Help me give my students an opportunity to explore learning through music and movement.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $402
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students are preschool age, 4 and 5 years old. Despite the many challenges they may face before coming to school, they are eager to explore and learn. The students are at-risk young children from various demographic factors, cultures, home environments, and low socioeconomic status. They are limited to educational experiences outside their homes. With creative and meaningful activities, the students can show pride in their efforts. Head Start promotes school readiness for children in low-income families by offering educational, nutritional, health, social, and other services.
My Project
This speaker will be used as an extension of the classroom for performing arts, gross motor games, and learning opportunities to maximum listening. Students who sing, dance, play, or act tend to have enhanced cognitive, motor, and social development. Getting up on stage and hearing the applause at the end of the performance will enrich the students thinking and doing. They will learn how to cope with performance jitters that will lay the foundation for public speaking in the future.
Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy.
It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.
Research shows that exposure to music can also improve children's ability to learn. Music and movement instruction has been shown to improve children's memory, cognitive development, learning skills, and expressive ability.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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