When my first son was 6 months old we introduced his first solid food. It was shortly after this that I was sitting one day feeding him his food at the table when I thought, I should pray with him. In our family, we pray and thank God for the food he has provided before… Read More Prayer of Thanksgiving: A Simple Song for Children to Add To Your Daily Rhythms
My three year old can spell his name, and his brother’s name. Amazing, I know. I’m amazed! Its actually quite simple however, because I taught him through a song. A very simple song. When I was designing Lucas’ room I decided to make a wall hanging of his name in bold wooden letters. I had… Read More That’s How I Spell My Name
Did you know there are many different ways to use our Xylophone Fun Curriculum (eBooks)? We will be sharing suggestions of different ways to use this great resource. To begin with I thought I’d share with you the different instruments that you can use this curriculum with. Of course I had already mentioned the “Xylophone”… Read More Xylophone Fun Resources
UPDATE: 2018 Please note that our Amazon store is no longer available as Amazon no longer supports astores. We are now offering our Recommended Resources through other posts (see recommended resource categories) and pages (like Recommended Resources) on our site where you can find the direct links to the products on Amazon. The… Read More Music With Babies and Toddlers: Part 4 – Recommended Resources
While at story time with my son we were introduced to a few fabulous children’s books that you can sing along to! The librarian showed us Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera which happens to be one of my son’s favorite songs, the one he sings the most. The illustrations were colorful… Read More Fabulous Sing-Along Children’s Books
We started attending a baby music group at our local music school, and our group happens to be lead by their music therapy department! (MusicWorks NW) One of the activities that we do is “Intentional Touch” where we are massaging our babies/toddlers while singing a slow song (think lullabies). Who doesn’t love a massage?… Read More Music with Babies and Toddlers: Part 2 – Music and Relaxation
Music is a great way to encourage development and enhance creativity, even in the littlest ones. Especially with the little ones! Children are naturally drawn to music which makes it easy to engage them. Music also is a great way to encourage communication in these pre-verbal kiddos. When our son was just learning to… Read More Music with Babies and Toddlers: Part 1 – Music and Signing
As I’ve mentioned before, my son LOVES music! He probably didn’t have a choice since he has been engulfed in it since he was in utero. Anyway, I thought I’d share a few of our favorite musical toys, toys that he enjoys playing with, and toys that make me as a musician, music… Read More How I Use Music With My Son: Part 4 – Our Favorite Musical Toys