Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Classical music

They say music soothes even the savage beast.. Kindergarten and Year 1 can sometime be a bit of a savage handful! It's wonderful to see their enthusiasm but sometimes it's not channelled into something and it just becomes chaos... Lots of teachers have started using classical music in the class to set the scene and enhance leaning activities.

Music can put out positive learning vibes, calm children, build anticipation, put energy into activities, stimulate thinking, encourage concentration, aid memory, allow for multi sensory learning, release stress and facilitate imagination.

You can either sit the children down for a few minutes to listen or play the music throughout the day as they work. At the end of the day or after they've listened to the music ask the children to write a little piece about what they listened to and how it made them feel or what it reminds them of.



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