a

paper towel tube to one end of the box for the neck. Strum

the rubber bands and sing a favorite song.

Stone ClackersLook for some stones that fit

comfortably in your child’s hands. Clap them together as you sing your favorite song.

KazooCover the end of a toilet

paper tube with a small sheet of wax paper and secure it

with a rubber band. Hum into the open end.

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Activities

Not sure how to make up your own dance? Use the following simple movement cards (from pbskids.org/arthur/print/grooveit/do_the_prunella.html) to create your own dance. It’s up to you how many times you repeat an action or which actions you use.

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Activities

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Are You Sleeping? Row, Row, Row Your Boat

I’m a Little Teapot Jingle Bells Mary Had a Little Lamb

Brush Your Teeth I Love You It’s Nap Time

Getting Dressed Clean Up Time Time to Go

Use the following to make up your own jingle. Match one of these familiar melodies with one of the actions, and have your children make up words to the tune.

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Melodies

Actions

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Activities

“Brush Your Teeth” to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”Are your teeth gross? Are they yellow? Yes! They are. Yes! They are.Get your brush and toothpaste.You’ll love that minty fresh taste.Brush away! Brush away!

“Time to Go” to the tune of “Jingle Bells”Time to go! Time to go! It’s time to go away! Grab your shoes. Clean up your toys.Please hurry, don’t delay-ay!

Time to go! Time to go! It’s time to go away! Go out the door, get in the car.We can’t be late today-ay!

“I Love You” to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”I, I, I love you! Yes, I really do! I love you and you love me,So we’re a happy family.

“Clean Up Time” to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”Pick, pick up your toys.Put them all away.Find a friend and come sit down.It’s time to start our day.

“Look at the Clock” to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”Look at the clock.It’s time to go, time to go, time to go!Look at the clock.It’s time to go . . . outside to play. sit at our circle. wash our hands. home for the day.

“It’s Time to Nap” to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”Time to rest, now walk your feet And find your special place to sleep.Grab your book and go lay down.Listen to the music sound.When the timer goes beep, beep,We’ll get up and stomp our feet.

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Additional Resources

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Speakaboos

Listen to nursery rhymes and watch the animation, record yourself, do arts and crafts, play games, sing karaoke, and more.

www.speakaboos.com/stories/nursery-rhymes

Jan Brett’s Activity Pages

Based on her book Honey . . . Honey . . . Lion!, these templates will help you make your own sound effects and rhythm band.

janbrett.com/hhl_rhythm_band/hhl_rhythm_band_main.htm

Songs for Teaching

Find children’s songs, lyrics, sound clips, and teaching suggestions.www.songsforteaching.com

PBS Kids Music

This website has lyrics and sound clips from your favorite PBS shows.pbskids.org/music/index.html

Arthur Activity Pages

Make up a dance by viewing movement cards.pbskids.org/arthur/print/grooveit/do_the_prunella.html

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