Music #4

Music is very important to include in the elementary classroom. It has been proven to help the brain focus better and it also helps the memory to listen to music. I learned that writing a song according to curriculum is really tough! I also learned that folk songs are not being taught in schools anymore and they should be. I learned that we have a lot of creative, musical people in our cohort as well as putting curriculum to music can be very helpful for students.

I will use music in my future classroom, even though I am not a singer at all! I have always loved music and thought it was important to have in my life. Teaching music to children helps them with rhythm and patterning as well as focusing the brain.

I plan to learn the folk songs better so I can teach them to my class as well as practicing my singing so I can help my students.

My experience was good with this project. We were all a little scared to go ahead and start writing the song but once we got started it was fun. We did a great job and our song was catchy and cute. I have learned a lot about working in teams. It is hard, but as long as everyone is willing to do their part it always turns out good. More ideas come with more people. I will be more sensitive to my students when I ask them to work in teams and realize that it is not the easiest thing to do. I always struggled with it as a student because I am a little more shy, but I have learned a lot this semester by working in groups.