Introduction

This volume presents some didactic activities that can be carried out in “reflexive” environments using the MIROR platform, a technological device for musical and motor creativity in children, implemented in the context of the European project MIROR (Musical Interaction Relying On Reflexion). These activities were devised by researchers who took part in the project and who contributed to the implementation of the platform itself, in collaboration with the partner technicians of the project, through experimental studies with children. The activities presented have been conceived for different contexts (creche, kindergarten, primary school, music schools, dance schools, teacher training, inside the family) and are therefore aimed at children of different age, mainly from 2 to 10 years, and at adults (for example teachers). This book is complementary to another volume now being prepared for publication (Bononia University Press, 2016) that will deal with the theoretical and experimental aspects of the MIROR project. The two volumes thus intend to offer potential users of the platform the main results of the MIROR project: suggestions for creative activities with the applications of the MIROR platform in this first volume and the theoretical paradigms and experimental studies in the second volume. The two volumes will be printed in a first version in Italian, and will then be partially translated for a publication in English.