Friday, February 26, 2016

Expressing Emotion Through Music


Expressing Emotion Through Music

During this activity the children were asked to listen to different genres of music and draw how it made them feel. Our primary goal was to help expand their emotional vocabulary. We used Mozart which is shown in purple, techno is in yellow, heavy metal or rock n roll (no lyrics) is in red and country music is in blue. We were trying to provoke feelings of sadness, anger, happiness or what ever other emotions the children were feeling while listening to the music.

        Many decided that Mozart (purple) made them feel good and happy, where the techno (yellow) made them feel excited and silly. We chose heavy metal (red) to see how they would react and many said this music make me feel angry where others said it made them feel frustrated. And while listening to country music (blue) the discussion turned from feelings of sadness to what disappointment means to them.

 

New Mexico Early Learning Guidelines Meet:

5.1 Listens with understanding to direction and conversations

6.1 The child communicates experiences, ideas, and feelings through speaking

12.1 Represents information about self, surroundings, and meaningful experiences

13.1 Communicates ideas and/or feelings through creative activities (for example, making up her own song, acting out a story, creating a piece of art work or a set of movements)

18.2 increasingly express his feelings to appropriate gestures, actions, and language

23.2 shows interest in exploring the environment, learning new things, and trying new experiences



















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