Reality Cross-over Imaginations by Khaki Wong https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa en-us 2023-09-03 23:58:09 UTC 2023-09-18 15:36:00 UTC hello@padlet.com A morning rushing to and after work through Flagstaff Garden, West Melbourne khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2694596917 The video records pieces of scenes of things I saw and heard on a day before and after work near Flagstaff Garden Melbourne. It was amazing that I witnessed the garden turned from golden to brown throughout fall and Winter times, and now it has become green and colorful with the blossoming plants. It is lively, vibrant and rejuvenised again with different sorts of living creatures co-existing on the land.
 
 In this oasis amid the busy cosmopolitan, some wild animals (pigeons, seagulls, possums and some other native birds), domestic dogs and humans enjoy relaxing leisure time share this community space in harmony.  
 
At the very beginning, the beeps of pedestrian traffic light were like the fast beatings of my heart. "The steady pulse underlying music is called the beat. The beat in music measures time in equal pulses, from the beginning to the end of a music piece(Hanna, 2017, P.83)." 
 
The winds whizzed and echoed. Hark the different chimes from particular birds sounded like flutes and hand bells playing on high pitches, while the motor vrooming of
vehicles of the surrounding traffic played like horns and herds in an orchestra. I believe that I missed out some tiny pollinators contributing to this bio-diversity during my
observations.
]]> 2023-09-11 05:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2694596917 khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699667139 Hanna, W. (2017). The children's music studio : A reggio-
inspired approach. Oxford University Press, Incorporated.]]> 2023-09-12 10:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699667139 Dramatic elements that inform my future practice khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699668739 "Imaginary friends come in all shapes and sizes. They’re mostly human, but they can also be animals.(Unknown, 2021)" In the adventure to Fairyland, Australian animals like a possum, wallaby, seagulls and ducks are humanised to communicate with, support and accompany me as the wandering Leafy.

By illustrating images and concepts of my imaginary friends to children, this "allow children to explore a make-believe world that they create all by themselves. In fact, children with make-believe friends might be more imaginative and more likely to enjoy fantasy play and magical stories.(Unknown, 2021)"]]> 2023-09-12 10:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699668739 Musical element that inform my future practice khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699668893 David and Marta (2013, P.4) stated that "Nature has always been a part of human music, and although humanity may have forgotten how to pay attention over the years, we have always been intrigued by the sounds that surround us." 

Musical elements emerge from both videos secretly. Fast and slow "beats" are demonstrated by the pedestrian traffic lights. Rhythm comes from the rhythmic narrations. Seagulls scream out the high pitches while ducks hum the low pitches. Nature sounds hymn.  

Therefore, apart from teaching structural musical skills in our curriculum, it is also important for children to nurture the musical interpretation of sounds from the nature, in conjuction with the connection with the nature.]]> 2023-09-12 10:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699668893 Movements that inform my future practice khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699669816 In the creative response, Leafy and light and weightless. It was raged by the strong wind off the tree. It drifted gently in the breeze. It dances in the air in zig zag and random animated movements. It floats on the calm lake. It flows with the spring water. It falls with the stream. It multi-demonstrates different status of movements of itself, wind, water and smoke. 

Speaking of movements of invisible winds, 'demeanors' of water and smoke, scarves and ribbons are commonly used to symbolise and visualise them in early childhood education, due ot their fluid-like variability. 

These are substantial material for children to feel whilst 'controlling' the wind blows and water flow in order to express themselves. In such process, it liberates body movements, imagination and creativity.]]> 2023-09-12 10:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699669816 Leafy free-flows to the Fairyland khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699855162 Aww it’s 20km/h south west wind that is shaking me away from the big brother tree.  Woohoo! Finally, I break free. Fairy Garden is where I would like to be.

Bye leafy. Wish you a safe adventurous journey, said the possum.

Ohh Wow. Hey mate, G’day. May you point out to me the way, which leads me to Fairy Garden today?

Nom Nom Yum Yum. That sounds very far away, I have never been to such a place. Ask the seagulls to show you the way, said the wallaby.

Hurry up leafy, we can take you just half-way. Ask the ducks in the lake by the end of the day.

Quak Quak Quak. Quak Quak Quak. Don’t be afraid. Go straight and you will get there right away. 

Drifting, wiggling so carefree. Birdies are singing to welcome me.

Flowing in the river, sliding down the stream. 

Oh no! Deep down in the drainage there’s nothing I can see. Spooky, smoky, making me feel dizzy.

(Alarm rings)

What? Wake up. It is just a dream. 
Time to brush my teeth!

]]> 2023-09-12 12:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699855162 Re-imagining the reality (main artefact) in my dream (creative response) khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699992016 The on country visit video highlighted my realistic sights and mix-and-match soundscapes of the nature, animals and busy human activities in a leisure green area of Melbourne city, as conveyed in the first post.

The creative response is a remedial version of the on country visit at Flagstaff Garden, in which in-corporating footages of my wondrous encounters with quaking ducks, chiming birds, running spring water and participation in the Borealis night time show, during my weekend get-away to Daylesford. Being an aesthetic countryside suburb of European heritages, wildlife and natural waterways, images of Daylesford absolutely make up a fairyland in my heart. The grassy, cold air awakened my long-lost romantic senses. I bathed in the poetic rhythm which inspired me to a speech of rhyme, referring to the second post.

"Music also includes movement and drama. The body
naturally responds to music through movement and
because music often tells a story, there is a strong ‘‘makebelieve’’, dramatic play aspect to music and to many
musical experiences.(Hanna, 2014, P.292)" It is also how the creative response threads through the 3 languages.]]> 2023-09-12 13:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2699992016 khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700155136 Unknown. (2021,April 9). Imaginary Friends. raisingchildren.net.au
https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/behaviour/friends-siblings/imaginary-friends]]> 2023-09-12 15:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700155136 khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700355943
David, R., Marta U.(Ed.).(2013). The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts. Wesleyan University Press.

]]> 2023-09-12 17:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700355943 khakiwong000 https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700381422 Hanna, W. (2014). A reggio-inspired music atelier: opening the door between  visual arts and  music. Early childhood education, 42, 287-294. DOI: 10.1007/s10643-013-0610-9 ]]> 2023-09-12 17:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/khakiwong000/u6c27dp527nrtnxa/wish/2700381422