CreativePlay Plus: Ideas in Play and Child Development

Think about how your child learns language – by hearing you speak every day, by trying out sounds, and having you respond with delight to their coos and babbling.  Ideally, children learn music in much the same way they learn language: through immersion in a rich environment with opportunities to develop listening, singing, and moving vocabularies.  You’ll notice your child’s early vocalizations are song-like and their movements contain many rhythmic elements.  Music educators recognize the importance of encouraging children’s “musical babble” in much the same way we encourage their language babble: an opportunity to play with sounds (pitches and rhythms) as they experience them.

Children gradually move from absorbing sounds, to playing with sounds through babble, and eventually to imitating musical patterns and phrases. You can encourage your child’s musical development by

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Echoing his vocalizations with attention to pitch and rhythm (lip bubbles, coos, “yabba-dabba” and “ba-ba-ba-ba” type patterns),

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Having “conversations” of back-and-forth musical babble.

Not only will you be having fun together, this will help facilitate your child’s musical development and could support other areas of cognitive development as well.

Interview download For more information about musical babble, including a CD with examples of songs and chants for young children, see Music Play: The Early Childhood Music Curriculum Guide for Parents Teachers & Caregivers

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“My tummy hurts” and “I don’t feel good” could be signs that your child is about to be hit with a cold or flu, but, it is also possible that your child is experiencing anxiety. Many times kids are anxious about things in their life, such as reading in front of the class, starting a new sport, or going to a new school. Often times, kids don’t show this with words, but instead through stomach aches, nightmares, and headaches. If your child is having a lot of physical symptoms talk to him about whether he might be scared about something.

But, if your child seems to have a lot of aches and pains or is having a hard time sleeping, it is important that you have your child looked at by a medical professional to determine if there is anything physically wrong .

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Here’s a great post on playing outside by planning a scavenger hunt

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Depending on the age of the children, how long you would like to spend outside, and how long you have to prepare is what should determine how you should plan out the hunt.Think of things you would like them to see…

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Playing outside reminds us of an older post here on CreativePlayPlus.com from Kelly Christian on Look, Listen, Feel Nature which describes two other games you can play outside: Tree Sense and Match Game. Please click through for the detailed explanation.

Children have the innate ability to push their parents’ buttons. This button-pushing can trigger a response a parent might later regret. The apology which is likely to follow may be well intended but all too often contains the word “but.”

For example:

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• I apologize for raising my voice, BUT I asked you several times to stop hitting your brother.
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The word “but” inserted in an apology not only diminishes the impact of the apology, it offers an inappropriate justification for our behavior.

Let’s consider the same apologies without the word “BUT.”

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• I apologize for raising my voice, and I’m going to work on maintaining better control the next time I feel angry.
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• I apologize for yelling at you, and I’m going to use a calmer voice even when I feel upset.

When we apologize with no strings attached, our children will feel our heartfelt sentiments. From our example, they will understand the importance of taking responsibility for one’s behavior.”

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One of the most challenging tasks of parenting is preparing our children for success. Our ever-changing, technologically sophisticated society further complicates this issue. Some parents expose their children to a variety of early learning and enrichment opportunities, hoping to provide an edge in a competitive marketplace. While these programs have merit, we must also teach our children self-reliance, compassion and ethics.

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Conventional schooling helps children increase their knowledge base and acquire valuable skills. However, this alone is not enough. In this time of economic uncertainty, the most enduring gift we can give our children are tools that will help them develop strong character. Parents must focus less on what their children will become and more on who they will become. To prepare our children for success both now and in the future we must encourage them in the following ways:

• Help them maintain high standards of personal conduct
• Support relationships where they treat others with dignity and respect
• Foster their pursuit of lifelong learning
• Provide them with opportunities to delay gratification
• Help them develop empathy so they are better able to understand others feelings
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• Choose a positive attitude

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Additionally, when we spend time with our children they feel valuable and worthy. Our unconditional love for our children is the foundation upon which their characters are built. As parents, we must do more then make our children feel good, we must help our children become competent, resourceful and good people. This will prepare them for both the challenges and opportunities ahead.

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Believe it or not, these are your baby’s earliest feelings! Most of them are apparent within the first few days of your baby’s life. Over time, they will combine with experience and with each other to form our more complex emotional life…

Looks like it’ll be a very informative blog!

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Young children love to dance! Putting on some fun music and moving & grooving together is a great way to encourage physical activity, expose your child to a variety of musical styles, foster development of gross- and fine motor movement skills, and enrich relationships!

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Here are a few ideas for “mixing up” a dance party:

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