Reflection #8

Although my personal musical skills are far from the expert level, I have always had a love for music. Despite my abilities to create pleasant sounding music I can still enjoy musics beat, rhythm, lyrics and emotional meaning it gives to life. In previous field observations I took note of the kindergarten teacher who was constantly using music and songs to start the daily routine and to transition topics. Her students loved it and I loved the thoughts of doing that in my future classroom. Not only will I use music as an attention getter or transition help, but I want to incorporate music into daily lessons so my students can benefit from the positive effects of music. In order to do that I need to brush up on my skills and knowledge of music so I can adequately teach them. Learning and participating in making music in the classroom will help students to feel more comfortable and confident and be able to have fun while they are learning. I really feel that of all creative arts, music can be the easiest to incorporate and can have the greatest effect in creating well-rounded individuals.