This post is designed to be practice for parents who want to teach their child music, engage with their baby, or who want to learn more songs that babies love. Welcome Today Little Starshine! This is a love song to your baby. It is a great tune to start your music time with. Keep a …
Babies love music. I remember the many hours I spent holding my little ones. When they were happy and we had a quiet moment, I wanted a way to interact with them. Singing came naturally to me, since I grew up in a musical home. I would sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “ABCs” but …
A Toddler is… A toddler is a child who is mobile and beginning to talk. Toddlerhood is the developmental stage between being a baby and a preschooler. Parenting a toddler is very different than parenting a baby because: A toddler is mobile! A toddler can crawl, then walk, and soon run! A toddler starts to …
Babies are so lovable when they get a healthy amount of sleep. Sing traditional and new lullabies to your baby to calm them down for sleep. Feel like a better parent and love your baby more by singing to your baby before bedtime and at other quiet moments. Who My children loved it when I …
We learned this song in Baby Music and Me this morning. I want to share it with you. Little Jesus Here is a Christmas musical activity to do with a young child (age 0-6) while singing “Little Jesus.” This sweet Christmas lullaby was written by Marilyn Curtis White (words) and Mark Newell (music). #parenthood #kidmusic …
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Once you learn to REALLY interact and listen to your toddler you can have meaningful exchanges all day long. You and your toddler will be happier and will feel closer to one another. I have cared for children all my life and have found music to be the best way to engage with them. Children …
Babies learn through interaction with adults, other children, and their environmental space. Music is a wonderful way: to teach your child many important lessons and to improve your relationship with your baby. In these fun and easy musical experiences, all on the train theme, you will increase your child’s awareness of what is human, countering …
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Kay was a darling baby. I had many advantages going into being a mom since I was the oldest child in a large family growing up, but newborn care as a mother is different than being a big sister. I remember waking up the second day of being home with a newborn and so relieved …
Who is This? This is the very musical Clark, who I was pregnant with when I went through Kindermusik training. He is evidence, for me, that children in utero are alive, hear our world, and benefit from music exposure even before they are born. When he was a baby, he would listen to me sing …