Preschoolers and the Colors of Music!
Parenting Tip: Play a ‘sound identification game,’ with your preschooler Why? Listening to different timbres, while playing various musical instruments, allows children to learn to attend to relevant sounds, …
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Use Music to Help Baby Learn to Move!
Musical Parenting Tip: Move baby and label his movements Why? Spatial awareness is the knowledge of where you are in relationship to other people and objects in your environment. …
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Rhythms & Toddlers – We’ve Got the Beat!
Musical Parenting Tip: Bounce to the beat, and pat the rhythm with your toddler! Why? A study by movement expert, Phyllis Weikert, showed that being “able to keep a …
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Movement is BIG for your preschooler!
Musical Parenting Tip: Create a ‘Big Movements’ dance, with your preschooler Why? As a preschooler, the fruits of your playful labor in our babies’ music classes and toddlers’ music …
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Steady Beat Fun for Preschoolers
Musical Parenting Tip: Clap, Pat, Stomp & Play to the Beat with your Preschooler! Why? Thanks to the steady beat of our hearts, we are created to respond to …
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Musical Variety Benefits for Little Singers
Musical Parenting Tip: Listen to a variety of music with your toddler Why? Introducing children to a wide variety of musical genres gives them a greater understanding of what is …
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High and Low Voice Sounds for Musical Explorers
Musical Parenting Tip: Use contrasting high voice and low voice sounds with baby! Why? As an older baby, your child is actively involved in the mechanics of producing words …
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Ensemble Development and Steady Beat for Preschoolers
Enjoy music at home with your preschooler using items around the house. You’ll feel like a rockstar for making something fun out of something ordinary and your child will love …
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Music and Movement Helps the Kinesthetic Toddler
Musical Parenting Tip: Move to the music to help your child’s brain! Why? Learning is optimal when child, parent, and teacher each take an active role in the process. When …
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Young Voices Love Making Animal Sounds
Musical Parenting Tip: Make Animal Sounds with Your Child Why? Speech is a complex motor task. One of the most important steps in speech development is the ability to copy …
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