Assignment # 10

1. According to the author, the possible cognitive benefits derived from music in early education are improving children's vocabulary, symbolic understanding, memory, sense of sequence, spatial temporal reasons, and auditory training.
2. Important classroom activities that teachers should consider when trying to enhance the self esteem of their students would include things such as having group discussions on appropriate social behaviors and positive guidance techiniques. Also teachers can emphasize what skills to use for problem solving and having self-management. Finally, teachers can encourage to pursue their own self-selected interests and do things that make them happy and satisfied.
3. The author also explains that the use of gross and fine motor movement within the classroom can help a child's self esteem improve because it provides another outlet for children to express themselves and feel good about themselves. Children are given the oppertunity to do express themselves fully through movement and music, especially if they have a hard time doing so otherwise.
4.The guidelines that teachers of early childhood education should follow when implementing a music program within their classroom include the following: Select music for preschoolers that will help them feel successful, include movement activities in the music program, use the children's names whenever possible, use musical terms to enhance concept development, incorporate a variety of music within the classroom.