• play different kind of farm noises and allow the children to guess what animal is making the sound, and then get the children to recreate the noises.

• this can be done within the Kindergarten room using the Ipad and speaker, this could be done inside or out and also will allow the children to come to the educator with the iPad instead of asking the children to come do the activity.

movement/dance activity

• having animal hand puppets to allow the children to use their hands within the puppets, the children can dance using the hand puppets or move around with them on.

• There are animal hand puppets in the Kindergarten room which I will use and also place the puppets on the table and allow the children to experiment with them instead of asking.

drama

• Setting up an activity which the children will go for a walk and collect natural resources and then set up a sensory tub filled with farm animals and tubs of water to allow the children to feed the farm animals.

• The children can then do pretend play using the resources provided and allow the children to extend on different skills.

• This can also be related to indigenous culture about how we can care for their land and to do an acknowledgment of country before we start this experience.

The children loved and were engaged throughout the whole 3 experiences, and were able to see the children grown in different aspects. The children continued to engage with these experiences throughout the day which I didn’t expect they would. The children did a great job at recognising all the animal sounds and were able to make up pretend play using the animal puppets and the sensory tub of food for the animals. The children loved these experiences outdoors and in the nature, Ruth.Wilson ( 2018 ) stated that children

"need play spaces that put them in touch with beauty, arouse their curiosity, and excite their imaginations."

What did not go as expected?

The children started to fight each animal using the hand puppets, and I continued to tell the children that we care four our animals not hurt them. After I had spoke to the children about caring for the animals, they continued to pretend play nicely with the puppets.

What might you do different next time?

I think I will try to leave the activities out and allow the children to play, and see what they want to do with the experiences to start with.

How might you use this growth in your future practice of early childhood education?

I will continue to try and engage all of these different aspects of art such as drama, music and movement. I feel we use these everyday but just don't catch on that we use them, I will continue this in my future practise as this may help calm children down in different ways.

Overall reflection addressing: How has your perspective of music, movement and drama changed as a result of engaging with the unit content and required tasks?

I really enjoyed creating experiences with the children and allowed the children to have fun and learn with the experiences I created. I believe we use these everyday without even knowing and will continue to do this. I think continue to make real life activities for the children so that they get a better understanding of the world.

I feel that my music/sound experience will extend on the children's learning as they are learning the different animal noises and also helps the children hear, copy what they see and play with sounds in spoken language.

Wilson, R. (2018). Nature and Young Children. Routledge.

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Dr. Ibrahim Baltagi (2019)

This quote stood out to me as it allowed me to step back from the children and see what they were able to learn and pretend play on their own, which builds independence and social skills.

Drama > Learning Outcome 2: Connection to and contribution with their world.

The drama experience links to outcome 2 as the children are connecting themselves to nature and learning to only pick up natural resources from the floor that have fallen off.

The children are also learning about different animals within the world and learning how we can care for these animals by feeding and having water for them.

Music/Sound >Learning Outcome 5: Effective communicators.

The music/sound experience relates back to outcome 5 as the children are listening to the different sounds and then guessing what the animal could be, the children are then also demonstrating the different noises and actions aswell.

Movement/Dance >Learning Outcome 4: Confident and involved learners.

The movement/dance experience links to outcome 4 as the children are involving themselves with other peers and using their imagination with the animal puppets.