STUDY UNIT 3: MUSIC PLAY

When children play, they commonly imitate the behavior of others and then use their own ideas to develop their play further.

Play involves and a focus on process rather than on product.

Free choice

Enjoyment

Self-motivation

Music plays a good foundation for young pre-school learners as they find themselves spending most of their time playing between the rituals and routines of their daily life. In this regard, He also adds that exploration and play help the child’s brain to develop by improving his/her language, intellect and physical skills- thereby paving the way to the child’s development. Educators declared that play was important for developing learners cognitive, social, motor, language and interpersonal skills. Furthermore, the educators reported that play enabled learners to 1. Expand their imagination, 2. Become more emotionally mature, 3.enhance their state of school readiness, 4. Develop social skills, 5. Develop initiative, 6. Build and enhance their autonomy and sense of self, 7. Reveal their personalities and 8. Develop self-confidence and self-esteem.

The inclusion of arts helps improve learners’ academic performance and also promotes team-based-work ethic, and shared responsibilities. Arts provide cognitive, social and behavioural to students, which contribute to the development of young people academically, socially and environmentally