How does music and movement affect your child’s
development?
Social/emotional
development: Music
and movement activities can be shared
experiences that make children
feel part of a group. They develop
social skills playing
musical games requiring simple
cooperation such as “Ring Around the
Rosy.”
Physical
development: Children work on
gross motor development (moving to the music)and explore the many ways their
bodies can move Through movement
activities they can improve large muscle skills, balance, and coordination.
They strengthen small muscle skills as they
learn finger plays and play
musical instruments.
Cognitive
development. Children
solve problems while engaged in music
and movement activities. a sound
like thunder. They create patterns with the words they sing or
chant and with the motions they
make with their bodies. Children learn about number concepts as they clap their
hands and stomp their feet as they sing number songs.
English language development- Children learn
language through repetition, and as songs are repeated, the words are learned. Listening to and singing English songs helps with a variety
of language skills in English: following instructions, understanding
vocabulary, speaking, and repeating nursery rhymes. Children
who hear English words, even without grasping their meaning, will develop an
ear for the language, especially if it is heard musically. Actively
listening to songs and nursery rhymes introduces children to the specific
sounds and language patterns of English.
