Musical Parenting Tip: Play with the Rhythm of  Music to develop Language Skills for now and Musical Skills for later.
 
Why?
  • The rhythm of nonsense words, like ‘skinnamarink,’ gives your child practice in hearing and saying basic building blocks of words.
  • Each time we play with rhythms (in class or at home), we are planting rhythmic patterns in the brain. When your child is older, we will match these patterns to symbols and teach your child to read the language of rhythm.  We LOVE teaching children to read music in our Kindermusik “orchestra” class called Young Child.
How?
  • Read & sing along to our e-book, Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, while helping your child label her body parts. There’s rhythm to this song that is repetitive. While playing with the song, they will also be getting to know their own physical bodies. Learning to find, label, and point out our own arms, eyes, knees, and elbows begins to build the understanding that our bodies belong to us, and are capable of marvelous things!
  • Play a ‘name game!’  Using the names of your family members (starting with your child), say a name, and clap the rhythm of the syllables, at the same time.  Make each name into a repeated chant, first with a single name, then make all the family names into a chanted list!
  • Play the same type of game, using your & your child’s answers to My Favorite Things!
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