This morning the tamariki enjoyed activities outside including dancing on mats to our Mango Tango cd, a cd which through music develops foundation skills on which to build literacy. Also skills in building connections in the brain and preparing children for formal learning via auditory, motor, creativity, memory, visual, musical, social and language skills.
Five KIDSPACE staff attended a workshop on the benefits of this cd. Songs such as Mango Tango- a song about fruit coming to life in the fruit and veggie shop, Giant's Breakfast- a song about preparing large items of food for the giant's breakfast, and Howdy Partner- a greeting song with a cowboy theme, are some of the tamariki favourite songs.
"Children develop an ability to be creative and expressive through a variety of activities, making music". "Children develop an increased ability to keep a steady beat through speech, chants, dances or movement to simple rhythmic patterns", Communication, Te Whaariki.
Jessie
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