When you think of children taking part in music and movement, some may think of children running around singing at the top of their lungs or banging nosily on an instrument. Many parents don’t realize that just like math, science, reading or writing, music and movement plays an important role in a child’s development and has many benefits.
Children naturally enjoy music and will begin reacting to music at an early age. As they get older, their love of music will bring one of the most obvious benefits of children participating in music and movement: the release of energy and emotion. When children take part in music and movement activities, they are allowed to have fun, be creative and dance around and burn off some energy. When children participate in music and movement activities in a group, they also develop and refine their social skills. They learn to work as a team, they learn to share and they learn how to be creative and have fun in a group environment. Other benefits of music and movement include:
Developing essential motor skills
Learning to express emotions
Improving balance and coordination
Research shows that exposure to music can also improve children’s ability to learn. Music and movement instruction has been shown to improve children’s memory, cognitive development, learning skills and expressive ability. At EZY Phonics, we love to teach using content from Super Simple Songs, an award-winning children's music teaching catalogue. It supplements teaching through a fun, active, engaging multi-sensory experience for young children of different ages. The content is designed specifically for young learners and it:
Integrates physical, cognitive, social and emotional learning domains for a whole-child approach to learning.
Uses a multi-sensory approach to teach early music concepts such as loud and quiet or high and low.
Promotes group learning, practicing social skills such as turn-taking and cooperation.
Through the years of our teaching experience, we understand the importance of music and movement in enrichment programmes. Every lesson, children receive a 10 to 15-minute window filled with entertaining music, curious stories and activities to reinforce what they learn.
There are so many different ways to keep children engaged in music and movement at home. Activities can be as simple as creating a clean-up song to sing when tidying up their toys or throwing on some fun music and having a spontaneous dance party right in the living room. If you’re up for more creativity, use art-and-craft materials and make homemade instruments such as tin can drums or cardboard-tube trumpets for your children to play with and enjoy.
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