Examples Of Observation In To Kill A Mockingbird
I went to observe the preschoolers with Dr. Whitcomb and another student and also got to observe her teaching the children in class. Dr. Whitcomb used activities that involved movement, instrument exploration and call and response to foster basic music competence. Activities like Shake Your Egg were chosen to expose the children to music and get them to do things along with the song. I taught Jack Be Nimble so that the children could get exposure to a meter other than common time. Walk and Stop and Gallop were also a few of the other lessons that were taught to teach things like walking to a steady beat or improvising different movements to songs.
Dr. Whitcomb presented the musical material by simply starting the song. She never really said out loud what the children were learning at the time because it was not necessary for the students at this age. The students responded positively to all of the songs and seemed to understand each concept that was being taught; especially the movement ones. Dr. Whitcomb modeled musicianship skills by modeling a good singing voice to the children. She sung in the children’s range, which is important for younger children, …show more content…
I did not realize that the children would be able to sing whole songs and did not think they would have them memorized. I also did not think that they would be so active and involved in the dancing and movement songs. Once I actually observed the preschoolers, I found very quickly that the older ones knew exactly what they were doing. If the teacher sung to them, a lot of them were willing to sing back in their singing voice. The older toddlers surprised me, too. Some of them sang and some of them did not. They did not always get the movements that went along with the songs, but a lot of them tried and some of them were successful. The older toddlers were able to get sol mi patterns sometimes. I did not think that some of them would be willing to
Dr. Whitcomb presented the musical material by simply starting the song. She never really said out loud what the children were learning at the time because it was not necessary for the students at this age. The students responded positively to all of the songs and seemed to understand each concept that was being taught; especially the movement ones. Dr. Whitcomb modeled musicianship skills by modeling a good singing voice to the children. She sung in the children’s range, which is important for younger children, …show more content…
I did not realize that the children would be able to sing whole songs and did not think they would have them memorized. I also did not think that they would be so active and involved in the dancing and movement songs. Once I actually observed the preschoolers, I found very quickly that the older ones knew exactly what they were doing. If the teacher sung to them, a lot of them were willing to sing back in their singing voice. The older toddlers surprised me, too. Some of them sang and some of them did not. They did not always get the movements that went along with the songs, but a lot of them tried and some of them were successful. The older toddlers were able to get sol mi patterns sometimes. I did not think that some of them would be willing to