This week has been a roller-coaster of emotions feels like we are going 120 km the whole time. My studies are taking a bit of a backseat this week as the hockey season began this week. Juggling school, sport, appear, studies and a social life is beginning to be a bit more difficult but we keeping the balls in the air. And…. Can the weather please just decide what it wants to be winter/summer

I become aware of how music impacts children and now to add it. I can now fully understand the music concepts and activities on how to apply them. The concept I enjoyed the most was the learning about the rhythm and how to add it to my classroom without making a huge mess or untidy.

I would choose contemporary commercial music. I would choose this option because learners are more likely to like this music and participate in the lesson as they would know these songs and feel more modern than old. I feel this would make the lesson more pleasant and the learners may find it more enjoyable as they can see I want to relate to them and get things on their level. We need to ensure that every learner, regardless of religion, race or status, feels welcome and able to participate. This using music that they heard from a movie watched in class can be a good thing as everyone will know the music.

I think the examples and content in this study unit was inclusive as each concept of music was explained fully and in such a way that a person with no music background could understand what was being said. Adding the barcodes for us to stand made it a lot easier to understand and more enjoyable as just putting words to paper.

Everything in this study unit was well explained and the idea of music concepts and activities are explained in such a way that I could grasp it at first try. I think a point could be made on how to include other grades rather than just focusing on grade 1. Like adding activities to do with grade 2 and 3 learners as they need more advanced activities.

In my opinion did this study unit give a lot of guidance how to incorporate music concepts and activities to my daily class routine and made it in such a way that I want to add music as I see the benefit it has on children.

Have an amazing week, we are half way there…