Singing Smoothes Classroom Transitions
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| Title: | Singing Smoothes Classroom Transitions |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mathews, Sarah E. |
| Source: | Dimensions of Early Childhood. 2012 40(1):13-18. |
| Availability: | Southern Early Childhood Association. P.O. Box 55930, Little Rock, AR 72215. Tel: 800-305-7322; Fax: 501-227-5297; e-mail: info@southernearlychildhood.org; Web site: http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/publications.php |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Classroom Techniques, Singing, Young Children, Class Activities, Group Activities, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers |
| ISSN: | 1068-6177 |
| Abstract: | Just as humming a merry tune helped Snow White and her furry animal friends to quickly clean a filthy cottage in the movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (Disney & Cottrell, 1937), singing can be an effective way to help keep young children fully engaged during classroom transitions. The purposes of this article are to: (1) consider why classroom transitions are often challenging for young children and teachers; (2) review findings that support the idea of singing as a catalyst for easing transitions in the early childhood classroom; (3) examine the benefits one teacher experienced when she incorporated singing into two of her classroom transitions; and (4) suggest ways early childhood teachers can appropriately use singing as a classroom management technique. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Number of References: | 11 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Access URL: | https://www.southernearlychildhood.org/publications.php |
| Accession Number: | EJ968644 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Just as humming a merry tune helped Snow White and her furry animal friends to quickly clean a filthy cottage in the movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (Disney & Cottrell, 1937), singing can be an effective way to help keep young children fully engaged during classroom transitions. The purposes of this article are to: (1) consider why classroom transitions are often challenging for young children and teachers; (2) review findings that support the idea of singing as a catalyst for easing transitions in the early childhood classroom; (3) examine the benefits one teacher experienced when she incorporated singing into two of her classroom transitions; and (4) suggest ways early childhood teachers can appropriately use singing as a classroom management technique. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) |
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| ISSN: | 1068-6177 |
