-Motions help children remember words to songs.

-Motions enable children to learn more complex songs.

-Motions help make sense of the message of the songs   

through association.

-Motions help memory development.

-Motions give children the ability and opportunity to 

“vent”, through positive and organized physical activity. 

They learn right ways to use their arms and legs.

-Motions increase children’s attention span.

Children doing motions are able to participate

in longer music sessions.

-Motions involve those children who may not have

a keen interest in music.

    ---Some children don’t like to sing.

    ---Some children have had no encouragement to sing.

    ---Some children have been told they can’t sing.

    ---Some children need time to open up.

-Motions are less threatening than the act of singing.

-Motions encourage children to develop their non-verbal  

communication skills.

-The Bible instructs us to praise God with our

WHOLE BEING - singing, clapping,

playing instruments, dancing, and so on...