You are welcome to read about our system of musical play developed by Robert Markowitz.

This is Part One - Beat

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Introduction
Part Two - Tension & Release
Part Three - Dalcroze         Part Four - Story           Part Five - Grounding

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12 facet music program

Part One-Beat

A teacher named Chris Patella first taught me how

to teach a music class to pre-school age children. One of

the first things she told me was to keep a steady beat so

that the children would recognize the beat, and be able to

clap, pat, shake, walk, march, dance, run, jump, to the

beat.

Beat is primal. Rare is the child who doesn’t

respond to it. Maybe the appeal derives from hearing

Mother’s steady heartbeat in the womb. The heart is not

the only bodily function that has a beat. The breath has

one. Walking has one. Even talking. Research indicates

that synchronizing movement to a beat improves attention,

concentration, motor skills, planning and executing

actions, as well as controlling aggression, and improving

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