Have you ever noticed how children, even infants, are automatically drawn to music? They instantly respond with energetic movement, dance, and even join in song! Why is this? The answer: music is activating both the left and right hemispheres of your child’s brain. Research indicates that we are not only left or right brain thinkers, but both sides of our brains need to be engaged at the same time to create the best outcomes. Music not only holds words, a left-brain concept, but also rhythm and melody which are right-brain concepts. MUSIC is a SUPER FOOD!! When your child responds to music, she is busy thinking, moving, playing, and LEARNING through this joy-filled musical experiences!
Join Jo Kirk, President of WeJoySing, as she shares music’s 3 “Super Food” benefits below. Learn how to incorporate these wonderful benefits into your everyday activities at home.
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MUSIC is a “Super Food” in your child’s development!
1. Listening Skills
Music is a listening art!! Music holds the wonderful element of PLAY that causes the child to thirst to listen because he wants to play the games, sing the song, and be a part of the fun. He must listen to sing, move, play, and relate to others.
At Home! Add Music to everything you do at home. Build your music repertoire by participating in an online Parent/Child music class. Check out high-quality children’s literature based on songs. SING the book instead of reading it. Sing songs you remember from your childhood. Make-up songs! Sing about putting toys away, making dinner, going to bed, counting stairs. Put on some good music and dance or play rhythm instruments with your child.
2. Language, Reading & Math Skills
Learning how to speak, read, and write are not simple tasks!! MUSIC can be the “Super Food” that nurtures these skills for your child.
At Home! Sing the Alphabet Song and songs that teach letter sounds. Do fingerplays with your child because the finger motions correspond with the words being spoken! Play rhythm instruments. Begin by tapping the steady beat then progress to playing the “the way the words go.” Sing folk songs and nursery rhymes because the words follow the rhythmic patterns of our spoken language. Teach your little one tongue twisters and enjoy the laughter!
3. Social Skills
Want to help your children become more sociable and friendlier? Give them Music! Research conducted by the University of Miami found that children in preschool settings become friendlier and more sociable when musical activities are a part of their daily routine, as opposed to schools where it is not.
At Home! Instead of “telling” your child to “put your books away,” SING “Books away, books away. Time to put your books away!” Research indicates, children listen better when we sing instead of talk. The joy of music and singing can turn the day around, from stress to calm and giggles. Enroll in WeJoySing’s online Parent/Child Music Class where your child will be surrounded by other children via Zoom. You’ll find that “something special happens between people who share music together!” Life-long bonds are formed between the children and also the parents. Empathy and social interaction are modeled and learned in this play-filled musical environment.
May your parenting be filled with joy and music as you share, explore and integrated MUSIC into your child’s daily diet
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