Parenting Tip:  Play with Animal Sounds to Develop Your Child’s Voice

Why?
  • Exploring the full range of the voice (especially the light,
    upper range called ‘head voice’) helps prepare your child for singing.
  • Vocal play helps your child use her voice expressively,
    which can enhance communication skills.
  • Vocal play allows your child to experiment with sound,
    fostering improvisation and composition skills.
  • Playing with sounds helps your child recognize the timbre of
    his own voice, and promotes phonological awareness (the awareness of the sounds
    that make words).

How?
  • Listen to the animal sounds on your home CD, and imitate
    each one, with your child.
  • Read the e-book, ‘Animals
    on Parade    .’  How many sound effects
    can you create to go along with the story? 
    Animal sounds, instrument sounds, other sounds?
  • Play the speak-along/sing-along game with the video for ‘Where is
    Banjo?    ’
  • Sing any kind of animal song where animal “sounds” can be included, such as “When Frogs Get Up in the Morning,” or “Sweetly Sings the Donkey,” or “Bow, Wow, Wow”.

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