DIGITAL VISUAL JOURNAL by Uyen Tran

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 10:32:02 UTC

There are a variety forms of arts expressing the same descriptive terms such as painting, architecture, music and so on (Pederson, 2020) . Each way has their own unique language.They could be intensity, dialogue or rhythm. Some people speak through color while others connect with the world by music. The journal will focus on analysing how arts and music bring people together and its effect into early childhood education.

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 14:54:26 UTC

Bac Kim Thang song

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 14:56:47 UTC

Arts would vary due to different countries and cultures but it is a tool used in education for expressing and communication (Roy et all, 2015). This song is a traditional song that every kid in the town must know. It is not only for singing but also for making poems, having folk tale, creating traditional games and putting in the primary textbook. Therefore, if a child meets the other for the first time, they still can join game together really fast. In the Musicking with moving with Young Children, it says that music is a language that can create the opportunities to build up relationships when people sing and move around the sound together. Also, it is a basis thing to understand learn about a place.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:21:24 UTC

I think music connects children and gain trust in relationship. Also It is a chance to help children doing physical activities by moving with the sound.

In early childhood setting, to use music as a tool, I think educators have to understand clearly about all aspects such as gender, cultural, abilities and so on in order to creating a curriculum plan suitable for all kinds of children.

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:36:49 UTC

Joe Geia - Yil Luu (1998)

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:51:58 UTC

Aboriginal knowledge is not often appearing in Australia's Early Childhood Education ( Yelland & Bentley, 2017). Teaching about it should require a respectful and authentic connection. This song can make an aboriginal art perspective in ECC perfectly and represent the engagement with local Indigenous knowledge in visible way.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:55:36 UTC

I used to think the best way to teach about Indigenous or Aboriginal knowledge is to read the whole book but arts make me change my mind that they could convey the message in thoughtful way.

As an educator, I believe I can use Indigenous cultural art via artwork to teach children in my classroom to help them understand better about Indigenous population. It could provide an inclusive practice for children's learning.

My own music instrument

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:56:38 UTC

My mini instrument

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:56:43 UTC

According to Listening to, and Thinking with Music, there are several forms of music in the world. Some of them are created by people's ideas. People make their music themselves. It is the way to express people's thinkings and perspectives through their own music. It is never limited when talking about art.
The above mini instrument is the way I create my own kind of music from little things in my house. The sound is quite funny and interesting.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:56:57 UTC

I think there are a hundred languages of art in which music is one of the kind. Music can speak words that you can not express and connect souls.

Music can bring a great way to make connections to places and humans. In Early Childhood Education, music provides a higher level of thinking that allows children to learn through play. They engage in music as well as in practicing, creating and experimenting.

Paper Princess

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:57:25 UTC

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:57:30 UTC

This paper princess helps me to revalue and appreciate the things that need to throw away. In Beautiful stuff! Learning from Found Materials, children are not only exploring useless items but also connecting with friends through making artwork together.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:57:42 UTC

I never did something relating to art and this is my very first journey of art I have done so far. It was so interesting to explore and to be creative with those found materials.

This activity will teach children so much about respecting every little thing around them as well as learning to speak through art. Besides, children will investigate and research new knowledge together. From that, they can build up good relationships.

Video Painting about saying HPBD to send oversea to Grandma :)

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:05 UTC

Of my friend's daughter

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:09 UTC

This video combines many materials including painting, paper and singing. The child engages her thinking with materials to create a happy birthday video. She expresses her ideas by the painting into different colors and decorates with flowers. This video has a connection with Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education. Pacini-Ketchabaw et al. (2016) emphasise that the deep understanding of several materials into early childhood development.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:19 UTC

I am inspired by watching this video. It is interesting to see a child express their ideas about a birthday card via different materials. Arts can develop children's thinking and creativity in many ways.

Playing with different materials will give children a chance to view things in their own view. Early Childhood setting has brought a series of art events such as visual arts, philosophy or science studies to make an engagement with insightful ideas. Applying encounters into early childhood classrooms to let young kids and teachers explore the capacity of materials.

Music and Movement in Goldfish song

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:47 UTC

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:50 UTC

Kids are moving and playing their bodies with the song. Music creates a range of opportunities for them to learn and explore things. In the unit Musicking and moving with Young Children, it states movement and music arts are significant parts of children's learning. That is why it is important for educators to understand and apply movement with music into their practice.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 15:58:59 UTC

Reading book is not the only choice to provide knowledge for children. they can learn from painting, playing, cooking, dancing or singing. Instead of using an old-trick is to pull all over information into children, we can use arts-based methods to provide diverse educational spaces.

