Mateja Tomac Caligaris handles the music lessons where we meet each week and spend forty minutes together. She teaches them auditory perception so they learn to recognize different dimensions of sound, color, duration, volume. She also puts great emphasis on tone height, as this is very important later as the children grow. Through this exercise, children can decipher what is high and what is low. Our second area is rhythmic education, which is performed in conjunction with whole body motility. The child is accustomed to expressing himself physically in relation to the music he hears. We also do a lot of work to develop hand movements because which will come most handy for those who will play an instrument some day. The centerpiece of each lesson is singing, making sure that the songs are artistically and didactically appropriate to the age of the children. They must have appropriate text, age-appropriate range, and songs should be beautiful and have artistic content.
