To be really honest.  I find this study unit so much fun and entertaining.  As during this time I am doing my practical, I enjoyed the lesson whereby learners has to use music activity with the made instruments and the one they find entertaining to use like bells and beating the table in the classroom.

I realized that music is like a therapy to the learners and the teacher as well, it addresses the unique needs and send the silent message to learners that you might even notice, bearing in mind that some of the learners came to school in the distress, but activities such as these makes them calm, gives them a since to belong, a group they can trust, a peer  and friendship can be formed through these activities that are performed using music.

Learners can clap to the beat, the pitch, the tap they can use their movement .

In this study unit I have learned about how children develop mentally physically, emotionally and their social abilities. There are theories that ague on according to the developmental growth of children. Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky. Erickson psychological development theory, agues that children rely on feedback from peers, teacher and parents. Children always want to be praised when they achieved a good thing, otherwise they became discouraged.

Piaget cognitive development theory agues that children learn by integration, they build knowledge on the prior knowledge.   Piaget named stages which are Pre operational stage and Concrete operational stage. Preoperational stage is from 2-6 and are egocentric, they use words and images to represent objects. they struggle with reverse reasoning. Concrete operational stage have logical thinking and are from ages between the 7 years. They can solve problems, and struggle abstract thinking and hypothetical concepts.

Vygostky and zone of proximal development theory, agues that children learn in social interaction. He agues that you cannot know the child unless you know their social -cultural factors. Children learn better by interaction it can be a peer, teacher or a parent.