Weeks 3 & 4 Commencing 1st July 2013

Over these past two weeks I have gained great experiences through being involved in the following sessions:

 

Taster Day

The taster day was a great opportunity to display the different types of work that happens within YMCA Digital and the Young Creatives. It was a pleasure to see how willing the young people were to participate in the musical activities. What really impressed me on the taster day was that I did not have to ask any young person to play any instruments once I had explained and demonstrated what we were going to do they were all more than willing to try their hand at anything.

After School Sessions at Fernwood School

Being able to assist on one of these sessions has been a great experience for me as I now have a basic understanding of how the after school sessions are ran. I admired how the young people took such an active approach to participate in the activities even after a full day at school. This showed to me the importance of making sure that education is also fun so that the young people are more likely to participate in educational activities as they are engaged in what they are doing. What was also great about this session was that after the young people were eager to learn more and showed enthusiasm towards attending Music Mayhem and other sessions.

What I have took away from these past two weeks and the sessions that I have been a part of and which will probably be one of the most important points to remember is that every young person does not learn in the same way. For example I found that at the taster day not every young person was able to understand the rhythmic activity which they were going to take part in through an aural explanation alone as everyone has different learning styles. By showing them what they would be going to do in the activity as well as explaining it at the same time they were able to grasp what was required of them and perform the activity.

This is something I will take into consideration when I am working on sessions and also doing one on one instrument tuition with a young person as by using VARK, visual, aural, read/write and kinaesthetic this will allow me not only to demonstrate and teach in a fun way but also tailor sessions to an individual persons learning style.