![]() For ‘bed’, hold hands facing each other as if to clap and widen and decrease size according to lyrics.Hold one arm up high with outstretched flat hand for ‘chair’ and decrease the size according to the lyrics.Curve your hands together to form a bowl for ‘bowl’ and decrease the size according to the lyrics.Make circles over your eyes, like glasses with first finger and thumb, for ‘blue eyes’.Make an inverted ‘V’ shape with your hands for ‘house’.As you sing the song with the children, use the following actions: You’ll find a recording of the song and printable lyrics here. ![]() When Goldilocks Went to the House of the BearsĪ favourite musical story of mine that can be used to help children to learn the sequence of a story and the numbers 1–3 is ‘When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears’. Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light, Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground. Children stand in a circle and act out the words as follows: The Teddy Bear rhyme helps to promote memory and sequencing skills. When upper-case letters are used together, all words are the same shape as all the letters are the same height. It is better to teach children lower-case letters initially, as when placed together they form a particular shape for each word, which children will come to recognise. ![]() This helps children to learn that letters can combine together to make a meaningful word. Help them until they can do this unaided. Print out the letters of each of your children’s names and encourage them to place them in the correct sequence. As the melody is familiar and very rhythmic, the lyrics (letters) become easy to learn – each one supporting the learning of the next. The song is most often sung to the tune of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’. If you think back to your own childhood, you may remember singing ‘The Alphabet Song’ and the ease with which you could then sequence the letters of the alphabet. Piro and Ortiz (Psychology of Music, 37, 2009) found that primary children who had received musical instruction (in this case piano) scored significantly better on verbal sequencing tests than those without this training. Children need to practise memory and recall in order for it to improve. Songs, rhymes, stories and musical games can help children to comprehend sequences of events and to learn about order. Learning a sequence can help to jog our memory. An appreciation of these patterns helps children to use language correctly. ![]() Language consists of words in a particular sequence. In this article, let’s consider the ability to sequence, its importance to literacy development and how musical activities can help with the accomplishment of this ability. Over the course of eight articles Maria Kay highlights the close relationship between music and literacy in the early years, and suggests simple activities to help you develop children’s skills… ![]()
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