Communication
“It’s the Key”
Communication is the key,
It connects you and me.
Speak clearly, listen carefully
With Phone, Face or Body.
© MLP 2009
Making Connections
Mirror Game: explore facial expressions as means of
communication
• Each child looks in a mirror and imagines a feeling
(happiness, sadness, anger) and watches his or her facial
expression change.
• Ask the children to say a sentence expressing
a certain feeling and at the same timeto observe
their facial expression.
• Can the children create a new feeling
by changing their facial expression?
Body Language Walk:
have a child walk around the room while
imagining a feeling (happiness, sadness, anger).
Ask the other children to identify the feeling
and ask them about their reasoning
(posture, speed, head position, style of walking).
Sign Language: teach the children that deaf or
hard-of-hearing individuals can communicate by signing.
Choose an important word from the song,
find the sign on websites such as www.storiesandsigns.com,
and teach the children the corresponding sign.
Recommendation:
Jack Hartmann’s “One Small Voice”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GBi79RbbCM)
Watch the video first without sound and see if the children
can guess what the gestures mean.
Then play the video with sound.
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Music Connections
“Communication is the Key”
shows us we can share our
feelings or information with others by clearly speaking, carefully listening, using
our facial expressions and
body language, or
(21st-century style) communicating with a device.
My First Personal Goal Songs (Kids 4–6)
© MLP 2021
Soundtracks at:
iTunes
Apple Music
Spotify
Amazon Music
You Tube Music
Pandora
Deezer
Napster
Tidal
