M E MATHIBEDI
S U 2 Listening to and responding to music
For me music ignites all area of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, motor, language, social-emotional and overall literacy. It helps the body and mind to work together. Dancing to songs during gumboots dance helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self- expression. Counting stomps and clapping is interacting with mathematics. Sing songs improves your speech and language development.
Body percussion: It is producing sounds by using your body, through hand clapping, thigh-slapping, stomping, finger-snapping, inhaled and exhaled air. Traditionally the four main body percussion sounds: 1. Stomp: Striking left, right, or both feet against the floor or other resonant surface 2. Patsch: Patting either the left, right, or both thighs with hands; or patting cheeks 3. Clapping hands together 4. Snapping fingers
These activities also provide opportunities to foster learners’ concentration skills, creativity and improvisational skills as they can create their own body percussion patterns and write them down using iconic notation
coordination, balance and visual-spatial awareness. When learners are able to successfully participate in body percussion activities, they experience personal development by gaining confidence, becoming self-aware, experiencing a sense of achievement, pride and learning discipline
My farewell final wishes
11 Nov 2021, 22:52
Dear future teachers as for this LSKM module I am so proud to be part of 2021 2nd semester as I have learnt so much about music, a source of life. My reflections are self esteem and confidence that groom me to work together in a group of different levels in my studies. I was able to engaged with my peers not physically but through zoom meeting, whatsapps, emails and phone calls. I shall forever cherish the fact that we were able to make musical instruments from recycling material and choose a song to merge in our instruments from different provinces.
In life never ever procrastinate, rather work under pressure whether load shedding or without data. Music brought a sense of belong, love and respect to my peers and I. For me music is a global language that is spoken, it releases stress, teaches discipline and responsibility.
Togetherness made us to form a family bond (NWU LSKM). Even though there were challenges, we did managed to over come them, as I am one of those students who lost my love ones but my peers were there for me through thick and thin that I move with the group in the same pace by holding my hands all the time.
I have learnt that if you need help ask, and do not shy away. For me I shall instill and share with other teachers from different schools the importance of integrating music in Art, Math, Life skills and Language. Using music in daily routine.
I wish all the students good luck, good health and NEVER stop learning.