Good evening my blogger family

I hope that you are pushing hard through this extremely tough week. I know I am trying at the edge. This study unit and subject in general has had me thinking many different ways as to how music can be incorporated in different subjects and not only as a fun time activity. We as educators should not only be looking at music as an element of sound or noise or just a popular song to sing. We should use music as a teaching tool to make a lesson fun as well as allowing children to engage their senses when listening to music. As a educator we should let children explore through music whereas they can experience different cultures, values and allow them to be comfortable and move outside of their comfort zones.

When dealing with foundation phase learners we should always understand equality, inclusion, appreciation, and acceptance. We need to understand that we are working with a group of different diversities and mannerisms. We should understand what the students are comfortable with as well as hoe to accommodate their needs and interests. There are different elements when music is involved, such as duration, pitch, intensity, quality, texture, melody and many more. This allows education in some fields of different subjects such as mathematics and language.

Mathematics can relate to music by means of note values (as an example) in order for you to understand note values you need to be able to count. One needs to understand the basics of maths to be able to count. Language can also be incorporated into music. When a teacher teach a class a specific song, you as a student needs to learn the words, rhythm and sounds of the song. At first a learner would have to remember and learn the words, so they start to familiarise themselves with the words to the song, and before you know it, they start to identify these sounds and words in other daily work.