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 (proper mouth, lip, and tongue placement) and in understanding the meanings of words (acquiring vocabulary).
An activity that pairs opposite concepts (like high & low) allows toddlers to comprehend not only what something is, but also what it is not. This helps children to clearly understand and define what each word represents.
As we move our voices up high WHILE moving our bodies up high, and move our voices down low WHILE moving our bodies down low, we are training your child's musical ear for the upward & downward contours in musical melodies (and using multi-sensory activity to glue that information into her developing brain).
How?
Read the e-book 'Cookie Party' with your child. Enjoy the rhythmic chanting, in the book. What if you add the contrast of using a high-pitched voice for the odd pages, and a low-pitched voice for the even pages? What if you bounce baby up high when the oven timer 'beeps' that the cookies are ready? :)
Check out the sign language video, for this album, to familiarize yourself with some of the signed words we will use, for the next few weeks.
Cue up the track 'Rise, Sugar, Rise,' (from the 'Yum' CD). Dance around the room, with your child. How can you move 'up' for the words: 'Rise, Sugar Rise?'
Next time you cuddle up with your child, recite the 'A House for Me' poem together - bounce and sway the time away. For a jazzy house building rendition visit Play.Kindermusik and find Build Myself a House.
Want to Learn More?
On our blog: Read how to use your voice in response to Baby Babble in a way that will encourage language development!
Kindermusik 7-Year Continuum: Modeling high and low voice sounds gives baby experience in hearing these opposite musical concepts, and allows an opportunity for your child to imitate those sounds with his own voice.
This vocal imitation continues and thrives during Kindermusik toddler-aged classes, as children become more confident voice users.
In Kindermusik preschool classes, children move from general high and low vocal play into matching specific pitches, like sol & mi.
Kindermusik Young Child students learn to find high and low pitches on instruments, and on the musical staff.
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