Assignment 10

1. The possible cognitive benefits of music in early childhood education are helping children acquire vocabulary, symbolic understanding, sense of sequence, memory, and auditory training.
2. Some important activites that are helpful to enhance young childrens self-esteem in the classroom are emphasizing problem solving skills, offer instruction about social behaviors, display positive guidance techniques, teach self management strategies, and encourage children' self selected interests.
3. Gross motor skills and fine motor skills in musical activities help enhance childrens self esteem by swaying, marching, jumping hopping,skating, and tapping ones foot for gross motor skills. Fine motor skills children will have finger or hand movement accompanying singing or listening to music.
4.The guidelines for early childhood educators to implent music in the classroom are:
-select music for preschoolers that will help them feel successful.
-include movement activites in the music program.
-use children's names whenever possible.
-use musical terms to enhance the concept of development.
-uncorprate a variety of music into the classroom.