9-23-11

After watching the children over the week during song time, I am starting to see the impact that music has on these children. Yesterday, Gavin was having a really bad day from about snack time on. He cried a lot, and was really hard to console. During song, he stayed in his seat, but still cried some. When we started singing "A B C's" He got out of his seat, and was about to walk to the center of the circle, but the music caught his attention, and he literally stopped in his tracks, and stood in the same spot for the duration of the song. He also stopped crying. However, as soon as the song ended, her started crying and walking again. I don't know why that song caught his attention, because we sing it very slow because of the sign language, and it is not very catchy that way, however it did catch his attention and that's what matters. As I begin to implement songs, and lead song time over the next couple weeks, I need to continuously watch what grabs each child's interest and try to capitalize on it.