Parenting Tip:  Use Music to Help Your Child Feel Like Part of a Group
Why?
  • During social dances, like we do in Kindermusik, babies
    acquire skills like making eye contact & using appropriate greetings.
  • By watching those around them interact, babies learn to function
    as social beings, and to respond to all types of interactions.
  • Babies become more social as they begin to identify their
    own selves as being separate from others.
  • When children feel like part of a group, they are more likely to engage in learning.

How?
  • Have a family reading of ‘Watch Me,’ with all family members
    getting in on the fun of moving and sounding like the animals in the book.  
  • Invite some friends (maybe from your Kindermusik class?)
    over for a baby dance party!  Watch
    the ‘Look
    What I Can Do    ’ video for some ideas.
  • Create a ritual of family singing at dinner or bedtime. Gather together, sing, use eye-contact, touch, and playfulness to make it special and to create those deep, emotional bonds.

Want to Learn More?
On our blog:  find out
why Scientists
Call Music “The Social Glue that Bonds People”

Also, read how music can help your child to Be
a Good Friend.