KA2

1. PRESENTATION IN THE NETHERLANDS– September 2015
MINISTERUL EDUCAŢIEI ŞI CERCETĂRII ŞTIINŢIFICE
Ş C O A L A G I M N A Z I A L Ă “IOAN
BĂNCESCU”
LOC. ADÂNCATA, JUD. SUCEAVA, 727005
TEL/FAX 0230-528840 E-MAIL :
sc_adancata_sv@yahoo.com
MUSIC AND DANCES AS A
TEACHING APPROACH IN
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships for the school education project :
“Puppets mission: childhood without
borders“
2014-1-LT01-KA201-000540_9

2. The two types of activities, MUSIC
AND DANCES, are connected to
each other. Because children like
these activities, teachers can take
advantage of it. Using them,
teachers can offer children new
knowledge and develop skills
formally during special classes or
nonformally during other classes or

3. In the Romanian educational system, they are
taught as follow:
1. Preschool education: In the esthetic and
creative field (DEC) , the teachers have one
class of music, one of plastic arts and one of
modeling per week. In the psycho-motric field,
in P.E. classes, you can also teach dance. Still,
you can meet these two activities during other
events in the kindergarten: school festivities,
carnival, etc.
Music helps teachers during some other
classes, completing their knowledge, as a
moment of drawing the attention or
consolidation. Songs are usually easy to be

4. 2. Primary school education:
In the compulsory setting plan, there are 2
classes perweekforthe preparatory grade, 1st
and 2nd
grades, and forthe 3rd
and 4th
grades
there is one class of Music and Movement as a
school subject. It is a new school subject
(2012). It was called before Musical Education.
They decided that because of the children’s
need to move on the rhythmof the music.
Children study both music and dance fromeasy
to complex and then they perform. Starting
with the 3rd
and 4th
grades children also study
Games and Movement where they can learn
musical games. Teachers also use music, songs

5. Music and dance-their role
Songs and games, through their contents, influence the
children’s character and will traits. They learn to be
good, hardworking, to love their family, country, the
nature, etc.
Preschool children enjoy listening and singing songs
that make them more active, happy, sociable,
disciplined, all these helping to become a team or
group.
The resources used in Musical Education develop
thinking and imagination, stimulate attention and
develop auditory memory. Musical Education also
influences the physical development of the children.
Practicing rhythmic movements, they become more
expressive.

9. PROMOTING OUR FOLKLORE,
TRADITIONS AND POPULAR DANCES

10. TAKING PART IN DANCE
AND MUSIC CONTESTS

15. WINTER DANCE

16. KOE’S ACTIVITY-FIREWORKS

17. RIBBON DANCE

18. DRAWING LISTENING TO MUSIC

19. SINGING AND HAVING FUN

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
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