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She walks through the park, under the bright blue skies,

Where we walk through the green grass and leaves to find the brown Yarra River,

We see ducks and birds drinking the water
Even snakes through the autumn leaves

Only to realise the birds will fly away when the slight waves hit the rocks,

We then approach a bridge

With numerous people and cyclists

To only hear

Ding Ding
To alert people to walk to the side of the swinging bridge

As we walk the other side of the bridge we find

Wombat playground where we find the children playing

Before the day gets dark

Water fountains and benches are all around us

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The above video link is a video of myself walking through Finns Reserve in Lower Templestowe, walking over the bridge, and visually able to see the Yarra River.
I can see the blue skies, the clouds, the green grass, the greenery on the trees, hearing the birds chirping, water flowing, trees falling, the bridge creaking, down the river, the grass moving. As I am walking through the reserve I can feel the damp grass, from the cold morning earlier on, feel the hard concrete and the timber pieces of wood as I'm taking further steps

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As an educator myself, I can see the way that music, movement, drama affects a child’s overall impact on a child and their development, especially through play. Nature creates a beautiful place where children can learn to let go and be free, they can learn to let go and be free and learn how to express themselves through words, sounds and rhythm. Recording my artefact and recording my poem really made me connect to Dadirri, as this exercise really made me feel “whole again,”it allows me to listen and find “peace through silent awareness”, (Ungunmerr-Bauman, 2023). It really made me feel more aware and realise the sounds that occur around me. Music, movement and drama are all important aspects as they can all be used in different ways. In given time we learn how children are able to learn, understand and respond. Things like clapping, moving the body, stomping feet which are all movements that I use in my everyday work life is an indidcator that children are starting to love music. Creating an environment where music, movement and drama is extremely important in early childhood. It allows children to learn and connect to what they are hearing to what they are learning.

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- Ungumerr-Baumann. (2023) Dadirri Inner Deep Listening and Quiet Still Awareness: a Reflection by Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann

http://www.dadirri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dadirri-Inner-Deep-Listening-M-R-Ungunmerr-Bauman-Refl1.pdf

- VU Padlet