Manipulatives are tools learners can physically touch that give them a visual and kinesthetic sense of how a concept works.
They are often used in the Maths classroom, but here in music, they assist the Year 4 learners to consolidate the concepts taught over the previous weeks.
The purpose of manipulatives in Music:
Learners also engage in the music curriculum based on the Kodaly approach and rhythm syllables. These rhythm syllables verbalise the actual number of sounds on a beat.
Music Educator, Mrs Tiffany McCallum has been focusing on the semiquaver which has four even sounds on a beat and they named ‘tika-tika’.
