Help Baby Learn to Move, So He Can Move to Learn!
Musical Parenting Tip for Babies: Move Baby to the music, so she can move to learn! Why? Movement and sensory awareness are the primary ways young children learn about …
Read MoreEngage your baby in some serious “coo”
Musical Parenting Tip: Speak, sing, and make voice sounds with your young baby! Why? Exchanges of cooings, babblings, smiles, gestures, eye contacts, and tonal babbling are all part of vocal …
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Kindermusik helps your preschooler distinguish between sounds, instruments, and language.
Musical Parenting Tip: Notice & classify sounds 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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Repetition Strengthens the Brain AND MORE!
Musical Parenting Tip: Keep those Kindermusik Classes going! Why? Studies show that students who participate in the arts perform better on tests The arts help them develop observation, patterning, differentiation, …
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Developing “little singers” from 12-24 months!
Musical Parenting Tip: Sing Sol-Mi Songs with Your Child (like the ones on your Kindermusik CD and that we are learning to sing in class) What is a Sol-Mi song? It’s …
Read MoreKeys to Singing for Preschoolers!
Musical Parenting Tip – Sing ‘Sol-Mi’ songs with your preschool child Why? ‘Young children often cannot distinguish between their speaking and singing voices, and thus sing in a kind of …
Read MoreVariety of Music is KEY to developing the Brain!
Musical Parenting tip: Listen to different types of music with your Toddler Why? “Different forms and styles are used for specific effects based on the way the rhythm, tempo, melody, and …
Read MoreSyncopation and Toddlers DO go together!
Musical Parenting Tip: Play with syncopation Why? “The brain is a pattern-recognition machine. We like repetition and symmetry because they engage our pattern-recognizers. But we only like patterns up to …
Read MoreKindermusik helps babies develop language skills!
Musical Parenting Tip for Babies: Explore and label sounds Why? Just as we recognize the importance of developing a large spoken vocabulary, it is important for us to recognize the importance …
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Let Them Eat Cake! Outside the studio….
Let Them Eat Cake! Outside the studio…. By Kathy Morrison, Studio Director I love really good food. On a day when I’m teaching, I’m especially hungry –all day long. Our …
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