https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXqDxhJCNWg following Directions, Creative movements, patterning. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwoTsWlz60I Students attention, sequence, mental and physical activity. 

 

According to our text, exploration is incredibly important to a child's learning process. During this stage, all senses are being explored, and the child is learning something new. Exploration is extremely important, because without it, children would not understand the object they are playing with. Exploration ties in with Music! With music, you should be singing to your students. This helps them to explore the sound of their own voice. With music, children can find their own voice. I know an activity I liked to do when I was a teacher with preschool age students, they really enjoyed learning chants and songs. When learning a chant, you are teaching the child memorization and listening skills. The child is memorizing and repeating what you are singing to them. Along with music, is movement. Movement is very important for children, because they are learning how to move their bodies, and they are making discoveries that enhance their cognitive development. When children do movement activities, they are interacting with other children, and this also helps with their social development. Bubble wrap is something fun, even for adults. A fun activity you could do to encourage movement, would be to do bubble wrap jumping. This combines both sound exploration and movement. They are listening to the different sounds of the bubble wrap, and jumping around interacting with each other.