OUR TIME: FIDDLE-DEE-DEE Week 2

FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

Make sure you take a look at page 5 of your Home Activity book for instructions for making a cardboard doghouse. Take a look at page 3 for some Fiddlestick activities to do at home.

SCAFFOLDING: Scaffolding is an interactive learning process between adult and child. The adult observes the child’s play ideas, then gently guides and supports the child’s learning by building on what the child already is able to do. Ideally, the adult will begin by meeting the child where he is – by copying his play idea, for example. Then the adult makes a slight variation on the activity, providing appropriate challenges to lead the child to new levels of learning.

STEADY BEAT: The most fundamental property of music is beat, the underlying, unchanging, repeating pulse. Feeling and moving to a steady beat develops a sense of time and the ability to organize and coordinate movements within time.

CIRCLE SONGS & COMMUNITY: Historically, community has meant the overall social context in which people live out their lives. Community remains central to children’s social and emotional development. Circle songs such as Jing Jang help to establish a secure sense of community in the Kindermusik classroom.