Parenting Tip: Stomp, tiptoe, and float to music with baby!
Why?
Weight is just one of many elements in movement. (Others include: space (personal or general); direction (forward, backward, sideways); level (high, middle, low); and pathway (straight, curvy, zig-zag, circular).
Working with contrasts in weight (Light and Heavy) teaches children to control and understand the impact of their movement (if I hit the drum with more force, the sound is louder).
As baby switches from heavy to light motions, he also begins to notice differences in the music he is hearing (stomping for strings, and tiptoeing for flutes, helps to highlight that those timbres/sounds are different).
How?
Then, find ways to (safely) practice tossing & catching, inside the house!
What about a family movement game, using the High & Low Dance (from Kindermusik's Way Up High CD)?
Can you teach the family how to stomp to the strings, and tiptoe to the flutes? Can you find other 'heavy' movements to use for the strings? Or other 'light' movements to use for the flutes?
Want to Learn More?
On our blog - Find 5 Ways to Celebrate Spring, with Music & Movement!
Kindermusik 7-Year Continuum:
As a baby, your child counts on you to move her body in a variety of ways – so that she knows what is possible. In Kindermusik toddler classes, your child will use his vocabulary of movement experiences to move his own body to the music – movement is how toddlers learn best! As a preschooler, your child will begin to use movement to express stories and music, using her own imagination. In Young Child classes, your big kid makes use of the coordination & muscle control he's been developing over the years, as he holds glockenspiel mallets, and plays notes on his glockenspiel using just the right amount of force. Small, quiet movements now become a lighter touch with the mallets, as big, loud movements become a heavier touch, producing more instrumental sound.
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