Language and Literacy Development through Songs, Movement and Stories
About this Programme: Do you remember singing nursery rhymes and simple songs from childhood? If the first part of a familiar melody and song text is given, most of us will finish singing the song. Often as we hum these melodies, we think of other songs we learned during our early school years, and we realize that we can still sing many of these from memory. MUSIC! How can children learn or live without it? The similarities between literacy acquisition and musical development are indeed many. The successful acquisition of reading and writing skills in early childhood depends on a […]
