DYNAMICS (loud and soft sounds)

For 2 & 3-year-olds, learning
through opposites is a very effective way to present new concepts.  The
opposite concepts of loud & quiet can be effectively experienced through
playing instruments, singing, and listening.  Movement can be incorporated
into the experience as the children vary their motions, making them large and
small, or heavy and light to express loud and quiet with their bodies. 
It’s also important for children to begin to experience loud and quiet as an
aspect of musicality.  It’s natural for children to delight in playing
loudly, but it requires much more emotional and physical control for young
children to create music quietly.
On our blog – for ideas using loud and quiet
music, read 10 Secret Musical Tricks Every Parent
Should Know
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Kindermusik
@ Home:

  • Log in to your
    Kindermusik @ Home account, and go on a Color
    Search
  • Then, try some Sky
    Counting
    !  We counted stars, in class.  What else can we
    count, up in the sky? 
  • Get out your
    Kindermusik sandblocks, and explore ways to play them loud and
    quiet.  Turn on a favorite track from your home CD, and play the
    beat!  Does your child prefer loud or quiet sounds with the
    sandblocks?