Abstract:

Separate subjects are studied in a differentiated way under the modern educational system. Standardized teaching in the classroom does not allow a high degree of development of creative potential. Innovation in education expands opportunities, increases results, and creates conditions for a more attractive and appropriate learning environment for both students and teachers. The availability of innovative approaches is in line with the strategic documents for development of education in the European Union in general and in the Republic of Bulgaria in particular. The application of information and communication technologies in the educational process is becoming more and more topical.

Early childhood educators are facing a special challenge when teaching and communicating with children. Therefore, in this situation, it is particularly important to apply appropriate, accessible, and specialized digital resources that meet these specific educational needs.

This article describes an educational product designed for the purposes of educational content in kindergarten and primary school. The product is designed to enrich the creative repertoire and pedagogical approaches offered to educators engaged in synchronous teaching in a face – to – face environment and online. The idea of the authors is to create a music product whose different aspects can make it usable in various educational fields. It is based on the concept of art education through the realization of integrative connections between music and other arts.

The idea of the project is related to a multi-layered perception of a children's fairy tale, developed, and presented in different ways. The form of presentation includes interactive audio-visual content and an original “sound” library containing sound effects, natural sounds, acoustic instruments, examples of various musical works, versions of melodic improvisations, etc.

From a technical point of view, the planned animation will be created by employing mixed techniques. Depending on the complexity of the plot, pure 2D animation or a combination of 2D and 3D image elements will be used.
Stylistically, the objects and characters will be consistent with the perceptual characteristics of children.

The methodological analysis includes the following musical and creative tasks:
I. Selection of appropriate musical examples. This is done by the children, participants in the project, and involves activation of their perception of different genres and stylistic features, including examples of contemporary musical intonations and folklore motifs.
II. Detailed work:
1. Performing a “sound” picture with acoustic instruments – musical instruments for children, by stimulating independent selection of instruments by the children.
2. Listening and selecting appropriate sounds (given in advance as a set and being similar and contrasting to the text content) – concrete and abstract ones.
3. Tasks for stimulating song creativity through pre – recorded melodies as a basis for melodic improvisation.
III. Tasks for perceiving the complete emotional picture of the artistic content, i.e. character and mood of the text, visual content, and experiencing the musical intensity in its completeness.

Keywords:

Digital educational content, interactive audio-visual content, teaching and communicating with children, multi-layered perception.