Louis Armstrong is
credited with creating ‘scat singing‘ (where the voice emulates an
instrument by singing nonsense syllables instead of words).  The story
goes that Armstrong showed up to a gig having forgotten his horn.  His
solution?  Sing all of the parts, instead!  When we focus on specific
sounds, or phonemes, in Kindermusik (like when we sang ‘moo moo moo’
together, during our Hello song), we are making scat-like sounds,
too!  Not only that, but we are fostering your child’s singing voice, and
his reading development.  Nonsense words can help your child focus on a
specific sound (like the ‘ee’  sound in ‘eensy weensy’)  Your child
gets many opportunities to hear & practice that sound, as we sing the song
& do the motions together.  Over time, your child’ ears will begin to
recognize and remember this sound so that she can also pick it out of other
words and use it more fluently.  This awareness of tiny sounds, which are
the word-building blocks called phonemes, is a crucial pre-reading skill. 

On our blog: sing with the scat cat, and Scooby-Dooby-Doo-Wap, together!

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