Why?
Music leads children to experience patterns through movement, listening, and playing instruments. Rhythm patterns are combinations of long and short sounds and silences. For example, in a Kindermusik class, educators may lead the class to "step, step, step, stop" or "ta, ta, ta, rest" with rhythm sticks. This helps children learn rhythm patterns (quarter note, quarter note, quarter note, rest), a basic musical concept.
Whole body involvement with patterning (like stepping along to slow & fast raindrop sounds) lays an early foundation for math.
How?
Make some Weather Sounds! Is there just a little rain, or a lot? Do the raindrops create a 'drip, drop,' 'pitter-patter,' or 'splash!' rhythm? How loudly can you stomp your feet to sound like thunder? What else can sound like thunder?
Read the Rain Song e-book, together. Have fun speaking the onomatopoeia words, together. Do you notice the rhythm patterns inherent in those words? Can you play those patterns with an instrument? How about two wooden spoons tapping together?
Want to Learn More?
On our blog - Learn more about how music can benefit your child's future math skills!
Kindermusik 7-Year Continuum: In Kindermusik baby classes, adults move babies to long & short sounds, and help baby feel rhythm through that movement. As toddlers, children watch and imitate as their adult models how to move or play an instrument to different rhythms. For preschool Kindermusik kids, children use their imagination to guide their rhythmic experiences – like noticing the difference between slow steady raindrops (drip-drop = quarter note rhythm) and quicker raindrops (pitter-patter = eighth note rhythm). In Young Child classes, big kids learn what those rhythms look like, as they learn to read quarter notes and eighth notes.
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