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Director: Heather Monro Postal: P.O. Box 803 Pakenham 3810 Ph /fax: 03 59415 808 email: heather@kidsmusic.com.au www.kidsmusic.com.au Body and Brain Development for Life Music for Literacy We know that music is very powerful in activating brain development but how can KMC music help a child on a day to day basis? Think of a child in a typical situation in a year one classroom: It is story writing time and the teacher asks the children to write about what they did in the weekend. What are the skills involved in this seemingly simple task? How can KMC help with developing these skills? Balance   Space Perception Core strength for Posture control   Inner Hearing Awareness and control of all body parts   Good Vocabulary Crossing the body’s 3 mid -lines   Understanding the structure of words Independent control of left and right sides   Understanding the structure of sentences Social confidence   Directionality for letter formation Concentration   Short Term Memory Neck Strength for steady vision   Creative Thinking Eye Strength   Imagination Shoulder and arm control before fingers   Visualisation Fine muscle control   Sequencing Skills Understanding of pressure   Brain Integration Awareness of size and shape   Sensory Processing Skills Underlying Classroom Success Skills Underlying Classroom Success KMC Songs Supporting This Development

Director: Heather Monro Postal: P.O. Box 803 Pakenham 3810 Ph /fax: 03 59415 808 email: heather@kidsmusic.com.au www.kidsmusic.com.au Body and Brain Development for Life  Balance  Windscreen Wipers  You’ve Got To Clap  Tightrope Fun  Washing Line A child needs a well developed balance system. The balance (vestibular) system  Skip In To The Middle  Make A Shape  Stretchy Cord coordinates all other sensory input to the brain. In order to utilize sensory input a child  We Can Walk  Follow Where I Lead You  Stepping Stones must have a good balance system.  Hello, Hello  Sawing Thing  Walk To New York Good balance helps a child to:  Jump Like a Green Frog  My Friend Jack  Check It Out  stay upright,  Music Day  At The Bottom Of My  Shaker Street  understand how he/she fits into a space,  Stretching Taller Garden  A Clown In The Circus  stay still while sitting, standing or lying, keep vision steady.  Swing  Freeze  Hey, Can You Freeze? A child with a poorly developed vestibular system often can’t sit still, wriggles and is  Bouncing  To The Drum  Mrs Bunny often off task.  Little Seed  Yahoo Hurray  Fitness Rap  Climbing Up And Down  Hey, Give Me Five  Pukeko Stomp KMC helps through:  All Of A Sudden  I’m A Train  Then I Stop Songs which involve moving and stopping (on two feet and on one) in different  Feeling The Beat  Wriggle And Jiggle  Line On The Floor directions, on different levels and at different speeds. Plus songs which include  Aeroplanes  Marching On A Monday  Rubber Ball tipping, swaying, rolling and turning.  Floppy Old Clown  Caribbean Sea  Stripy Tiger  Hey, Hey, Hey  My Boat  Takahia Means Stamp  I Can Do It  Turning  Spinning Top  Draw A Circle  Break Out  One Sided Dance  Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock  Mango Tango  Core Strength, Posture Control All KMC knee rides  Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock  Sit Dance A child must have good posture to hold his body erect in the chair, and his vision All KMC songs moving in a 3-  I’m A Snail  Tight Rope Fun steady. dimensional space  Animals In My Garden  Make A Shape KMC helps through:  Hands In Front  Cold Hands Co-ordination and strength of core muscles through movement.  Marching on a Monday  Aeroplanes  Little Seed  Walk To New York  My Boat  Stretching Taller  Awareness and Control of All Body Parts  Pat Your Head  Touch My Toes  Hey Give Me Five Fancy Dance A child must understand which body parts belong to him and learn to control them  Wriggle Your Fingers  Stepping Stones  Body Bowling all independently.  You’ve Got To Clap  Floppy Old Clown  Hello, Hello KMC helps through:  Copy Me  Two Eyes  How Many Fingers Songs which isolate different body parts, building awareness and control.  Fitness Rap  Hey, Hey, Hey

Director: Heather Monro Postal: P.O. Box 803 Pakenham 3810 Ph /fax: 03 59415 808 email: heather@kidsmusic.com.au www.kidsmusic.com.au Body and Brain Development for Life  Crossing The Body’s 3 Mid -lines  Let’s Jump  When Is Your Birthday?  Windscreen Wipers  Puppet Likes Dancing On order to control body parts independently children need to build connections  Cross Over  Stretchy Cord  Criss Cross across all the brain areas.  Stripy Tiger  Baba Daba  Nau Mai KMC helps:  Mirror, Mirror  Shaker Street  Building Songs which have actions where the hands/arms/legs/feet must cross the left/right  Hey, Hey, Hey  Carolina Cat  This Little Teddy Of Mine  Turn The Other Way  Copy Me  Little Caterpillar mid-line, the top/bottom mid-line and the front/back mid-line. These movements  That’s What I Like To Do  In Between  Two Little Teddy Bears help build and reinforce brain connections.  Feathers  See Me Go In  I Have A Shaker  I Can Paint  Pass The Drum Please  Sparrow  Lycra Song  Meet Thumbkin One  Independent Control of Left and Right Sides of The Body  One Sided Dance  Clown In A Circus  Smooth And Jerky In order to write with one hand and keep the rest of his body still, a child must be  Cross Over  Spanish Sunrise able to move one side of his body at a time.  Sounding Really Good  Takahia Means Stamp KMC helps through:  Let’s Jump  Swing Thing Songs which move one side of the body while keeping the other side still. This helps  Hey, Can you freeze?  Mango Tango develop laterality and independent control.  Social Confidence  You’ve Got To Clap  Hello, Hello  Pata-Cake Polka  People In Our A child needs to work effectively with others including interacting, respecting and  Hey, Give Me Five  Aeroplanes Neighbourhood sharing a learning setting  Howdy Partner  Good Manners  The Wheelbarrow Song KMC helps through:  My Shadow  Dad’s Feet  See Me Go In Activities which are co-operative rather than competitive, thus fostering respect and  When Is Your Birthday?  Skip In To The Middle  Draw A Squiggle  Cool Cats  Let’s Pretend  Green Light Go interaction with others, while building self confidence.  Let’s Jump  Friends  Teddy’s Parachute  Mango Tango  Pass The Drum Please  Colour Dancing  Middle Of The Circle  Around Together  Welcome Everyone  Stretchy Lycra  Follow Where I Lead  Elastic Loop  Parachute Journey  Tightrope Fun  Zeebah The Leader  Line On The Floor