subject: How Music And Movement Help Develop Your Child's Individuality And Independence [print this page] Parents who are looking for meaningful activities to do with their children might want to consider taking them to music and movement classes. There are a variety of places that offer this type of class and it can be really good for your children, as well as extremely fun. Kids will really look forward to attending.
Typically, music and movement classes are a mix of music and play-acting, storytelling, literature, movement, and vocal development activities. The purpose of this is to help develop not only the creativity of your child, but also to promote their literacy and cognitive skills. Play-acting and storytelling will help to improve your child's vocabulary, as well as their motor, sensory, and cognitive skills.
During each class a story is created, so the kids will work on trying to come up with just the right words to express what they would like to say.
They are encouraged to be individuals. Most of these classes target children in the three to five age group, and last between 45 minutes to slightly over an hour.
Some of the skills your child will acquire include sharing, socializing, and taking part in group activities. Their linguistic skill is also improved through singing, which is a big part of these classes. Not only will the singing portion help kids learn how to sing, but it will also help them improve their memory and their social skills, while encouraging creativity.
Parents are also expected to take part in the activities. These classroom activities can be replicated at home between parent and child through the use of specially created home materials to extend and optimize the effectiveness of the learning process started in the classroom. Parental involvement both in the classroom and at home will give the children a sense of security, enhances their learning, extend the range of experiences that children enjoy, and most importantly, create a strong and everlasting bond between parent and child.
These music and movement classes are a wonderful and fun way for children to learn important skills which will help them prepare for kindergarten and formal schooling later.
To look for music and movement programs for your children, simply do a search on Google.
