Porter Academy

Music Therapy

Jody Kershner

Students participate in Music Therapy each week.  During this time, students develop skills such as

• Listening and following directions

• Listening, repeating, or singing along

• Moving rhythmically to the beat of music, clapping rhythms

• Understanding music theory and vocabulary

• Appreciating different types of music and music from different cultures

• Separating finger movements during keyboarding

• Listening for pitch and loudness

• Identifying instruments by sight and/or sound

• Expressing oneself through music and movement

Based on Dr. Suess' book "My Many Colored Days", students express their own feelings through color and movement	Students learn about various instruments and are given opportunities to play many of them.  Students are also taught to read and write music.	Students learn to associate different types of movement with different types of music.

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