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 The child is exposed to music and movement from day one in our primary environment. Music and movement develop the child’s auditory sense and balance, but also serve the purpose of expression. Human beings have expressed themselves through music and bodily movements since earliest times, and this is exactly what the very small children need to do. There is group singing, and an introduction to musical notes through exercise on the bells that trains the child’s ear to the different sounds of each. There are various exercises the child is encouraged to do in this area also with the sound boxes, such as pairing the ones that sound the same and going from softest to the loudest. The child is taught rhythm through various exercises, and the walking on the line exercises are a firm favorite in our primary classrooms. Here again all the child is doing is having fun, but an important lesson of body control is being imparted.
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