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¶ … movement activity a -year, a -year-, a -year- child explain activity developmentally correct age. Describe music develops infancy toddler periods. What occurs preschool period? How change primary grades? What songs personalized sing young children? How ? An interesting movement activity for a two-year-old is the one named Color Dash. In this game, several large articles of different color are to be placed in plain sight around the room.

The caretaker helps the toddler to identify all the colors, then gives the signal for one of them and has the child racing towards it. This course of action is repeated for all colors, then the child is told to change the order of colors by moving the objects, and the game is repeated. A two-year-old shows increasing skill in both gross and fine movements, and as such is capable of lifting, carrying, climbing, jumping and running.

Also, they present a lively form of communication, expressing themselves through "words, gestures and mime -- either separately or in combination. Developments in language are immediately reflected in children's play" (Sheridan, 1999). By the age of 5, there is significant progress in agility and strength with special emphasis on skipping. Around this age children begin to participate in team games, role play and games governed by strict rules.

A good form of exercise is Gather the Potatoes, where children divided in two teams line up at a start line, facing two clusters of objects or balls of identical size and number. At the given signal, first child from each team must run, pick an object from their team's cluster, and bring it to the back of their line, thereby tagging a teammate to take the turn. First team to gather all potatoes wins.

At the age of seven, distinctions start to appear between the spontaneous play of boys and girls. Coordination, balance are much improved, and the child also becomes increasingly independent. Also, a seven-year-old makes a fair distinction between reality and fantasy. At this stage, the child may show a particular aptitude or preference for sporting, and as a movement activity, the practice of a favored team sport is more than welcome.

It is generally acknowledged that music in early childhood has a positive effect on brain synapses, spatial-temporal reasoning, critical thinking, achievement in math and in reading, and the consolidation of social-emotional objectives. "Learning to use language and learning to sing are two important and intertwined strands of activity which emerge from vocal play" (Young 2003). The first five years of life are critical for musical growth. As toddlers, children absorb the world through music, with both emotional and cognitive effects.

The milestone of two years is about exploration, and this is when the child combines the physical with the mental, by reacting to music with his whole body. At three years old, the child can sing songs, at four is able to translate a musical note into sound through his voice. At age five, children are capable of learning to play an instrument, and learning musical structure can be converted to structure in all other aspects of their lives. From the age of seven onwards,.