Module 5 Introduction


Te most important aim of music presentation in the pre-primary school is to teach the child to listen. Te ability to listen is an important condition for learning. By distinguishing between sounds the foundation is laid for distinguishing between letters at a later stage, which forms the basis for reading and writing. Every music experience involves the ability to listen, as the child has to identify the sounds whether he sings, plays instruments, or moves rhythmically.


5.1 How does the young child listen


Te three aspects in the development of hearing or auditory perception:  Auditory awareness  Auditory discrimination  Auditory sequencing and memory.


5.1.1 Auditory Awareness


Definition Auditory awareness is the ability to recognise the presence of sound. Games in which the young child recognises the difference between music and silence are used to promote auditory awareness.


Describe four activities which will encourage auditory awareness  “Musical Chairs” is a well-known game which is based on the differentiation between sound and silence.


 A single cymbal is held in one hand and the educarer strikes it loudly with a stick. Te children listen with eyes closed and are asked to put up their hands when they can no longer hear the sound.


3. Statues Te young children move in a certain direction while the music plays. As soon as the music stops, they all stand still and when it starts again they start moving in a different direction.


4. Te objective of this type of activity is that the young child indicates that he recognises sound or silence by means of movement or by any other reaction as suggested by the educarer.


5.1.2 Auditive discrimination


Definition Auditory discrimination refers to the ability to distinguish between sound and silence as well as between different types of sounds and contrasts, such as pitch, tempo and dynamics. Here the young child learns by association, comparison and discrimination.  Te educarer taps against different objects in the playroom while the children listen with eyes closed, and when a sound is heard they say what the origin of the sound is.


 Te educarer records sounds from the environment – for example birdsong, a dog barking, a large or small dog, the front door bell, a washing machine, etc.


 Te voices of different children in the group are recorded and the children guess whose voice is being replayed.


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