Music with your Infant and Toddler

Did you know that early music experiences can enrich your child's language, literacy, social development, cognition, attention span, mathematical, fine motor and self regulation skills?

The first six months are critical to the development of babies auditory system. In toddlers, music increases their sensory development and can create neuron pathways between cells in the brain. Children can learn a musical instrument or to read music much easier before the age of twelve but you don't have to enroll baby in violin lessons just yet. Here are some simple ways to incorporate music into your infant or toddlers routine.

•  Turn on music at home or in the car.
•  Let your toddler have a jam session with pots and pans while you cook dinner.
•  Do a bedtime song when you do bedtime stories.
•  Teach songs with gestures. Ex. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Wheels on the Bus
•  Make homemade musical instruments. 
•  Dance and clap with them when you hear a beat.
• Go to Music Festivals as a family.

Here at The Academy of Gateway our weekly focus is Music. We had Ms. Kelly from Music with Mommy come do some sessions with the kids. They had fun learning all about music.

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