Music in the Child’s World

This publication describes an innovative pedagogical practice in the educational subject ‘Music’ on the topic ‘Spring and music’. The musical activities in it are aimed to improve children’s performance skills in five-year-old children in singing, playing with children’s musical instruments, motor reflection of music, as well as strengthening their ideas about the types of musical instruments in terms of appearance and way of sound extraction. Open pedagogical practice is part of the activities of the National Program ‘It’s good in kindergarten’. The use of modern digital educational tools such as an interactive board, an interactive fl oor, interactive tables, as well as web-based tools – contribute to the successful formation of children’s performance skills in singing, playing with children’s musical instruments and moving with music. Applying the approaches ‘learning by playing’, ‘learning by doing’ and ‘learning by experiencing’ enriched musical competence, emotional responsiveness and a positive evaluative attitude towards their own skills and the skills of others.