Growing Baby’s Gross Motor Skills & Her Singing Voice

Playing on the seesaw, driving our
‘lawnmowers,’ standing tall as a tree – all of these activities help your child
exercise her large muscle groups.  Older babies & toddlers are
definitely in ‘movement mode!’  Crawling, pulling themselves up, walking,
running, climbing stairs, using push toys, kicking balls… developing their
gross-motor skills!  Gross-motor skills are the actions and movements of
the large muscles in the body (arms, legs, torso, etc).  Our dance and
movement activities, in class, support the development of those muscle groups,
and encourage coordination and balance – with each child moving at his own
pace. 
As we move, your child is also becoming familiar
with the interval between the notes ‘sol’ and ‘mi.’  These are the first two notes a child learns
– from ‘It’s our time..’ in our hello song, to ‘eggs away…’ to ‘rain, rain, go
away…’  Sol-Mi is everywhere!
On
our blog: Learn about 4 Benefits of Baby Music Classes
(including gross-motor development!).
Kindermusik@Home:

  • Log in to your Kindermusik @ Home account, and read our new e-book ‘In My Sandbox,’ together! 
  • As you listen to music this week at home, dance around the room,
    with your child.  Encourage her to reach up high (like a tree!), out
    wide (like a house), in thin (like a pin), and crouch small (like a mouse)
    as you dance, together. 
  • Help build your child’s gross-motor skills, with these Classic Back-yard Games – toddler style!