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2. How to know when children are engaged in music and movement in the classroom?

Teacher-DirectedLearning :

-Paying attention (alert, tracking with their eyes)

-Taking notes

-Listening (as opposed to chatting, or sleeping)

-Asking questions

-Responding to questions

-Following requests (participating, Total Physical Response (TPR), storytelling, Simon Says)

-Reacting (laughing, crying, shouting, etc.)

Student-Directed Learning :

-Writing to learn, creating, planning, problem solving, discussing, debating, and asking questions)

-Performing/presenting, inquiring, exploring, explaining, evaluating, and experimenting)

-Interacting with other students, gesturing and moving

3. Examples of group singing and movement activities in the classroom

-choir

-choral speaking

-Musical stories

4. Steps to do music and movement activities in classroom

-Choose developmentally appropriate songs

-Use simple instruments to promote young children’s participation in music and movement

-Provide enough room for them to move

- Invite families to play musical instruments, sing songs, or teach traditional dance steps with children.

- Read books related to music, dance, and play

- Be an advocate. Talk to school administrators and families about how vigorous physical activities can prevent children’s obesity and support healthy development

-Use technology to get families involved in children’s activities at home and in school.

- Keep activities short. Toddlers usually stay engaged for about 10 minutes

Links:

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-definition-ben-johnson

http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/upload/pdf/Music_and_Movement_for_Young_Childrens_Healthy_Development_Satomi_Izumi_Taylor_Vivian_Gunn_Morris_Cathy_D_Meredith_Claire_Hicks.pdf

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Nur Alia Natasha Bt Azmi / Music and Movement

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Nur Alia Natasha Bt Azmi / Music and Movement

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1.  How music and movement promote children’s development.

Many studies have found a connection between music abilities and academic

achievement. A study found that those exposed to a systematic and integrated

music program significantly increased their motor skills, cognitive development, language and social-emotions.

a.  Social development

-Enhance self‐concept  (sharing music and dance of each other’s

culture can help the children to make better relationship with other children.

- Social skills (in group activities the children build up their social skills and develop their

leadership and teamwork.)

b.  Physical development

- Increase children’s physical activity (young children need to engage in daily physical activities in

order to use calories, to maintain muscle tissues, to develop coordination skills.)

- Incorporate music (to help children become active, moving to music can play a big part

in children’s everyday activity.)

c.   Cognitive

- Music can assist to memorizing  (children can remember easily when the items

to be memorized are set to music.)

- strong relationship between music and spatial-temporal intelligence

(the ability to visualize and mentally manipulate spatial patterns.)

References :

1.  http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/upload/pdf/Music_and_Movement_for_Young_

Childrens_Healthy_Development_Satomi_Izumi_Taylor_Vivian_Gunn_Morris_Cathy_D_Meredith_Claire_Hicks.pdf

2.  http://www.niu.edu/ccc/resources/importanceofmusicandmovement.pdf

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Norhaidashila Bt Mohd Rozi / Storytelling

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Norhaidashila Bt Mohd Rozi / Storytelling

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4) STEPS TO BE A GOOD STORYTELLER

Make sure that the story drives home your point

-Do not tell stories by just tell them. You have to make the audience understand and can find a real illustration what your story is all about and not the other way around.

Know your story inside and out

-By knowing your story very well, it will give you more passion and confidence in delivering it.

-When you already know about your story well, you can focus and do not have to worry about remembering all important details of the story.

Connect with your audience and do eye contact

-Try to understand your audience precisely.

-Understanding who they are, what they desire, why they are there and how to speak with them. Be sure how you speak to with whom you are talking.

-Your tone, language and attire also should be different according to audience background.

-By always looking your audience’s eyes, you will connect with them and keep their attention longer.

Keep it simple

-Complex story are not suggested and if your audience is young, simple is better.

Use vivid language that kids can understand

-Only use a word or two that the children have not heard before just to improve their vocabulary.