Music brings a chill atmosphere for children. It does not focus on learning but also relaxing and playing so educators need to give the space to make it happen in the classroom environment. To do that, teachers have to set up a careful learning plan to provide good outcomes for children's development.

Drawing in classroom

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:00:42 UTC

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:00:47 UTC

In the Encounter with materials, painting is one of the materials that use in teaching children in the early years. It engages children with a variety of perspectives to the world. There are several languages other than words. Children can explore and identify themselves through art-based teaching methods.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:00:59 UTC

I find myself really interesting in creating activities and waiting for the result. Children are innocent so the way they view the world makes me excited to discover.

As an educators, I think I need to open my mind when making lesson plans to ensure children have full opportunities to engage with every thing and learn from them. Also, I need to understand clearly what my children in the class need and select the suitable plans.

Kid's playing room

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:01:25 UTC

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jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:01:27 UTC

This picture shows that two children play with instruments in the room. In the article What music educators can learn from the Reggio Emilia Approach, Bond (2013) states that there are five factors that could impact on children's learning. Role of the environment is one among them. While children and teachers are main characters, the environment is like the third teacher. Each room will guide and inspire children in different ways. Also, each room needs to have its own content such as natural lighs and equipment for children to learn.

Reflection and Implications for practice

jinwar108 — 2020-11-01 16:01:37 UTC

With this approach, I realise new things in my educational knowledge. Before, I think the most important one is content. I feel that if I want to succeed in my role, I need to create nice content. However, I understand every factor is needed to consider.

To apply it to Early Childhood Education, teachers have to facilitate children learning by carefully select materials that will be helpful in teaching them. This is why educators and centres have to change the decoration of suitable corners such as studio spaces to provide areas for group activities.

jinwar108 — 2020-11-02 10:26:58 UTC

1. Dino Lingo Bac Kim Thang 2013, online video, Dino Lingo, viewed 1 November 2020, .

2. Gennadiy, Children painting and drawing together. Craft lesson in primary school, viewed 1 November 2020, .

3. Homemydesign 2013, Best of kids music bedroom ideas, 1 May , viewed 1 November 2020, .

4. Huong Nguyen 2020, online video, viewed 1 November 2020.

5. Joe Geia - Yil Luu 1988, online video, Adam Ford, viewed 1 November 2020, .

6. The Laurie Berkner Band, 2018, ‘The goldfish’, 20th Anniversary Edition, accessed 1 November 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-wnQKRHTs>.

7. Victoria Boynington 2020, Music Education: Teaching Children to Love Music, image, viewed 1 November 2020, .

jinwar108 — 2020-11-02 10:34:09 UTC

1. Bond, VL 2013, Follow and Facilitate: What Music Educators Can Learn from the Reggio Emilia Approach, General Music Today, Sage, pp. 24–28, viewed <http://wallaby.vu.edu.au:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1019859>.

2. Listening to, and Thinking with Music 2020, unit reading in ECE6006, Victoria university.

3. Musicking and moving with young Children 2020, unit reading in ECE6006, Victoria University.

4. Pacini-ketchabaw, V, Kind, S & Kocher, LLM 2016, Encounter With materials in Early Childhood Education, Routledge.

5. Pedenson, J 2020, Music and Painting, A Harmonious Relationship, Artistsnetwork, viewed 1 November 2020, .

6. Topal, C.W & Gandini, L 1999, Beautiful stuff! Leaning with Found Materials, Univ of California Press, viewed 1 November 2020, <https://vucollaborate.vu.edu.au/content/enforced/777005-ECE6006-1-2020-SEM-2-126639/Beautiful_Stuff1.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=QRzridUzoySlGeBHi5fUH2BDj&ou=777005>.

7. Roy, D, Baker, WJ & Hamilton, A 2015, Except from A vision for the arts in Education, Teaching the arts: Early childhood and primary education, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, VIC, pp. 11-13.

8. Yelland, N & Bentley DF 2017, ‘Engaging with place: foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education’, Found in Translation : Connecting Reconceptualist Thinking with Early Childhood Education Practices, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 58–75, viewed 1 November 2020, <https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vu/reader.action?ppg=71&docID=5160936&tm=1547688316881

jinwar108 — 2020-11-02 11:57:40 UTC

In Early Childhood Education, music program can provide the development in multiple aspects. Music is used to connect from one to another, express yourself the way you can and to convey a deep message about a thing in life. Music helps children build up social and emotional skills. Children can sing to express their feelings rather than talking. Also, the centre may know about each child's background so they can create a suitable song to teach the children about their community at school. Music is a tool to gain relationships between people therefore children can build good relationships via activities. Moreover, sharing favorite music with others make children feel belong and important.