Music, for the child, is a kind of artistic recreation essential to his intellectual development.
Music offers a variety of activities that
allow him to have fun with his ear, his voice, or his body.
Young parents are aware of the benefits of a quality musical awakening for
their child; also, they are interested in different mediums that will stimulate
their child's senses.
The musical awakening (musical early learning activities) is an activity that can be very rich for the child when it is approached fully.
A little older, when he is in school, it is possible to offer a little more demanding introduction to music to the child.
Activities such as recognizing sounds, comparing them, classifying them, naming them, or qualifying them, represent an opening to the sound world, so begin an initiation to music which will be structured over time; hence the importance of setting up daily and varied musical activities.
A quality awakening will allow the child to have musical knowledge that will help him to choose his cultural path and to love music.
The first sense that develops in the womb is hearing. Research has shown that even before birth the fetus responds to sound.
It can be said that a child's first musical experience is the beating of his mother's heart. It is therefore important to make music part of children's daily lives, from birth.
Musical awakening is an activity that aims to awaken and inspire young children to understand and learn music.
Musical awakening is a "complete" activity because it has benefits in all facets of the child's development.
The great composer Carl Orff said, « Music begins within the human being ».
The music awakening program invites children to discover rhythms, sounds, and movements to feel and discover music in a natural and fun way.
Rhythm
Students will be expected to :
1. perform, listen to and create
• beat
• rhythm
• stepping/skipping songs
Melody/Pitch
Students will be expected to :
1. perform, listen to and create
• higher and lower • the singing voice
2. sing, in-tune, a repertoire of songs
Expression
Students will be expected to:
1. perform, listen to and create
• louder and softer
• faster and slower
• sounds from varied sources
Contexts
Students will be expected to:
1. perform, listen to and create
• songs/games • music
