MUSIC AND EMOTIONS – POINT OF INTERSECTION DURING PRESCHOOL YEARS

Abstract

This article focuses on the potential of music to activate and develop emotional and social skills of preschoolers. Schemes for consistency in the implementation of tasks, aimed at development of the ability to recognize and express own emotions and emotions of others, to facilitate empathy and smooth communication with others are presented. The tasks can be included naturally in the pedagogical situation in music, without affecting its integrity, content and logical sequence, but they can also be realized in other regime moments in the kindergarten setting. The possible integration and ideas for consistency in the work in the field of education Bulgarian language and literature and music are also outlined.