-Define the word first then use it through your story.

Make movement

-This will help activate their memory and keep their attention and focus on what you are trying to tell.

Use props

-Use props but do not introduce all at once but bring it out one by one during the telling.

-You may ask the children to help you hold the prop, use the props or even let them use it in a way that creates another problem in the story.

5) STORYTELLING USING PROPS (PUPPETS)

> 'Props' is short for 'properties', which are the physical things used as aids in dramas, storytelling.

> Story props can be anything from such as pieces of clothing, paper bag, socks.

> Puppet is a movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.

> By using props, you can attract the children to get ready to hear your story and it is also give children clues what the forthcoming story will focus on and it can be use to start a conversation about the story.

>Here some tips in using props in storytelling:

-Only use props that can enhance your telling = consider

whether or not this prop will really add to the enjoyment and telling of the story.

-Prepare, practice and perform

= When prepare it, ask yourself whether that props suitable or not with your story.

=Once

you have decide, practice telling the story along with using the props.

- Have fun with props and let your listeners have fun too!

= Brought some token props for the children to take home which will delights them.

= It is even better if it can be taken home so that it will remind them of your story.

-This is a link of video storytelling using puppets :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-P7CFSps0U

6) ADVANTAGES OF USING PUPPETS

Ø  The story becomes fully, meaningful and more interesting.

Ø  Encourage children to create a new story using the same puppets.

Ø  It will help student listen because they will want to pay attention to the puppet.

Ø  Encourage them to speak and give respond.

DISADVANTAGES OF USING PUPPETS

Ø  Nearly impossible to keep a close watch on your audience.

Ø  The process is complicated and time-consuming in make it.

Ø  Seeing the puppet may distract the students or cause them to not pay attention to what the puppet is saying because they are too busy focusing on the puppet's movements and the way the puppet looks.

Ø  Since they are small, puppets can sometimes cause problems in usage.

REFERENCES

http://www.worldchampionsedgenet.com/resources/articles/becoming-a-great-storyteller/

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/30-storytelling-tips-for-educators/

http://www.creativekeys.net/storytellingpower/article1008.html

https://www.brilliantpublications.co.uk/frontend/views/upload/gallery/9781897675779-Storytelling-with-Puppets-Props-Playful-Tales-Sample.pdf

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Nur Umirah Bt. Zahro Rifasah / Storytelling

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1. Definition of storytelling

- Is the transferring of events in words, images and that often by improvisation or embellishment. In every culture, stories or narratives have been shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. Plot, characters, and narrative point of view including in crucial elements of stories and storytelling.

2. Why storytelling? Because storytelling can improve the children :

- Heritage : provide children with a connection to a place that is far away or people they would like to know better, and stories about your life provide them with a special connection to you

-Language : can strengthen child's language skills and vocabulary whether it's in a first or second language

-Reading Skills : can help children become familiar with different parts of a story (characters, sequence, and the plot)

-Lessons Learned : a good way to share a lesson

-Don’t waste time : can tell a story anywhere

-Imagination :  helping children to use their imagination and immerse themselves perfectly in another world and also help them come up with ideas when they begin writing.

3. Steps for storytelling

1) Understand your brand and audience, speak in an authentic voice

-Voice is a balancing act of knowing who you are and who you’re speaking to.

-have a distinct voice and character

2) Get your facts straight with 5 Ws and 1 H.

-who, what, where, when, why, how

3) The power of specifics, details, and imagery

-use sources and expertise to substantiate an assertion

-direct an audience’s attention and away from the insignificant

4) Show, don’t tell

- about exposition, creating interest, and avoiding information dumps

5) Know the end at the beginning

-meandering mess (without purpose that lags in the middle of the story and wanders its how to a sluggish end)

Link:

1.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling

2.  http://www.colorincolorado.org/families/letsread/storytelling/

3.  https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140405112844-40671440-5-steps-to-successful-storytelling