Strength In Words: Music For Families
Learn how to use music to promote development with young children with a children’s music album that doesn’t feel like nails on a chalkboard
IN SEARCH OF QUALITY FAMILY MUSIC
We’ve all heard that “music is good for young children,” but many of us don’t feel very musical.
Let’s face it, listening over and over to so-called “children’s music” can drive us to the breaking point…
Playing our music for our little ones is great, but it can be difficult to recreate/sing ourselves, include our little ones in the music-making, or simply to remember the words!
WE ALL NEED A PLACE TO START…
Often, we need to be reminded about how simple the act of music-making can be with our young children!
We need an avenue to help us feel less afraid of being silly or sounding ridiculous
We need some ideas for actually using nursery rhymes and finger plays to connect with our young children
3 MYTHS ABOUT CHILDREN’S MUSIC, DISPELLED
1. You don’t have to be musical to provide musical experiences for your young child
2. You don’t have to like children’s music to be musical with your child
3. You don’t have to know or remember a bunch of “kids songs”to be musical with your child
ACCESS A PLACE IN YOURSELF THAT HELPS YOU CONNECT, CREATE, AND SIMPLY PLAY WITH MUSIC
LISTEN AND ENGAGE
As we create rich musical experiences together using the simplest of tools – your voice and instruments made from common household materials.
USE SONGS, RHYMES AND CHANTS
From your childhood and from the Strength In Words podcast to support your infant, toddler or preschooler’s development
Your Instructor
Ayelet Marinovich is a pediatric speech-language pathologist specializing in work with pre-verbal and emergently communicative infants and toddlers, and has worked with hundreds of families all over the world to provide parent education and promote interactions to support early development. She is the mother of an infant and toddler.
Ayelet is the creator and producer of Learn With Less, a collection of online resources for families and educators of infants and toddlers of all developmental levels.