Music And Movement Instructional DVD For Montessori Teachers
An instructional DVD by Sanford and Judy Jones showing teachers how to structure movement exercises, music appreciation, singing lessons, the Montessori bell lessons and sensorial work through notation. Music is the area guides most often feel unqualified in, and watching someone actually run a bell lesson answers questions a written description cannot. Aimed at the adult as professional development rather than at children. A DVD, not a classroom material.
“The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.”
The Music and Movement Instructional DVD addresses the essential need for integrated sensorial experiences in early childhood development.
- Auditory discrimination through systematic bell presentations
- Gross motor coordination through rhythmic movement sequences
- Musical pattern recognition and memory development
- Body awareness and spatial orientation through movement games
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This DVD demonstrates how rhythm exercises engage children's natural tendency toward repetition and order, while movement games satisfy their inner drive for purposeful physical activity. The instructional content reveals how Montessori bells serve as precise instruments for auditory discrimination, allowing children to refine their musical ear through concrete manipulation. By providing teachers with proper presentation techniques, this DVD ensures that music activities maintain the characteristics of isolation of difficulty and control of error that define Montessori materials. The comprehensive guidance on this DVD recognizes that movement and music work together to develop both gross motor coordination and auditory refinement simultaneously, meeting the child's sensitive period for sensorial exploration through whole-body engagement.
How to present it
Follow the Montessori method of presentation for optimal child development.
Review DVD sections relevant to your current classroom needs. Prepare necessary materials shown in demonstrations (bells, rhythm instruments, movement space). Practice presentations alone before introducing to children.
- 1
Watch bell presentation segment, noting precise hand movements and timing
Pause frequently to practice the exact motions shown - 2
Study rhythm exercise demonstrations, observing how complexity gradually increases
Create a progression chart based on DVD sequences - 3
Review movement game instructions, paying attention to space requirements
Map out floor patterns in your classroom before implementation - 4
Practice verbal cues and musical timing as shown in group activity segments
Record yourself to compare with DVD presenter's pacing
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