Msica and Movement Lesson Reflection:

During art lesson, I observed the children were so happy to come in front of class to

dance and present the song, they loved to work with their friends, and at the same time

they were practice and achieved LO. When I requested children to perform the five little

monkeys song I felt they didnt understood which movements they have to do when

they hear specific part, that made me upset; therefore, I tried to apply Albert Bandura

approach by modeled the movement of each part in front of them. For example, when I

sing jumping on the bed I jumped, so the children will realize the word jump with

action they saw it and its really worked with them and I actually found its better for

children to show them example instead of given instructions. (Shirley & Peter, 2011, p.

53). Furthermore, think that I was able to show student accountability and make learning

visible by document children work through used checklist, take photos, observe their

skills and writing notes about their understood and achieved LO. According to Reggio

Emilia documentation principals, it's believed that teachers use documentation to

identify strengths, ideas, and next steps to support learning. ("What Is the Reggio,"

2018). I believe that children get the concept of the unit and achieved the LO in an

interested way. According to Sama Amacrine School curriculum, the learning objective

of math unites for week 6 names the numbers from one to five, match quantity of the

object to the number that corresponds to volume and starts understanding counting

operation with sample numbers from one to five. ("Curriculum," 2017). I recognized that

when I heard all of them had the ability to name number 1 to 5 when they singed. Also,

when I assessed them they were able to match the number with the quantity of
movements. For example, when I asked Ibrahim to domesticate number 5 he clapped his

hand 5 times.

While I faced two issues through implemented the lesson. The first problem was

shortage of time that hindered me to complete my project because I cant take them out

from their classes result of that I discuss with MST to find solution to do my project and

she suggested me to take them in Monday and Wednesday just 10 marinates from art

lesson and I followed her advice and I took them two days in the week in activity room.

The second difficulty is some children are refused to took monkeys role when I asked

them who want to perform monkey role three of them refused because they thought they

will be like a monkey and one of them named Hala she side am not animal that really

shocked me!! but I was deal with this situation by discuss with them and explained the

monkey role of them by said monkey is a friendly animal and we are, not monkeys but

we will act like it by jumping only and I observed they respond and agree to took

monkey role but Fatima she still rejected as consequences I used Positive

reinforcement approach with her. For example, I told her if you participate with us and

take monkey role I will give star, and its worked with her and she changes her mind

quickly. According to Skinner, he believes positive reinforcement strengthens a

behavior by providing a consequence individual finds rewarding. (McLeod, 2015).

Overall, I think its important to teach children art lessons because as stated in

Supporting Creativity and Imagination book, Duffy considered the art is assisting
children to develop their language by having the vocabulary to describe and comment on

what they do. For example, in Five little monkeys song children learned some

movement words such as jump, call, and fall. (Duffy, 2006, p. 8). Arts activities are

provided different learning styles, as we know each person has a unique way to learn. For

example, my project contains VAK learning styles, visual when I showed children the

video song, so they will learn the actions by watched, auditory when they heard the song

and kinetic when they move their bodies to imitate the movements happened. According

to Duffy, he believes that the way in which our perceptions are turned into images,

stored and used, will depend on the individual. (Duffy, 2006, p. 21).
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