Reflection Journal-

What We Learned-
Thus far in this course we have learned number of things, ranging from skills, ideas, terminology, and techniques. We began by discussing the idea of theory teaching music and how it can be done with different age groups. Through song and dance many ideas can be conveyed. We learned how to gain total participation from students by singing songs incorporated with music. We took songs and made them social activities where the students interacted with one another, such as the name game. We learned how to play the recorder, an instrument that I did not know even existed. We learned how to begin to read music and create music of our own. One of our main concepts that we mastered was rhythm, due to the significance of the function of rhythm in music.

How we learned-
The lessons we were taught by actively listening and interacting physically. We sang children songs and actually went through the motions in order to receive full lesson. We learned rhythm by discussing the objective and importance of keeping a steady beat. We patted our knees to hear the steady beat as a class, then we used batons to tap together to achieve a more crisp beat. We learned how to interpret music step by step, drawing the different elements in written music- ledger lines, clefs, notations, etc. We also have designated class periods in which we take recorder lessons.

Why is this important for us?-
It is important to learn these things in order that we will be able to teach these lessons ourselves in our own classrooms or to our own students. There is proper technique and procedure to everything, in this class we learn those steps and how to apply them to different age groups and grades.

It is important for children because-
Children benefit from music because it helps develop different function of their cognition, the affective functions, and various motor skills. As growing youth is it easier to grasp such ideas effectively. Children learn how to interpret sounds and visualize particular concepts with associated with music. They learn how to use music and interact with one another. Music makes for a better learning environment as a whole.