Studies have been made about music and the young child. These studies have proven that music helps with self-esteem and self-discipline, as well as math and other skills.
Listen to music with your child, everyday.
Musical Chairs
Years ago, as a small child, I played musical chairs.
It's a wonderful game! I loved playing it, but I always lost.
You place chairs back to back in a straight line. The number of chairs is one less chair then the number of children playing the game.
Start the music. The children walk around the chairs. When you stop the music all the children try to sit down.
The one left standing is the children taken out of the game, then one chair is taken out of the game.
When you start the music again, the rest of the children go around the chairs. Repeat until only one child is left.
Musical Art Work
You will need one sheet of plain white paper, a pencil, glue, and one circle cut from colored paper.
Draw a line across the middle of the sheet of plain white paper. Label the top of the paper 'high' and the bottom of the paper 'low'.
Have your child glue the circle (whole note) below the line somewhere on the lower half of the paper.
Talk about low sounds and what makes low sounds.
Musical Movement
Listen to marches. March around the room to the beat of the different marches.
Miss Cathy wrote this song for you to march to.
Sing Along With Sara
"I'm A Little Teapot"
Sing Along With Meghan
"Old MacDonald"
Sing Along With George
"Old MacDonald"