ECE-2008 by Sadhana Dahal

How does parallaxis experience promotes music, movemnet and drama in early childhood?

sadhana4 — 2022-06-16 11:36:43 UTC

sadhana4 — 2022-06-16 13:00:50 UTC

After exploring game of parallaxis as an adult, i was so prompt and curious to explore this with children. To explore game of parallaxis with children i have used video , audio and photos of my own experiences that i had during country visit.

Exploring soothing sound of waterfall

sadhana4 — 2022-06-16 13:42:14 UTC

During my country visit, through the game of parallaxis, I had a chance to view the place through my imagination and connect deeper with the nature around me. According to Vygotsky’s theory of imagination and creativity in childhood can be seen as important for drawing on integrating the imaginative aspect of play in children’s school learning and developing creativity (Hedegaard, 2016).

To enhance children's imagination, I have chosen the audio of a waterfall that I recorded during a country visit. During rest time, I offered a group of children to play a game of parallaxis with me. I explained to the children, I will play audio and you have listened, and you have the option to close your eyes or lie down and tell me how you feel, what is that sound, what do you think that is? Children were highly engaged and shared different answers through their imagination. Some children said it's big sharks, some said some is jumping in the puddle, splash splash, water, etc.

The reason for choosing this audio is to provoke children's imagination through sound. Through this, I had an opportunity to understand Children's points of view, and how they view and imagined things when they hear.

Another reason for choosing these experiences is to promote the Aboriginal perspective. NGANGIKURUNGKURR means 'Deep Water Sounds'. The word can be broken up into three parts: Ngangi means word or sound, Kuri means water, and kurr means deep (Baumann, 2015). This experience reminded me of Dadiri's video, "To Listen deeply is to connect". Dadirri recognizes the deep spring that is inside us. This experience encouraged children to listen and pay attention to the sound of nature. Paying attention provides an opportunity to learn and hear more about the place, which has been unnoticed for a while.

Exploring Movement and Drama

sadhana4 — 2022-06-18 07:34:15 UTC

During my country visit, I saw this bird walking around I had never noticed the origin of the bird there before, and I imagined he must have forgotten his way back home and got lost and was going for a friend hunt. The theory of the hundred languages, as proposed by Reggio Emilia educators,
offers a new vantage point for seeing children in their brilliance and competence in constructing and advancing their own understanding (Edwards, Gandini, Forman and Children S.R.L., 2011). It is the beauty of 100 languages, different sounds, different voices, and different music that helps us all as teachers to shape children into many learning outcomes, and all children can express different ideas and perspectives to their peers.

To enable children to explore their imagination through different lenses, I have played a video of a bird wandering around which I have captured during a country visit. During this experience, children were expressing different emotions like they were curious about where the bird was going and must be going to bring food to the family.

The reason for choosing this experience is to promote movement and drama through their imagination. It was wonderful to observe children's creative imaginations, as they were creating their own version of the story and were confidently expressing it to thier peers.

This experience can also be linked with the Bangarra mutton bird video. As the dance demonstrates such a powerful message that we don’t need words to connect with each other, We can use music and movement to convey meaning and tell or create stories.

sadhana4 — 2022-06-18 08:52:22 UTC

Baumann, U., 2015. 'Dadirri' - on deep listening:. [online] Dadirri.org.au. Available at: [Accessed 19 June 2022].

Edwards, C., Gandini, L., Forman, G. and Children S.R.L., R., 2011. Victoria University Central Authentication Service. [online] Ebookcentral.proquest.com. Available at: [Accessed 19 June 2022].

Hedegaard, M., 2016. Imagination and emotion in children’s play: A cultural-historical approach. [online] Files.eric.ed.gov. Available at: [Accessed 18 June 2022].

Roy, D, Baker, W & Hamilton, A 2015, ‘What are the Arts and what do they “do”?’, Teaching the arts: early childhood and primary education, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, VIC, pp. 11–13.

Dancing Monster tree(

sadhana4 — 2022-06-19 11:19:56 UTC

During my visit, I was stunned by the beauty of nature.
I felt like, I am exploring an art exhibition as there were so many colors around, blue sky leaves of different colors like orange, green, yellow, and maroon, and red leaves of autumn trees. It was a bit windy and branches were moving gently and leaves were falling slowly to the ground. I resonate with the Reggio Emilia Approach and believe that children are seen as capable and competent learners.

To offer a similar game of parallaxis as mine, I took a group of children to one of the autumn trees and give them paper and colors to explore and express their creativity.
Each art form is different means of expression and communication, each with its distinct language and process (Roy, Baker, Hamilton, 2015).

During this experience, children came up with thier own game of parallaxis as they were creating different arts as they viewed trees as monsters, some said branches are dancing. During this, children demonstrated respect and appreciation for each other's work as they were respectfully communicating with each other asked questions,s and carefully listened to their arts. This reminds me of Tanderrum's video which shows that how aboriginal arts bring five Kulin Nations together. Art plays a vital role in early childhood and appreciating nature promotes the Aboriginal perspective.

sadhana4 — 2022-06-19 12:50:10 UTC

Before reading the content of ECE-2008, my understanding of the music, movement and drama was completely different. I have never thought how sound made by winds, water, and trees matters. After going through week one content, I have gained so much deeper knowledge of music, movement, and drama and to understand the Aboriginal perspective.
Victor Wooten’s video has inspired me in many ways. This video has provoked me to acknowledge and respect children’s ways of learning, instead of focusing on correcting them, we should enable children to explore, make errors and learn on their own.
Dadirri's video was such an eye-opener for me, as it beautifully highlighted the importance of listening. “To listen deeply is to connect” Learning to listen is the way of paying attention and respect to the place around us. It enables us to see the place around us in multiple ways.

Country visit for Game of parallaxis was an amazing experience for me. Working in early childhood settings, I believe it is very important to connect and understand children's points of view. The game of parallaxis has taught and provoked different thoughts and emotions on me personally. It was such an amazing feeling to be able to concentrate and connect with nature though imagination.

As a part of microteaching, i was able to show and initiate a game of parallaxis with children using audio, video, and pictures of my country visit. It was wonderful to make children part of my country visit and see the same place from their lenses. These experiences allowed me to understand children's imagination and voices.

I have been working in early childhood education for the last 4 years and as an early childhood educator, I have an opportunity to make some impact on local communities, parents, and young children. This research has helped me to understand how important it is to pay attention and to develop relations with nature around us. As a teacher, I want to embed meaningful experiences which will lead children towards a deeper and more sustainable relationship with the natural world.

In early childhood settings, it is very important to bring different perspectives so that both children and educators have a co-learning environment. It enables educators to build stronger relationships, deepen mutual understanding and promote a child’s sense of uniqueness.
Some practices that I want to embed in my future teaching practice are:

- Engaging with Nature through Excursion: This special experience has endless opportunities to explore at their own pace, explore their environment, connect with humans & non-humans with kindness and care and leads them towards a deeper relationship with the natural world.

- Aboriginal experiences: Reading Aboriginal stories, Indigenous songs and music, and aboriginal arts will guide them to acknowledge and understand Aboriginal culture.

- Enabling children to explore music, movement, and drama at their own pace.