Introduction To Piano For Children With Down Syndrome

Towards integration piano at the Conservatory Professional Music.

[pic]Training activities, recreational and sports focused on children with Down syndrome
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Sports and recreational activities are generally focused at improving coordination, socialization and enjoyment of children. The most frequent activities are sports, like swimming,football, horse riding, ballet, aerobics, dancing ... There are other fun activities where children learn to live with others, to understand and respect others in camps, excursions, cultural visits.


Itcan be seen that in general the activities are focused on cognitive development and enjoyment of the child, but do not help to train for the future. As with some project that have been launched inrecent years about art and painting, where kids perform, display and sell their paintings, thereby gaining an economic and personal gratification. In contrast to art, music of time these children havenot been able to demonstrate the potential that can be achieved in this area, because they have not created such projects, where they are readily accessible through small changes where they can meet thecontent needed to be involved musically as they have achieved in other areas.



Conclusions
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- Do not require different piano methods of the present but a few small adjustments to them.- It has been reported that children in a short period of time have reached the minimum content in terms of musical language and the piano, through a symbolic methodology for them.
- It has beenperceived a slight improvement in manipulative skills of students to make better gross and fine motor skills.
- The parents have been observed as well as attentional capacity reteción and cognition ofchildren has improved.
- There has been no unanimity as to the fact of a possible integration of children with Down Syndrome in the conservatories and students with an occasional regular curriculum...