An important part of toddlers musical exploration.
What is exploring sounds?
100
This is considered fundamental to a child's music nurturing if he is to have muscial skills later in life.
What is experience with rhythm?
100
According to Gordon, this is best started at age 5.
What is formal music instruction?
100
Thinking about music in your head when music is not being played.
What is Audiation?
200
This kind of music is what an infant should listen too.
What is all kinds of music?
200
When children develop this they are developing basic cognitive, social, and motor skills necessary for success throughout the educational process, and in life itself.
What is musical skill and knowledge?
200
We often call this type of song Piggy back.
What is using a familiar tune, but changing the words?
200
This note get 1 count in 4/4 time.
What is the quarter note?
200
Musical, Naturalist, and Spatial are just some of these.
What are Gardner’s identified Multiple Intelligences?
300
This is the first process an infant does to learn about language and music.
What is listening?
300
Toddlers often sing just this part of a song.
What are the last words in a musical phrase?.
300
Music and Movement often go together during this time in a preschool classroom.
What is circle time?
300
This helps children know the order of the alphabet.
What is the ABC song?
300
Listening, Imitating, Audiates, Improvise, Perform, Read and Write.
What are the stages of musical intellegence or development?
400
This is the second stage of musical development.
What is imitation (or babble)?
400
This is very important to toddlers, even though it can drive teachers crazy.
What is Repetition?
400
Use this during changes in the classroom rountine for greater compliance.
What are songs describing what is required, or transition songs?
400
Jump Rope combines these two popular activities.
What is a excercise and rhythmic chants?
400
These describe what children should be able to do, if in an enriched environment at the ages of 48 and 60 months.
What are the Preschool Learning Foundations?
500
The environment and/or musical nurturing are a main contributing factors in this.
What is musical aptitude?
500
This is the first musical element a toddler learns when learning a new song.
What is the rhythm?
500
A toilet paper roll and beans could be used for this.
What is a homemade shaker or maracca instrument?
500
Drums, Cymbals, Shakers and Rhythm Sticks.
What are non-tuned percussion instruments?
500
Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Dance
What are the strands in the Visual and Performing Arts section of the Preschool Learning Foundations?