Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify the process of how children's activities at Shigoto develop into musical expression. The paper consists of the following: 1. Organize the previous research and clarify the analytic view of research and practices. 2. Give an overview of the research and practices of Shigoto. 3. Analyse the research and practices from the perspective of the following question: "What are the words and actions that serve as cues for leading to the next activity?" 4. Discuss the results of the analysis and draw a conclusion. The conclusions are as follows. 1. Repetition of the direct experience. 2. Emergence of musical awareness. 3. Further repetition of the direct experience. 4. Focusing attention on the musical element.
