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Clap! Shake! Play! Sing! Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy ‏

Clap! Shake! Play! Sing! Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy ‏. Instructor: Colleen Willis colleen_willis@hotmail.com An Infopeople Workshop Fall 2011. This Workshop Is Brought to You by the Infopeople Project.

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Clap! Shake! Play! Sing! Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy ‏

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  1. Clap! Shake! Play! Sing! Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy‏ Instructor: Colleen Willis colleen_willis@hotmail.com An Infopeople Workshop Fall 2011

  2. This Workshop Is Brought to Youby the Infopeople Project Infopeople is a federally-funded grant project supported by the California State Library. It provides a wide variety of training to California libraries. Infopeople workshops are offered around the state and are open registration on a first-come, first-served basis. For a complete list of workshops, and for other information about the project, go to the Infopeople website at infopeople.org.

  3. Singing Is Believing!

  4. Outcomes Of A Good Music Program • I can listen to music • I can respond to music with my body • I can make music • I can understand music

  5. Music and Development3 Stages • Acculturation • begin experimenting with sound • Imitation • attempt musical sounds and patterns • Assimilation • coordinate singing, breathing and movement

  6. Video Demonstration

  7. How Does Music Enhance Learning? • Establish positive learning state • Energizes learning activities • Increases attention • Improves memory • Releases tension • Enhances imagination • Adds an element of fun

  8. Blue Grass Jamboree Song Track #12“So Big”Hap Palmer

  9. How Does Music Support Development? • Helps build relationships • Feel comfortable in a group setting • Fosters language development • Develop individuality • Launches creativity • Build coordination • Develop fine and large muscles

  10. How Does Music Support Emergent Literacy Skills? • Listening and Understanding • Vocabulary Development • Developing Storytelling, Speaking, and Sequencing Through Nursery Rhymes • Phonemic Awareness • Alphabet Knowledge • Math Skills

  11. Please share a favorite song and what developmental area it supports.

  12. Developmental Milestones

  13. Infants 0-12True or False • Newborns are incapable of learning until they can stay awake for more than an hour or two at a time. • The newborn will startle in response to a loud noise. • Imitation should be discouraged in infants to ensure they will not grow up to be copycats. • All normally developing infants crawl on all fours before they walk. • Developmentally, there is no excuse for nine or ten month old children to be afraid of strangers unless the have previously had a bad experience.

  14. Toddlers 1-2True of False • A two-year-old can be expected to follow three-step instructions. • It is reasonable to expect most one-year-olds to catch a small ball. • A one-year-old wants to try and do things without help. • Two-year-olds are likely to engage in the type of play that is referred to as parallel play.

  15. Movement Medley Song Track #6 “Big Fun” Greg and Steve

  16. Preschoolers 3-5 • 3-year-olds can hop on one foot. • 4-year-olds cannot draw shapes. • 5-year-olds can name at least 4 colors. • 3-year olds do not like to join in simple games. • 4-year-olds are not always able to take turns. • 5-year olds can follow directions.

  17. Primary School 6-8 • 6-year-olds love to tell jokes and riddles. • 6-year-olds do not like counting, sorting and matching activities. • 7-year-olds are know for their high energy level. • 7-year-olds are critical of their own performances. • 8-year-olds take interest in what others think and do (ex: different cultures). • 8-year-olds do not need to be rewarded for their efforts.

  18. Babies and Music • Bounces • Wiggles • Tickles • Tapping • Clapping • Simple songs • Simple circles • Lullabies

  19. Fun CD’s Just for Babies • Diaper Gym • Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta • Baby Games

  20. Sign A Song Exercise #1

  21. Sign Language and Literacy • Signing engages children in literacy activities • Signing allows children to use multiple senses to learn new information • The signs children learn look like the letters and words you want to teach them • Creating signs helps children connect concrete objects to abstract concepts • Signing increases young children's confidence to learn new skills.

  22. Break10:30-10:45

  23. Jumping Exercise Song Track #7“Wiggle Wiggle”Bobby Susser

  24. Learning and Movement

  25. Benefits For Children • Helps with attention, retention and enjoyment of learning • Reinforce math and logic concepts through rhythm and patterns of beat and tempo • Develops body awareness and control • Attain greater range of emotional feelings

  26. Infant Massage • Relaxation • Relief • Stimulation • Interaction

  27. Warm-up Exercises Standing Exercises • Body Bends • Knee Raises • Arm Circles • Kicks Seated Exercises • Point and flex • Toe reaches • Scissors • Butterflies

  28. Creative Movement • Rabbit • Chicken • Pony • Frog • Swan

  29. Stretch Song Track #4“Dragon Tales”Dragon Tunes

  30. Yoga • Encourages attentiveness, thus developing and improving concentration • Promotes clear thinking and so facilitates learning • Fuels imagination thereby enhancing creativity • Builds self-confidence and contributes to developing a positive self-image • Promotes harmony between mind and body, and helps in making appropriate responses to emotional stimuli.

  31. Video Demonstration

  32. Yoga StretchesExercise #2

  33. Popular Children’s CD’s • Hap Palmer • Greg and Steve • Georgiana Stewart • Jim Gill • Laurie Berkner

  34. Share Your Favorite CD’s

  35. Jumpin Out of Bed Boogie Song Track #4“Everybody’s Happy When Their Singing”Jamie Shaheen

  36. Lunch Break12:00-1:15

  37. Do Your Ears Hang Low Song Track # 1“Are We There Yet?”

  38. Look At The Positive Side! • Do you… • Enjoy listening to music, singing along with the car radio, moving to music • Share your enthusiasm for music with children • Realize that for young children music is something that you do, that music and movement are connected • Recognize that music can enrich the total early childhood curriculum

  39. Following Directions with Exercise Song Track #14“Learning with Hip Hop”Mark D. Pencil

  40. What are your experiences with props?

  41. Tap Your Toe and Follow Me Song Track # 10“Come and Make A Circle”Susan Salidor

  42. Prop Play!!!Group Exercise #3

  43. Video Demonstration

  44. Great Resources • 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children • Sing A Song Of Storytime • The Sound of Storytime • The Big Book of Stories, Songs and • Sing-Alongs

  45. Break2:30-2:45

  46. Make An InstrumentGroup Exercise #4

  47. Musicality In the Language of Picture Books

  48. Repetition and Refrain • Helps build predictable outcomes • Let’s children feel successful

  49. Poetry and Rhythm “Children who have stored memories for the sound and rhythm of language are better able to make predictions about words and phrases, as they emerge as readers.”

  50. Playfulness and Improvisation To master language and music, young children improvise or play with sound.

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