Music/Movement Young Child ((3 Credit Hours))

Catalog description

This course incorporates music and movement education and planning for programs with young children birth to eight. It explores the relationship of music and movement in the development of the child. It covers motor, auditory and musical development and the integration of music education with expressive and physical fitness activities. Emphasis is placed on the criteria for selecting and developing activities, developing learning areas and developing music and movement programs, and analyzing methods that encourage individual expression and creative participation. Special consideration is given to adapting activities and modifying the environment to address needs of children that are culturally, linguistically and ability diverse.