Carl Orff’s fun based
educational approach to music and movement education is
called “Orff Schulwerk”, literally meaning: schooling in
music by being active and creative. In the Orff approach
children are able to sing, say, dance and play in a safe
and expressive environment, developing their skills of
listening, coordination, vocal expression and social
interaction.Orff Schulwerk develops the innate
musicality in each child. The strength of the approach
is that it is inclusive developmentally and culturally.
Children internalise beat, rhythm and melody through
speech patterns, singing and moving (kinesthetic
awareness). Through this foundation they are building
skills to organise and create musical sounds and to play
musical instruments.
