Visual & Performing Arts

Visual & Performing and drama are important teaching practices for language learning. Performing arts are an essential method and learning and are strongly linked to language. We in the Foundation Stage perceive the world through the senses, and the arts allows the students to understand(observe), explore and experiment, and express themselves.

The performing arts provides another outlet for students to interact with others. When combined with dance, music and drama, student get the opportunity to use language to understand and express more complex ideas.

Music

Music experiences include:

  • Singing
  • Playing instruments
  • Creating or composing music
  • Listening to and reciting rhymes (with or without music)
  • Creating rhymes or raps
  • Listening to and viewing live performances
  • Interpreting and discussing music
  • Performing to an audience
  • Combining music with movement/dance
  • Reflecting on and appreciating music.
  • Visual & Performing

Students explore the concepts of musical:

  • Rhythm
  • Pitch
  • Volume
  • Duration
  • Tone/Quality
  • Patterns