Radio plays for children are expressed through verbal, sound,and musical building blocks as a coherent auditory-artistic whole. This contribution discusses the possibilities of didactic use of the verbal building block (libretto) for planning musical activities in kindergarten. The pilot study was carried out as part of the research-artistic project Radio Plays for Babies – the role of aesthetic experience in the formation of healthy social relationships, in collaboration with four members of the University of Ljubljana: the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television; the Academy of Music; the Faculty of Education; and the Faculty of Theology and with participating partners: the Amarilis Music School, the Public Institute RTV Slovenia – Radio Slovenia, and the Family Study and Research Centre.The goal was to investigate the possibilities of using the libretto of a newly created radio play for the age group between one and three years.The libretto was the starting point for planning and implementing musical activities into a comprehensive music-aesthetic experience. We were interested in how the radio play’s text can be creatively used and connected to musical activities into an authentic engagement. The research questions referred to how the verbal part used in individual musical activities supports aesthetic sensations, and what is the level of interaction and participation in these activities. Two age groups of children participated in the study,1-2 years old (11), and 2-3 years old (14). The workshops were conducted by external mentors in cooperation with the children’s preschool teachers.They were video-documented, and trained observers were present during the process. In this paper, we will present the study’s preliminary results obtained by triangulation of data sources – video analysis and the anecdotal records of observers with and without participation.
The radio play’s text for children as a starting point for creating musical activities in the earliest childhood
Katarina Zadnik, Petra Brdnik Juhart and Katarina Kompan Erzar
