Musical Discovery Builds Language Skills!

Musical Parenting Tip:  Discover your child's favorite animals with singing and movement!

Why?

• Through listening to, and imitating animal sounds, children explore what their voices can do.
• Engaging in discussions & conversations with your child about their activities, opinions (on various animals), and play (moving, singing, creating), reinforces your child’s developing language skills.
• Exploring animal sounds, allows your child to notice dynamics (louds and quiets).

How?

• Invite discussion about an animal using this as an opportunity to practice conversation skills - turn taking, listening, talking in complete sentences, asking and answer questions, etc.
• When you talk with your child, allow some time for them to form their thoughts and share them with you – and model using full sentences.
• To warm up your child’s ears, play the ‘Hey, Who Said That?’ game!
• Invite children to create their own verse of a favorite song using ideas and thoughts about an animal. They will brainstorm, discuss, create, and execute a plan - lots of language AND critical thinking here.
• Found your child’s favorite animal?  Make some dancing animal puppets, to celebrate!  Be sure to sing your new puppets their own special verse for the ‘Morning Song.’  Would that animal make loud, or quiet sounds?

Want to Learn More?

On our blog:  read how Music Paves the Way to Literacy.

Also, read more about musical dynamics.