Summary

Doggy Doggy is a sound game that involves children hiding a squeaky bone behind someone's back. The game is about guessing who stole their bone by listening to the noise. While the bone is hidden behind a classmate's back the children sing “doggy, doggy, who has got your bone? Someone stole it from your home." When the children say “wake up doggy, who has your bone?” This is the cue for the doggy in the middle to open their eyes and take three guesses about who has the bone. The child can squeeze the bone, causing it to squeak, hinting to the the child the location of the sound.

Summary:

Ukulele party involves us inviting Vicki and Ross back to kinder to have a movement group time. During the performance the children will be able to follow along with the actions and to dance to the song moving their bodies in many ways. We will begin the Ukulele party by using tap sticks and singing our Acknowledgment to country song with the children. We will then proceed with some other songs before ending with the song Inanay outside with the children.

Summary:

This collaborative group time will be conducted at pick up time as the children are settling down to go home. To begin I will talk to the children about what animals and how they think they move and dance. I will use the Wadawurrung language that we have learn to see if they can remember the animals based off there the Wadawurrung names. If they believe they know what it is they can jump up and do the animal actions. After this recap of our Wadawurrung language, I will narrate and dramatise the story of five cheeky monkeys who got eaten by a crocodile. I will do this by using facial expressions, sounds and body actions. I will encourage the children to join in and sing “five cheeky monkeys swinging in a tree, teasing mister crocodile you can't catch me, you can’t catch me. Along came mister crocodile as quite as can be and snap! Right out of the tree.  

Old McDonald had a farm 
Yellow submarine 
Rock a bye bear

Lion sleeps tonight 
Octopuses Garden 
Mr Clickety Cane 
We will walk 
Twinkle twinkle little star Rock version

Inanay

As Dr. Ibrahim Baltagi said music can help grow many areas of a child's “development and skills” to prepare them for “school readiness”(UNICEF, 2019). Furthermore, in addition to the preparation it can give children for school it is also an excellent way to "help children express themselves and share feelings".(UNICEF, 2019).    

TEDx Talks. (2015b, November 12). The difference between hearing and listening | Pauline Oliveros | TEDxIndianapolis [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QHfOuRrJB8

UNICEF. (2019, June 12). Is your baby getting enough music? | UNICEF [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIwhGbnY_uI

One of the ways we can keep children’s “freedom” is by allowing them to continually play in many different aspects of their lives. From Victor Wooten's Ted talk I was really moved by his experience of children losing their passion for music, as learning an instrument was no longer fun. The passion and belief that "freedom becomes lost" as we grow and learn from Victor Wooten is what I heard and considered when deciding to do this learning experience.  

Another reason I chose to play this game with the children is because Pauline Olivers said “listening deeply” can “enhance the quality of life” (2015). Despite the fact that the children are not listening to the sounds of the environment or music around them. I believe the children have to “learn to listen in a new way”(2015) just like Pauline stated that she had to do.