La música como estrategia didáctica para el desarrollo de la expresión corporal en Educación Inicial

Abstract

In this work we investigate about music and corporal expression, which constitute an important issue in Early Childhood Education, because corporal expression is essential for the integral development of children. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze, by applying a bibliographic methodology, the importance of music as a didactic strategy for the development of corporal expression in Early Childhood Education. In this monograph we use a qualitative approach, and we conducted a descriptive documentary research to determine the relationship between music as a didactic strategy, and the development of corporal expression from the bibliographic analysis. In addition, the field work was carried out to complement the theoretical support, through the application of semi-structured interviews to teachers in the city of Cuenca, who work at the Early Childhood Education level. The conclusions indicate that music, from its different genres, is one of the main strategies in Early Childhood Education to develop corporal expression and, at the same time, it contributes in an integral way to the development of the different areas. For this reason, it is necessary to emphasize that teachers should know the benefits and the way to stimulate corporal expression through music. Highlighting, emphasized that through musical playful teaching, skills are developed in the infant