Integration of the development of mathematical concepts and music education in preschool education by means of songs

Abstract

Starting from the fact that in early education the process of learning should be understood in its totality, as a system of activities in which the subject fields are interwoven and woven into every segment of a child's life together with other children and adults in preschool, the authors of the work point out the integration of the development of mathematical concepts and music education. Music education is viewed as a context which can contribute to the acquisition of mathematical concepts, and to that effect they mention the (touching points) parallels between the content of music education and the content of preschool mathematical education by means of using songs. In that context, they point out the importance and role songs have in the total development of children, in the development of their music abilities, and especially in the context of the development of mathematical concepts. Using concrete examples of songs, they point out their possible function in the development of beginner mathematical concepts, and in musical education in the framework of preschool education.