Basic Information
Name ____________
Center ____________
Training location
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Who plays so important role in demonstrating the love of music in children’s daily life?
In 1987，Music Together, very first time to public, provided this ____, ____, ____ early educational program.
DAP
Non formal
Formal
Research-based
When music program was introduced in China and became one of three major program？
What’s the meaning of ‘apptitude’?
Expression ability
Potential to reach BMC
Potential to reach all music achievement
Reception ability
What’s the meaning of ‘BMC’?
Basic Music Coordination
Basic Music Rhythm and Tonal Coordination
Big Miracle Class
Basic Music Competence
What will motivated children‘s active music learning most much?
Performance experiences
Being a great musician
Love of music
Parents and caregiver’s expectation
Our music program supports children’s ____, ____ development.
Sports skill
Cognitive
Social
Discipline
What element(s) a music learning environment should involve?
Playful
Nonperformance-oriented
Musically rich
DAP
What does “Choreograph” mean?
Carefully planned or organized movements in music activity
The energy flow of a good music class
Songs without lyrics
A large movement
What different levels of beat will usually involve in Music Together？
Melody Beat
Microbeat
Diminution
Elongation
What does “Lyrical” mean?
Songs with Lyrics
Songs without Lyrics
Expressive by using lyrics
Expressing deep personal feeling
How many themes are named with instruments in Music Gym Music Program?
What does “Tempo” mean?
Pace of chanting
Combination of musical notes
Speed of a song
Dynamic changes during the song
What is（are） taught in the class?
Concept of Meter
Concept of Tonality
Demonstration of Rhythm pattern
Demonstration of Tonal pattern
How a SWOW feels like？
Full of lyrics
Using syllables
Just focus on its rhythm
Just focus on its tonality
What important characteristics that qualify an activity as “play”（Children teach themselves through ‘Play’？
The activity is freely chosen
The child controls its flow and duration
It is intrinsically rewarding or done for its own sake
The activity is relatively free of externally imposed rules (in contrast to games)
About children’s music leaning, process or product?
We never will focus and care about children’s music learning product
Product is the only thing that we focus and it is called ‘BMC’
A rich music environment as it is supporting children’s learning process will also influence their future learning product.
The main goal of play-simply and having fun does not require the presence of a product in the end
About instrument play time:
Most children eagerly anticipate the instrument play period at the end of each class
Valuable activity of practicing playing with different instruments well.
All of children will express themselves in this activity.
Very young children really learn best when given the chance to experiment and play on their own.
How many song activities in a My Gym Music Class?
In the 12 Song Activity Outline, what is the activity number 5 and 8?
Refocus and Small movement
Small to large movement and Small/small to large movement
Instrument/prop Play and Instrument/prop Play
Refocus and Instrument/prop Play
In the 12 Song Activity Outline, what are the activities after number 4?
Hello Song and Goodbye Song
Refocus
Instrument/prop Play
Small/Small to large movement
Which of following is correct description of ‘chant’?
Rhythmic, usually repetitive, recitation of words or phrases
Songs been delivered down from generation to generation.
Solo beginnings which then spread to the group
Songlike qualities, such as words or phrases sung on one, two or three notes
What is the age range of Primary Music Development?
0 - 2.5 years old
2.5 - 5 years old
0 – 3 years old
0 – 5 years old
What are the key information that can descript the mission of My Music?
Providing the highest quality music and movement experiences.
To help build children’s BMC.
To involve parents and caregivers’ participation
Non formal musical experience.
Philosophies of My Music includes?
All children are musical
All children can achieve basic music competence
The participation and modeling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability, is essential to a child’s musical growth
This growth is best achieved in a playful, developmentally appropriate, non-performance-oriented learning environment that is musically rich yet immediately accessible to the child’s and the adult’s participation
Which semester has only 10 weeks of teaching in the whole year in China?
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Why is My Music unique?
Musically Rich Experiences
Rich Music/Multi-culture/Emotional Experience
It helps to create family music learning experience. It is essential and able to be taken home
Not much instrument involved
Why is My Music rich for children?
Variety of music elements
Variety of music styles
Variety of music expression patterns
Variety of instruments and props experience
How many times of CD recording can be played in the class?
Below are the songs in the Family Favorites Collection, including .
Stick Tune
Roll Your Hands
She Sells Sea Shells
The Water is Wide
Which music sentence is the last one in Goodbye song?
‘or the one who takes care of you’
‘How about one just for yourself too’
‘and how about a hug for your mom or dad’
‘Goodbye, So Long, Farewell’
Which of the following is correct?
‘Splishing and splashing’ is in duple meter
‘Dancing with teddy’ is in duple meter
‘Goodbye song’ is in triple meter
‘Stick tune’ is in asymmetric meter
Which song(s) is/are always repeated in My Gym Music Class?
Hello Song
Biddy Biddy
She Sells Sea Shells
Goodbye, So Long, Farewell
How long will it take to see the effect of music class?
We do not expect that effect will happen to children
At beginning of music class
In the middle of every semester
Around 5 weeks to 6 weeks
How do children learn music?
Observing, participating
Exploring, experiencing
Absorbing, getting perceptual experience
Imitating, practicing whatever teachers demonstrated
What should we do if kids don’t want to give back the instruments or props ?
Let children be children
Take it back for safety consideration
Invite parents to guide them to give back
Parents can demonstrate putting instruments back
Why parents are required not holding children’s hands?
Because children cannot follow teacher well
Because children cannot do different levels of beat
Because children can have their own ways of expressing
Because children can follow teacher well
Vocal sounds or syllables such as ‘boom’ ‘Doo’ ‘Laa’ is the definition of .
Lyrical
Choreograph
Crescendo
Vocable
How many large movements might be doing in the class？
How many times instrument might be doing in the class？