Musical Parenting Tip:  Discover your child’s favorite animals with singing and movement!


Why?
  • Through listening to, and imitating animal sounds, children
    explore what their voices can do.
  • Engaging in discussions & conversations with your child
    about their activities, opinions (on various animals), and play (moving, singing, creating), reinforces your child’s developing
    language skills.
  • Exploring animal sounds, allows your child to notice
    dynamics (louds and quiets).

How?
  • Invite discussion about an animal using this as an opportunity to practice conversation skills – turn taking, listening, talking in complete sentences, asking and answer questions, etc.
  • When you talk with your child, allow some time for them to
    form their thoughts and share them with you – and model using full sentences.
  • To warm up your child’s ears, play the ‘Hey,
    Who Said That?    ’ game!
  • Invite children to create their own verse of a favorite song using ideas and thoughts about an animal. They will brainstorm, discuss, create, and execute a plan – lots of language AND critical thinking here.
  • Found your child’s favorite animal?  Make some dancing
    animal puppets    , to celebrate!  Be
    sure to sing your new puppets their own special verse for the ‘Morning Song.’  Would that animal make loud, or quiet sounds?

Want to Learn More?
On our blog:  read how
Music
Paves the Way to Literacy.
Also, read more about musical dynamics.