Lie on your back, bring your knees toward your chest, and place your baby tummy-down on your lower legs. Raise your lower legs up and down, letting your
baby take an “elevator ride.”  Be careful not to arch your back while doing this movement.  During the ride, let your voice rise as you chant “up, up, up” and let your voice go lower as you chant “down, down, down.”  Your baby will begin to learn the concepts of up and down through this multi-sensory activity.
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Moving with a prop provides an excellent opportunity for multi-sensory learning. Gliding a hoop through the room to music, for example, engages the senses of touch, hearing, and sight.  Moreover, children can visualize the rhythm and melody and physically apply what they are hearing when they move their props.  Props are a fun way to experience music and movement concepts!
 
Resources for parents: Make your own props by recycling simple things around the house.  An oatmeal container can become a drum.  A paper towel tube can become a conductor’s baton or a fairy princesses’ scepter.  Empty boxes can become a jack-in-the-box toy to hide in and jump out of.  A shoe box can become a stringed instrument by cutting a whole in the top and stretching some rubber bands across it.  Sturdy paper plates can be filled with dried pasta and securely fastened together to make a tambourine shaker.  What
excites your child’s imagination and gets them moving around?

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Vocal Play 01/07/2012
 
Vocal play allows children to practice the precise coordination of lips, tongue, and breathing necessary to speak words.
 Ideas for parents: Vocal Play can happen any time, but can be especially fun in the car or during bath time.  An easy way to facilitate vocal play is to sing a snippet of a song or chant a short rhythm pattern or poem and invite your child to echo you back.  Or you can sing part of a song or say part of a poem and have them respond with the next line.  It’s a simple little game that’s both engaging and beneficial for your child’s vocal development.


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  • Exposure to music makes children smarter.
  • Children who take piano lessons are able to learn complex math problems earlier than those who’ve had no musical training.
  • Adults who studied music before the age of 12 had better memories for words than those who did not. – researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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  • Rhythmic movement plays a critical role in the reading process – the ability to keep a steady beat – simply clapping hands rhythmically – figures prominently in cognitive development. – Phyllis Weikart the University of Michigan
  • Music training, specifically piano instruction, is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills necessary for learning math and science. – psychologist Dr. Frances Rauscher of the University of Wisconsin
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    We are very  excited to announce the launch of a new music program this coming fall- MYC- Music for Young Children. This program, for three and four year old beginners includes large muscle experiences in beat and rhythms as well as fine motor experiences in rhythm instrument ensemble playing. By the end of the first year, Sunshines are playing in C major and middle C positions and are reading from the staff. Pre-reading experiences – such as like and different sorting, looking for patterns with colorful visual aids, gluing and coloring -- are part of the program. Please call to register, spaces are limited!

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    Why Kindermusik? 05/26/2011
     
    Kindermusik is a revolutionary program based on the observation that music is a powerful stimulant for children's learning—and lots of fun, too! Kindermusik is one of the best choices you can make for your growing child, accelerating growth and achievment over the whole spectrum of development.
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    Kindermusik gives children the opportunity
    to develop social skills and build
    relationships with other children their own
    age while enjoying music.

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     Children move to the beat with their bodies instinctively, but learning to control those movements, and to follow—or create—a steady beat with instruments or body movements such as walking, clapping, patting, tapping, or stomping, is an essential component of a child’s early development. There are a many ways toemphasize steady beat… and have tons of fun too!  Turn on the iPOD and tap a beat on the floor, bounce a favorite stuffed animal, play homemade instruments or put the beat into your whole body and dance all over the room.
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    There are just so many incredible developmental benefits to exposing your children to music early in life. Pre-school music program is the best way to do it. PMP is a mixture of kindermsuk, pretend play, drama, singing and more. Our research-based, research-proven approach will help your child develop early literacy, math, social-emotional skills, as well as music appreciation and laughter appreciation.

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    Join our unique Music Summer Camp. It is the best way to introduce your child  to music and movement, piano and violin, drama and acting, art and singing, games and just plain fun will make your child's summer unforgettable.

      Our Summer Music Camp offers children the opportunity to develop their abilities while interacting with their peers and getting out of the house.
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