Many games about "Listen! What is that sound?" or "Listen! Who is talking/singing?" or "What is making that sound?" encourage children to pay attention to what they are hearing, and even to represent that sound, when we ask, "What sound does the cow (dog, lawn mower) make?" It is critical that we begin to develop listening skills in our child care settings. How special the day when we begin to hear their tiny voices joining our voice on repeating or rhyming words in a nursery rhyme, or on the last word and pitch of the song! Songs, instruments, and instrumental music are wonderful ways to develop children's listening skills and awareness of different words and musical pitches. Many listening experiences during the first two years of life are necessary before children actually sing or talk with us. They are listening! If we sing to our three- and four-year-olds, we will probably be asked to sing the song again. We have all experienced crying, fussy, or sick children in our care who become calm when quality instrumental music is played. Even though two other babies were also crying, Alissa could recognize the cry of "her" baby! How important keen listening skills are! Three-year-old Alissa heard her baby sister crying in the infant-care room down the hall. Let's consider some of music's important gifts, supported by research, for the children entrusted into our care. Now brain research is becoming available to support these perceptions. What powerful links to learning might we use within the many aspects of music? It appears that the first three years of a child's life are critical for optimal brain development, for music, and for learning through music. MUSIC! How can children learn or live without it? Music educators have known for years that quality music experiences enhance listening invite intuitive and steady beat responses and aid learning of vocabulary, sound and pitch discrimination, emotional responses, creative responses, memory, and many hours of fun for our wee ones. Often as we hum these melodies, we think of other songs we learned during our early school years, and we realize that we can still sing many of these from memory! I wonder if singing many songs and experiencing other essential benefits music provides will be possible for the majority of our 15 million preschoolers today. "ĭo you remember singing these simple songs from childhood? If the first part of a familiar song text is given, most of us will finish singing the song, even if we sing it only in thought! As grownups, we may remember the joy experienced while singing and playing musical games with our friends.
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